美国联邦最高法院的学术自由判例及其法律意涵

学术自由的理念很早就传播到了美国,并在美国大学教授协会等压力集团的努力下得到有力的捍卫.但直至20世纪下半叶,美国联邦最高法院才开始介入学术自由的案件.通过一系列判例,学术自由逐渐被视为第一修正案的一种特别的关切,受到宪法保护.在此之后,法律开始成为解决学术自由纠纷的一个主要渠道之一.本文通过对一些关键案例的研究,对这一历史过程进行了详细的梳理.

The Cases of Academic Freedom of American Federal Supreme Court and Its Legislative Implication

The idea of academic freedom was transmitted to America in the early times, and it was protected effectively by the press groups such as AAUP. But academic freedom has not been seen as a legal right until the latter half of twentieth century. Using case research method, this paper describes the clue of this process.