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Erik J. Olsen

Erik J. Olsen is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Seattle University. His research interests include democratic theory, constitutional law, constitutional theory, the republican tradition, liberalism, and legal and political theories of property. He is the author of Civic Republicanism and the Properties of Democracy: A Case Study of Post-Socialist Political Theory. Professor Olsen is also a composer and performing jazz musician who has composed music for three original musicals.

A New Approach to Political Speech

A New Approach to Political Speech

This provocative book challenges conventional understandings of political speech and its relationship to democracy. Through a focused case study of Donald Trump's role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election and the prosecutions stemming from it, Erik Olsen develops a critique of the prevailing view that political speech is a private right that is only instrumentally related to political action.

A New Approach to Political Speech

A New Approach to Political Speech

This provocative book challenges conventional understandings of political speech and its relationship to democracy. Through a focused case study of Donald Trump's role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election and the prosecutions stemming from it, Erik Olsen develops a critique of the prevailing view that political speech is a private right that is only instrumentally related to political action.

A New Approach to Political Speech

A New Approach to Political Speech

This provocative book challenges conventional understandings of political speech and its relationship to democracy. Through a focused case study of Donald Trump's role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election and the prosecutions stemming from it, Erik Olsen develops a critique of the prevailing view that political speech is a private right that is only instrumentally related to political action.