Martin H. Redish is the Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of

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and

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at the

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. Redish has written 19 books and over a hundred law review articles in the areas of

civil procedure Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). These rules govern how a lawsuit or case may be commenced; what kin ...

and

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, among others. He is among the most frequently cited American legal scholars.

Legal theories

First Amendment

Redish supports an "autonomy theory" of

free speech Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recog ...

, taking the view that the

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protects speech in order to advance individuals' interest in the self-realization that they obtain by being able to speak without government interference. According to Redish, all of the other values attached to free speech, such as the advancement of

liberal democracy Liberal democracy is the combination of a liberal political ideology that operates under an indirect democratic form of government. It is characterized by elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into ...

, necessarily depend on the concept of individual self-realization. This view contrasts with that of scholars such as

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, who advocate a theory of the First Amendment based on the importance of democratic self-governance, and of scholars who subscribe to the theory that the First Amendment exists to promote the

marketplace of ideas The marketplace of ideas is a rationale for freedom of expression based on an analogy to the economic concept of a free market. The marketplace of ideas holds that the truth will emerge from the competition of ideas in free, transparent public di ...

Career

Redish has spent his entire academic career at Northwestern University, where he has been a faculty member since 1973. Before entering academia, he briefly practiced law in New York. Redish received a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.

Selected publications

Books

* Richard Marcus, Martin Redish, Edward F. Sherman, & James Pfander, ''Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach'' (6th ed. 2013) * Moore's Federal Practice 3d ed., volume 15 *Martin H. Redish, ''Wholesale Justice: Constitutional Democracy and the Problem of the Class Action Lawsuit'' (2009)

Articles

*Martin H. Redish, ''The Value of Free Speech'', 130 U. Pa. L. Rev. 591 (1982) *Martin H. Redish, ''Advocacy of Unlawful Conduct and the First Amendment: In Defense of Clear and Present Danger'', 70 Cal. L. Rev. 1159 (1982). *Martin H. Redish, ''Electronic Discovery and the Litigation Matrix'', 51 Duke L.J. 561 (2001)

References

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