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Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for new Century

In a talk chaired by LSE Director Howard Davies, Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University, will present his new book ‘Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for new Century‘ and discuss the freedoms of speech and the press.

Published: January 28, 2010

When: Monday, 1. February 2010 18.30-20.00
Where: London, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics
More info: www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/01/uninhibited-robust-and-wide-open-a-free-press-for-new-century/

Widely published on legal and constitutional issues involving free speech and press, Bollinger books include: Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era; Images of a Free Press; The Tolerant Society: Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech in America; and Contract Law in Modern Society: Cases and Materials. He continues to teach an undergraduate course, “Freedom of Speech and Press” at Columbia each year.

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