Word: hls
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What began as a speech by Silverglate in favor of repealing all campus speech codes, particularly HLS' sexual harassment guidelines, became by its end a full-fledged debate with Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz...
...outspoken civil libertarian, Silverglate sparked controversy in 1996 by writing letters to the Wall Street Journal condemning the HLS sexual harassment policies--sentiments which he later incorporated into his book...
Calling the measure "postmodern censorship," Silverglate said that the HLS faculty passed it not as a solution to legitimate claims, but in reaction to political disputes...
Silverglate claimed that the ensuing controversy, stirred by those who demanded punishment for the authors of the piece, was at the root of HLS's sexual harassment measure...
Dershowitz, who originally had been slated only to introduce Silverglate, rose at the end of the speech and spoke in defense of the HLS policy...