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UCL Jurisprudence Review hosts debate on free speech and privacy

By ucyow3c, on 4 November 2011

The UCL Jurisprudence Review launched its 17th volume by hosting a 1 November debate on The Normative Value of Free Speech and Privacy’. Napoleon Emm. Xanthoulis reports.

In her opening address, Dean of UCL Laws, Professor Dame Hazel Genn, acknowledged the Review’s proud and enduring legacy of scholarship and its significant contribution to legal philosophy. She congratulated the editorial board for another successful volume showcasing the best of original and thought-provoking student writing in legal philosophy across the UK.

A number of distinguished speakers from judicial, academic and legal practice backgrounds were invited to share their views on the contemporary issues raised by the intersection of the concepts of freedom of expression and privacy.

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