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Thank you, Paul. It is really an honor to be here, so thank you so much
to the family and to ASIL. I also am honored that my mentor and friend,
Peter Trooboff is here in the front row. No pressure on me at all. No
pressure. But really, Peter is the most intellectually generous lawyer I
have ever known, so it is wonderful that he is being honored today.

Freedom of expression is guaranteed by international treaties, but countries differ significantly in their view of the meaning of "free expression" & how it should be protected. Before the emergence of the Internet, each country could workably set its own ceiling for the protection of expression without having an adverse impact on other countries that might make a different choice. The borderless nature of the Internet makes it more difficult for despots & dictators to limit the access of their citizens to information from outside their countries' borders. But the conflict represented by this medium expresses itself in legitimate disputes over the application of national law. Each nation must apply its own rules of law without diminishing the freedoms available to citizens of other states. This article suggests that nations focus on applying the law of the country in which speech originates, following the view of the European Union. References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2006 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]

Freedom of expression is guaranteed by international treaties, but countries differ significantly in their view of the meaning of "free expression" and how it should be protected. Before the emergence of the Internet, each country could workably set its own ceiling for the protection of expression without having an adverse impact on other countries that might make a different choice. The borderless nature of the Internet makes it more difficult for despots and dictators to limit the access of their citizens to information from outside their countries' borders. But the conflict represented by this medium expresses itself in legitimate disputes over the application of national law. Each nation must apply its own rules of law without diminishing the freedoms available to citizens of other states. This article suggests that nations focus on applying the law of the country in which speech originates, following the view of the European Union.