Philip Lee is assistant professor of law at University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.

Philip Lee presents a convincing case for transforming higher education with respect to protecting and encouraging true academic freedom of professors. . . .Professor Lee’s research demonstrates substantial mastery of the subject matter and relevant materials. . . .Lee’s work evidences careful scholarship. . . .The author’s writing style is consistently clear and engaging – no mean feat considering the rather technical and procedural materials encompassing much of this book. Philip Lee’s Academic Freedom at American Universities presents an important argument for an alternative – contract law – foundation for professorial freedom in the academy. I recommend the book as a valuable resource for all public and private higher education institutions, particularly their faculty and executive administration.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Crisis of Academic Freedom in the Modern University and the Founding of the AAUPChapter 2: The AAUP’s First Policy Declaration in 1915 and its Early Struggle to Defend Academic FreedomChapter 3: The AAUP’s Seminal 1940 Statement and Judicially Defined Academic Freedom During the McCarthy EraChapter 4: Modern Constitutional Conceptions of Academic FreedomChapter 5: The Limitations of Constitutionally Based Professorial FreedomChapter 6: Contract Law as an Alternative Foundation for Professorial FreedomConclusion

Philip Lee is assistant professor of law at University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.

Philip Lee presents a convincing case for transforming higher education with respect to protecting and encouraging true academic freedom of professors. . . .Professor Lee’s research demonstrates substantial mastery of the subject matter and relevant materials. . . .Lee’s work evidences careful scholarship. . . .The author’s writing style is consistently clear and engaging – no mean feat considering the rather technical and procedural materials encompassing much of this book. Philip Lee’s Academic Freedom at American Universities presents an important argument for an alternative – contract law – foundation for professorial freedom in the academy. I recommend the book as a valuable resource for all public and private higher education institutions, particularly their faculty and executive administration.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Crisis of Academic Freedom in the Modern University and the Founding of the AAUPChapter 2: The AAUP’s First Policy Declaration in 1915 and its Early Struggle to Defend Academic FreedomChapter 3: The AAUP’s Seminal 1940 Statement and Judicially Defined Academic Freedom During the McCarthy EraChapter 4: Modern Constitutional Conceptions of Academic FreedomChapter 5: The Limitations of Constitutionally Based Professorial FreedomChapter 6: Contract Law as an Alternative Foundation for Professorial FreedomConclusion

Philip Lee is assistant professor of law at University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.

Philip Lee presents a convincing case for transforming higher education with respect to protecting and encouraging true academic freedom of professors. . . .Professor Lee’s research demonstrates substantial mastery of the subject matter and relevant materials. . . .Lee’s work evidences careful scholarship. . . .The author’s writing style is consistently clear and engaging – no mean feat considering the rather technical and procedural materials encompassing much of this book. Philip Lee’s Academic Freedom at American Universities presents an important argument for an alternative – contract law – foundation for professorial freedom in the academy. I recommend the book as a valuable resource for all public and private higher education institutions, particularly their faculty and executive administration.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Crisis of Academic Freedom in the Modern University and the Founding of the AAUPChapter 2: The AAUP’s First Policy Declaration in 1915 and its Early Struggle to Defend Academic FreedomChapter 3: The AAUP’s Seminal 1940 Statement and Judicially Defined Academic Freedom During the McCarthy EraChapter 4: Modern Constitutional Conceptions of Academic FreedomChapter 5: The Limitations of Constitutionally Based Professorial FreedomChapter 6: Contract Law as an Alternative Foundation for Professorial FreedomConclusion