UNBELIEVABLE: 4 - The Untold Story

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Cancel Culture on Campus: A Critical Analysis," by Prof. Thomas Kelly (Princeton)

Just published as part of the "Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech" symposium; here's the Introduction (the article is here): To what extent are free speech and open discussion being stifled on college campuses? This question inspires sharp disagreement. Where some see a serious problem, others deny that there is any…

Reason · Mar 2, 2023

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Campus Speech Should Not Be Free," by Prof. Sarah Conly (Bowdoin)

Just published as part of the "Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech" symposium; here's the start of the Introduction and the Conclusion (the article is here): A lot of people praise free speech, but no one really wants it. We don't want people to be able to follow us down the…

Reason · Feb 24, 2023

Prof. Franciska Coleman (Wisconsin) on "The Anatomy of Cancel Culture," Now at the Journal of Free Speech Law

From the Abstract; read the whole article here: In this paper, I undertake a qualitative exploration of how social regulation of speech works in practice on university campuses, and of the extent to which social regulation in practice affirms or undermines the stereotypes and caricatures that characterize the cancel-culture wars.…

Reason · Feb 6, 2023

Law Students: Interested in Helping With the Journal of Free Speech Law?

Our new Journal of Free Speech Law is faculty-edited, but we'd love to have help from students with proofreading and bluebooking. (We may also need some help with cite-checking, though so far we're having faculty have their own research assistants do that.) We publish both electronically and in print, and…

Reason · Jul 13, 2022