Prerequisite: None

Exam Type: No Exam

This course explores how the law responds—or fails to respond—to the cognitive and economic realities of human attention and attention markets. Through foundational legal decisions and accompanying scholarship, we will examine the legal frameworks that shape and regulate attention, spanning constitutional law (First Amendment, due process), commercial law (contracting, right of publicity), and economic regulation (antitrust, consumer protection). Our study of case law will be complemented by contemporary empirical research, providing a broader perspective on how legal doctrines intersect with the evolving understanding of attention in modern society.

Note: This reading group will meet on the following dates: TBD.