Legal Protection of Main Principles of Academic Freedom in EU

Ekaterine Bakaradze ()
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Ekaterine Bakaradze: International Black Sea University

No 16, Proceedings of the 8th International RAIS Conference, March 26-27, 2018 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: THe paper discusses legal approaches of EU member states towards academic freedom through comparative analysis. The research was carried out on the basis of checking the constitutions and other legal acts of EU member states; the extent of compliance of national acts with legal documents adopted by the UN and Common European Space. The work includes the discussions about what academic freedom is formed from, which values define it, which criteria is important to assess it and how it can be protected, whether or not the fact of existence of academic freedom in EU member states has an impact considering Bologna process as a background. More precisely, the core values necessary for academic freedom are discussed, such as freedom of research and teaching, self-governance and tenure. As a result, the subject for analysis is rules existing on national level, including institutional governance, legal acts regulating the appointment and dismissal of a rector, general approach of EU member states regarding tenure.

Keywords: Academic Freedom; tenure; governance; Professor; University; Higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2018-04
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Published in Proceedings of the 8th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences, March 26-27, 2018, pages 181-193

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