This book addresses a major problem in contemporary American higher education: deprivations of free speech, due process, and other basic civil liberties in the name of favored political causes. Downs begins by analyzing the nature and evolution of the problem, and discusses how these betrayals of liberty have harmed the truth seeking mission of universities. Rather than promoting equal respect and tolerance of diversity, policies restricting academic...

Explores the use of battered woman syndrome as a legal cause of lethal self-defense and discusses the psychological and legal aspects of the syndrome and evaluates current legal alternatives for abused women.