O'Neil, Robert M.

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O'NEIL, Robert M.

O'NEIL, Robert M. American, b. 1934. Genres: Law. Career: Law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., 1962-63; University of California, Berkeley, professor of law, 1963-67, 1969-72; University of Cincinnati, OH, professor of law, provost, and executive vice-president for academic affairs, 1972-75; Indiana University-Bloomington, professor of law and vice-president of the university, 1975-80; University of Wisconsin- Madison, professor of law and president of university system, 1980-85; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, professor of law, 1985-, president of the university, 1985-90, director of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. Member of boards of trustees. Publications: (coauthor) A Guide to Debate, 1964; Civil Liberties: Case Studies and the Law, 1965; The Price of Dependency: Civil Liberties in the Welfare State, 1970; Free Speech: Responsible Communication under Law, 2nd ed., 1972; No Heroes, No Villains, 1972; The Courts, Government, and Higher Education, 1972; (coauthor) The Judiciary and Vietnam, 1972; (coauthor) Civil Liberties Today, 1974; Discriminating against Discrimination, 1976; Handbook of the Law of Public Employment, 1978, 2nd ed., 1993; Classrooms in the Crossfire, 1981; Free Speech in the College Community, 1997. Contributor to law journals and other magazines. Address: University of Virginia, 580 Massie Dr., Charlottesville, VA 22903, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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