Principles of Academic Freedom

Overview

This page contains resources related to the idea of academic freedom, and the rights surrounding the pursuit of academic freedom.

American Association of University Professors, 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with 1970 Interpretative Comments
Middle Tennessee State University, The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Academic Freedom
Middle Tennessee State University, The First Amendment Encyclopedia, American Association of University Professors

David Barnhizer, Freedom to Do What? Institutional Neutrality, Academic Freedom, and Academic Responsibility, 43 Journal of Legal Education 346 (1993).
Derrick A. Bell, Diversity and Academic Freedom, 43 Journal of Legal Education 371 (1993).
J. Peter Byrne, Academic Freedom and Political Neutrality in Law Schools: An Essay on Structure and Ideology in Professional Education, 43 Journal of Legal Education 315 (1993).
Ralph F. Fuchs, Academic Freedom--Its Basic Philosophy, Function, and History, 28 Law and Contemporary Problems 431 (1963).
53(3) Law and Contemporary Problems (1990)
- Issue entitled Freedom and Tenure in the Academy: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1940 Statement of Principles.