How Long to Read Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom

How Long Does it Take to Read Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 24 minutes to read Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom by Robert C. Post

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A leading American legal scholar offers a surprising account of the incompleteness of prevailing theories of freedom of speech. Robert C. Post shows that the familiar understanding of the First Amendment, which stresses the "marketplace of ideas" and which holds that "everyone is entitled to an opinion," is inadequate to create and preserve the expert knowledge that is necessary for a modern democracy to thrive. For a modern society reliably to answer such questions as whether nicotine causes cancer, the free and open exchange of ideas must be complemented by standards of scientific competence and practice that are both hierarchical and judgmental.Post develops a theory of First Amendment rights that seeks to explain both the need for the free formation of public opinion and the need for the distribution and creation of expertise. Along the way he offers a new and useful account of constitutional doctrines of academic freedom. These doctrines depend both upon free expression and the necessity of the kinds of professional judgment that universities exercise when they grant or deny tenure, or that professional journals exercise when they accept or reject submissions.

How long is Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom?

Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom by Robert C. Post is 198 pages long, and a total of 51,084 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 39 minutes to read Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom aloud.

What Reading Level is Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom?

Democracy, Expertise, and Academic Freedom is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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