Volosnikova, L.M. Academic freedom as a legal principle: philosophical legal tradition and modern state.

Abstract: The doctrine of academic freedom is a well-established tradition in the Western phylosophy of law and it is provided for the in the legislation of many states. However, Russian legal science traditionally paid less attention to it, with some exceptions. This article by L.M. Volosnikova is devoted to the problems of academic freedom, its phylosophical and legal aspects. In particular, she studies the works of Sergey Iosifovich Gessen (1887-1950), his understanding of the structure of culture, role and place of academical freedom within this structure…