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Mr. Book just finished Free Speech On Campus, by Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman.

This book was published in 2017.

This is the ninth book by Chemerinsky that I have read. Six of them got an A+, including his most recent book, No Democracy Lasts Forever, while the other two received A’s. Unfortunately, this one was not up to those standards.

This book discussed many issues of free speech on campus, such as hate speech and punishment of people due to their beliefs. While the book provided a good look at the state of the law and how different principles are in conflict with each other, it wasn’t a very satisfying read. While the authors purport to understand the harm of hate speech, their idea of more speech just the way to combat that has always proven to be a naive approach.

I give this book a B.

Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, a B equates to 3 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

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Mr. Book finished reading this on December 19, 2024.