Zechariah Chafee
Zechariah Chafee | |
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Zechariah Chafee, 1907 | |
| Born | December 7, 1885 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | February 8, 1957 (aged 71) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Relatives | John Chafee (nephew) Lincoln Chafee (grandnephew) Louisa Chafee (great-grandniece) |
| Education | |
| Education | Brown University (AB) Harvard University (LLB) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Philosophy of law |
| Main interests | Constitutional law, Freedom of speech, Equity |
Zechariah Chafee Jr. (December 7, 1885 – February 8, 1957) was an American judicial philosopher and civil rights advocate, described as "possibly the most important First Amendment scholar of the first half of the twentieth century" by Richard Primus. Chafee's avid defense of freedom of speech led to Senator Joseph McCarthy calling him "dangerous" to America.