Steven J. Heyman

Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology

Professor of Law

565 W. Adams St.

Chicago, IL 60661-3691

United States

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Free Speech and Human Dignity

Steven J. Heyman, FREE SPEECH AND HUMAN DIGNITY, Yale University Press, 2008
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 Apr 2008
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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First Amendment, free speech, freedom of speech, free expression,freedom of expression, dignity,autonomy,constitutional law,constitutional history,rights,civil liberties,liberalism,hate speech,pornography,privacy,equality,citizenship,jurisprudence,international law,human rights,abortion,funeral,rape

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Hate Speech, Public Discourse, and the First Amendment

EXTREME SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY, Ivan Hare, James Weinstein, eds., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Jul 2008
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Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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Righting the Balance: An Inquiry into the Foundations and Limits of Freedom of Expression

Number of pages: 113 Posted: 28 Apr 1999
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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The Light of Nature: John Locke, Natural Rights, and the Origins of American Religious Liberty

101 Marquette Law Review 705 (2018)
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 22 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 20 May 2018
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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First Amendment, Free Exercise, Establishment, Religious Liberty, Religious Freedom, Religious Toleration, Liberty of Conscience, Locke, Natural Law, Natural Right, Faith, Reason, Rationality, Religion, Theology, Natural Religion, Natural Theology, Church and State, Social Contract, Civil Rights

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A Struggle for Recognition: the Controversy Over Religious Liberty, Civil Rights, and Same-Sex Marriage

14 First Amendment Law Review 1 (2015)
Number of pages: 126 Posted: 06 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2016
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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religious liberty, religious freedom, same-sex marriage, recognition, Locke, natural rights, Obergefell, identity, sodomy, conscience, sexual orientation, First Amendment, culture wars, dignity, rights, marriage, equality, civil rights

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The Dark Side of the Force: The Legacy of Justice Holmes for First Amendment Jurisprudence

William & Mary Bill of Rights, Vol. 19, pp. 661-723, March 2011
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2012
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Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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free speech, free expression, First Amendment, Holmes, Brandeis, liberalism, liberal humanism, hate speech, pornography, Citizens United, corporate speech, Darwin, Darwinism, Social Darwinism, force, dignity

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The Third Annual C. Edwin Baker Lecture for Liberty, Equality, and Democracy: The Conservative-Libertarian Turn in First Amendment Jurisprudence

West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 117, No. 1, 2014, Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2014-21
Number of pages: 113 Posted: 17 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2015
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free speech, freedom of speech, free association, freedom of association, First Amendment, libertarian, libertarianism, conservative, conservatism, hate speech, pornography, Citizens United, Hobby Lobby, sexual orientation, religion, religious liberty, religious freedom

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Ideological Conflict and the First Amendment

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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freedom of speech, freedom of expression, First Amendment, Bill of Rights, pornography, rights, group rights, collective rights, autonomy, community, constitutional law, constitutional history, jurisprudence

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Spheres of Autonomy: Reforming the Content Neutrality Doctrine in First Amendment Jurisprudence

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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First Amendment, free speech, free expression, content neutrality, content, neutrality, rights, autonomy, communication

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Reason and Conviction: Natural Rights, Natural Religion, and the Origins of the Free Exercise Clause

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol 23, pp. 1-124 (2021)
Number of pages: 124 Posted: 02 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2021
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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Religion, Religious Liberty, Religious Freedom, Free Exercise, Natural Rights, Natural Religion, Deism, Christianity, Evangelical, Jefferson, Madison, Whig, Enlightenment, First Amendment, Exemption

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To Drink the Cup of Fury: Funeral Picketing, Public Discourse and the First Amendment

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 09 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2012
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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free speech, free expression, rights, dignity, personality, privacy, Westboro, funeral, picketing, Supreme Court, public discourse, emotional distress, dignitary harm, death, buffer zone, Holmes, marketplace of ideas, tort, religion

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Hate-Speech Bans Are Consonant with Liberal Principles

The Oxford Handbook of Hate Speech, edited by Eric Heinze, Natalie Alkiviadou, Tom Herrenberg, Sejal Parmar and Ioanna Tourkochoriti (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024-25)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2023
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Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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free speech, freedom of speech, free expression, freedom of expression, hate speech, racist speech, Locke, recognition, liberal, liberalism, rights, dignity, equality, humanism, toleration, tolerance, democracy, legitimacy, autonomy

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Natural Rights, Natural Religion, and the Free Exercise Clause: An Essay for Michael Kent Curtis

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 865-95, 2022
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Feb 2023
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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religion, religious liberty, religious freedom, free exercise, religious exemptions, natural rights, natural law, civil rights, same-sex marriage

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Transforming Natural Religion: An Essay on Religious Liberty and the Constitution

Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 48, pp. 1447-1520 (Spring 2023)
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 27 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Steven J. Heyman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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religion, religious liberty, religious freedom, free exercise, Free Exercise Clause, First Amendment, natural rights, natural religion, natural law, meaning, religious exemption, conscience, secularism, recognition