The dispute that sparked the University of California at Irvine’s legal wrangles over Jacques Derrida’s papers apparently stems from the late philosopher’s efforts to derail a sexual-harassment case against a colleague there, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. The university sued Derrida’s family last fall over the ultimate disposition of the papers, many of which are housed at Irvine, but announced last week that it planned to drop the lawsuit and resume negotiations with the family.
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