Free Speech as Civic Structure: A Comparative Analysis of How Courts and Culture Shape the Freedom of Speech

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. is the John S. Stone Chair, Director of the Program in Constitutional Studies & Initiative for Civic Engagement, and Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law. His teaching and research focus on constitutional law, First Amendment law, administrative law, telecommunications law, and comparative constitutional law. Professor Krotoszynski frequently writes and lectures on topics related to freedom of expression and how law and culture inform speech and law - particularly from a comparative law perspective. He is the author of numerous law review articles and several books, including The Disappearing First Amendment (2019), Privacy Revisited (2016), and The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective (2006).