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The Right to Free Speech

The Legal Origins of Freedom of Expression

Is the right to free speech an invention of the Anglo-American legal system or does it have a parallel in Talmudic law? Lawyers ask an expert for clarity on the subject.

By Shlomo Yaffe   More articles...  |   RSS Listing of Newest Articles by this Author
Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, a frequent contributor of articles and media to chabad.org, is Scholar-in-Residence to Chabad at Harvard, and Dean of the Institute of American and Talmudic Law in New York, NY. Rabbi Yaffe has lectured and led seminars throughout North America, as well as in Europe and South Africa.

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Posted: Nov 26, 2011
Great, but can't hear questions...
This is a wonderful lecture, Thank you. Suggestion: we can not hear the questions from the audience. Is it possible to have them subtitled?
Posted By Chotzi, burlington, vt



 

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