Freedom of Speech: Theories and Foundations

AUTHOR
Emory School of Law (Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Prof. Frederick Schauer, Prof. Alexander Tsesis, Prof. Laura Weinrib, and moderated by Prof. Julie Seaman)
YEAR
2015
ANNOTATION

The Panel on ‘Freedom of Speech: Theories and Foundations’ was convened by the Emory Law Journal as part of the 2015 Randolph W. Thrower Symposium on ‘The New Age of Communication: Freedom of Speech in the 21st Century’. The Panel comprised of Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California-Irvine School of Law; Professor Frederick Schauer, University of Virginia School of Law; Professor Alexander Tsesis, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; and Professor Laura Weinrib, The University of Chicago Law School, and was moderated by Prof. Julie Seaman. The objective of the Symposium was to explicate and discuss the changing doctrine of free speech in the USA, particularly in light of decisions about the contours of speech rights such as McCutcheon v. Federal Election CommissionSnyder v. Phelps, and United States v. Alvarez. The Symposium emphasized on the impetus provided by these decisions and the approaches contained therein for a discourse on theories and foundations, current doctrines, as well as the future of free speech and expression. 

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On
LANGUAGE
English
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SUGGESTED CITATION

Emory School of Law. “Freedom of Speech: Theories and Foundations”. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUpAMoMQi2k.