Free Speech on Campus: Considering Speech and Dignity of All Persons

• In Event: Free Speech in School and on Campus

Abstract

Any normative claim about free speech in a university reflects a particular model of the university, and each model contains built-in assumptions about the importance of free speech for all and dignity for all. I propose a typology to understand the models of the university along these two dimensions and apply it to the six recent scholarly books about free speech in the university which make claims about the thick meaning of the law. Grounded in a law and society framework, this paper adds nuance to the debate.

Author

• Kristine Bowman, Michigan State University