Category Archives: Law

A Report Card on Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reforms

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Rebecca

James Ely looks at Eminent Domain Reform. Continue reading →

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Outrage in Washington

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Rebecca

Elvin Lim looks at the AIG bonuses. Continue reading →

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Four short links: 23 Mar 2009

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Digital rights, digital wrongs, newspaper science, and hardback socializing. Just another four short links: Twitter Mistrial — this isn’t a calamity for justice, we’re just able to do something we couldn’t do before (were there many jurors running pamphlets off on their printing presses in the old days?) so we need to figure out whether we want it or not…. Continue reading →

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At Risk: Universal Online Access to All Knowledge

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Linda Stone

After digesting the proposed Google Book Settlement, it becomes clear that the dizzyingly complex agreement is, in essence, an elaborate scheme for the exploitation of orphan works. The upshot, if the Settlement is approved, would be legal protection for Google, and only for Google, to scan and provide digital access to the orphan works. Continue reading →

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Free Speech: Liberty not Licence

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Kirsty

An excerpt from Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction by Nigel Warburton. Continue reading →

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President Obama: Shareholders, Workers — Let Everyone Vote

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Rebecca

Zelinsky responds to President Obama’s recent endorsement of the Employee Free Choice Act which would eliminate the legal requirement of a secret ballot vote before workers unionize. Zelinsky argues that Democrats and Republicans alike should simultaneously affirm Americans’ right as shareholders to vote on matters of corporate policy including managerial compensation and Americans’ right as workers to vote whether to belong to a union. At the most basic level, the secret ballot is the American way. Continue reading →

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Federalism and “the Right…to Keep and Bear Arms”

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Rebecca

An excerpt from The Invisible Constitution by Laurence H. Tribe. Continue reading →

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Excerpting Best Practices Hinge on Intent

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Mac Slocum

A piece in the New York Times reignites the fair use debate by asking: How much excerpting does fair use cover? It’s a reasonable question, particularly since Google News, the… Continue reading →

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International Internet Law

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Rebecca

How should we govern the internet? Continue reading →

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The Internet and Jefferson’s Moose

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Rebecca

David Post shows us how Jefferson’s moose can guide us towards an understanding of the internet. Continue reading →

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