The People V Harvard Law How America's Oldest Law School Turned Its Back on Free Speech |
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Author:
| Thomas, Andrew Peyton |
ISBN: | 978-1-893554-98-6 |
Publication Date: | May 2005 |
Publisher: | Encounter Books
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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In 2002, Kiwi Camara, joined his classmates in posting his class outlines for the previous year on the Harvard Law School website. But in his notes, Camara used shorthand terms that some regarded as racial slurs. In the furor that followed, a speech code to prohibit members of the law school community from voicing racially insensitive remarks was proposed. This decision triggered a chain of events, convulsing the nation's most prestigious school of law. In this brilliant portrait of an...
More DescriptionIn 2002, Kiwi Camara, joined his classmates in posting his class outlines for the previous year on the Harvard Law School website. But in his notes, Camara used shorthand terms that some regarded as racial slurs. In the furor that followed, a speech code to prohibit members of the law school community from voicing racially insensitive remarks was proposed. This decision triggered a chain of events, convulsing the nation's most prestigious school of law. In this brilliant portrait of an American institution in crisis, Andrew Peyton Thomas explains how what happens at Harvard Law affects the nation.