Mari Matsuda

Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and an activist scholar who brings in the outsiders perspective

Mari specializes in the fields of torts, constitutional law, legal history, feminist theory, critical race theory, and civil rights law. She was the first tenured female Asian American law professor in the US at the UCLA School of Law. Matsuda is the author of numerous books with Charles R. Lawrence III.

Debates Featuring Mari Matsuda

Freedom of Expression Must Include the License to Offend

With David Cesarani, Philip Gourevitch, Christopher Hitchens, Daisy Khan, Mari Matsuda, Signe Wilkinson

October 17, 2006

Heralding the First Amendment, proponents of free speech champion the right to expression unencumbered by government intervention. But is freedom of expression absolute and limitless? Should we be free to use words with the intention to harm? Should some words remain unspoken, or does this mind-set lead us to the path of censorship?

Freedom of Expression Must Include the License to Offend

With David Cesarani, Philip Gourevitch, Christopher Hitchens, Daisy Khan, Mari Matsuda, Signe Wilkinson

October 17, 2006

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Freedom of Expression Must Include the License to Offend

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