Article 1, Section 2 of the United Nations Charter enshrined the “self-determination of peoples”—the ability to choose one’s destiny—as a fundamental right of every country. In 1970, the UN General Assembly passed the Friendly Nations Declaration, which further defined this principle by making illegal any actions that would “dismember or impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent states.” This declaration…

In a conversation with members of the California Law Review recorded in April 2017, Charles Robinson, General Counsel of the University of California, discussed the university’s approach to free speech on campus. A glance at recent headlines from outlets ranging from the San Francisco Chronicle to TIME to Fox News show a wide range of…