Chilling Effect Doctrine
The "Chilling Effect Doctrine" is a legal theory in labor and constitutional law that identifies when employer or governmental actions, though not outright prohibitive, deter employees from exercising statutory or constitutional rights—particularly in collective action or speech—through the threat of reprisal, thereby suppressing protected conduct below the level expected if rights were fully exercisable.
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Fear, Risk and the First Amendment: Unraveling the Chilling Effect
Frederick Schauer · Faculty publications · 1978 · 140 citations · Full text
Law, Constitutional Law, Public Law +13
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
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Princeton Public Schools
Princeton, United States
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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, United States
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Universidad Católica Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
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Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Pisa, Italy
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UCLA Health
Los Angeles, United States
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Princeton University
Princeton, United States
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BJCLCJ · 1 publications · 18 citations
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Repository · 1 publications · 10 citations
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