Is Freedom of Expression a Universal Right?

Authors

Larry AlexanderFollow

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Document Type

Essay

Abstract

The title of my Essay asks a question. If one were to go by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights —or by John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice and other quotidian works of liberal political and moral philosophy—the answer to the question is a resounding “yes.” Indeed, in the constellation of cherished liberal rights, freedom of expression is surely one of the brightest, if not the brightest, of its stars.

Recommended Citation

Larry Alexander, Is Freedom of Expression a Universal Right?, 50 San Diego L. Rev. 707 (2013).
Available at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol50/iss3/7