Instructors
Lawrence Lessig
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Contracts 3
February 3, 2023
Exam Type: In Class Contract law is the study of legally enforceable promises, normally exchanged as part of a bargain. Contracts are the main means…
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A Democracy Initiative
February 3, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam In this course, we will construct a package of reforms that might be offered as a referendum or initiative,…
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Readings in Reconstruction
February 3, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will consist of extensive reading, some primary mostly secondary, about Reconstruction. Weekly short essays about the reading…
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Presidential Elections: War Gaming 2020
February 3, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The actual process for selecting the President is enormously complicated. Beyond the complexity of the Electoral College, described in…
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Contextual Constitutionalism: The View From Race
February 3, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule
If class size permits, class participation will be considered in… -
Constitutional Structure and Rights: How the document is read
February 3, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class In this class, we will develop a conception of constitutional interpretation that explains — and maybe justifies — the…
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Contracts 3
February 3, 2023
Exam Type: Please refer to the Fall 2020 Tentative Exam Schedule Contract law is the study of legally enforceable promises, normally exchanged as part…
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Contracts 7
February 3, 2023
Exam Type: Please refer to the Fall 2020 Tentative Exam Schedule Contract law is the study of legally enforceable promises, normally exchanged as part…
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Reconstruction Originalism
February 3, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Reconstruction was America’s second founding, and yet its most important ideals are lost to modern American courts. In this…
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Constitutional Law 1
February 3, 2023
Exam Type: In Class In this class, we will develop a conception of constitutional interpretation that explains — and maybe justifies — the Court’s jurisprudence…
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The Law of the Horse at 20: Phases of the Net
January 20, 2023
Lawrence Lessig, The Law of the Horse at 20: Phases of the Net, Keynote Address at WWW ’19: The Web Conference (May 13, 2019).
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The First Amendment Does Not Protect Replicants
December 20, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, The First Amendment Does Not Protect Replicants, in
Yochai Benkler, Follow the Money, Back to Front, in Social Media, Freedom of… -
Rendering Sensible Salient
November 5, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Rendering Sensible Salient, 27 Good Soc’y 171 (2018).
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The Supreme Court Needs Its Own Filibuster
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, The Supreme Court Needs Its Own Filibuster, Slate, Feb. 15, 2022.
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Why the US Is a Failed Democratic State
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Why the US Is a Failed Democratic State, N.Y. Rev., Dec. 10, 2021.
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The Mess Congress Could Make
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, The Mess Congress Could Make, The Atlantic (Oct. 19, 2020).
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Perspective | Third parties fear the Democrats’ big voter bill. It’ll actually help them.
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Third parties fear the Democrats’ big voter bill. It’ll actually help them., Wash. Post. (Mar. 16, 2021).
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This is no time to compromise on democracy reform
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, This Is No Time to Compromise on Democracy Reform, Wash. Post (Mar. 23, 2021).
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Forward
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Forward, in Joseph Reagle, Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia ix (2019)…
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Foreword
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Foreword, 15 Harv. L. & Pol’y Rev. 1 (2020).
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They Don’t Represent Us: And Here’s How They Could―A Blueprint for Reclaiming Our Democracy
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, They Don’t Represent Us: And Here’s How They Could―A Blueprint for Reclaiming Our Democracy (2021).
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What happens if a nominee dies shortly before or after the election? It’s complicated
October 19, 2022
Jason Harrow & Lawrence Lessig, Opinion, What Happens if a Nominee Dies Shortly Before or After the Election? It’s Complicated, Wash. Post, Oct. 6, 2020.
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REMIX: How Creativity Is Being Strangled by the Law
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, REMIX: How Creativity Is Being Strangled by the Law, in The Social Media Reader 155 (Michael Mandiberg, ed. 2020).
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Don’t allow McConnell to swear a false oath: A nation governed by the rule of law cannot let a senator flout it
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Opinion, Don’t Allow McConnell to Swear a False Oath, Wash. Post, Jan. 8, 2020.
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Twitter, Savior of Democracy
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Opinion, Twitter, Savior of Democracy, Phila. Inquirer, Nov. 17, 2019, at C2.
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Why John Roberts May Be Right About Gerrymandering
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Opinion, Why John Roberts May Be Right About Gerrymandering, Wash. Post (July 10, 2019, 4:14 PM).
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Lawrence Lessig, Foreword, Symposium: Commemorating the Career of Judge Richard A. Posner, 86 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1027 (2019).
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How Academic Corruption Works
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, How Academic Corruption Works, 65 Chron. Higher Educ., Oct. 12, 2018.
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They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy (2019).
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Lawrence Lessig, Fidelity & Constraint: How the Supreme Court Has Read the American Constitution (2019).
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America, Compromised
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, America, Compromised (2018).
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Institutional Corruption Revisited: Exploring Open Questions within the Institutional Corruption Literature
October 19, 2022
Elinor Amit, Jonathan Koralnik, Ann-Christin Posten, Miriam Muethel & Lawrence Lessig, Institutional Corruption Revisited: Exploring Open Questions within the Institutional Corruption Literature, 26 S. Cal.
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All Together Now
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, All Together Now, 101 Sierra Mag. Sept./Oct. 2016, at 30.
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Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (Penguin Press 2008).
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Institutional Corruptions
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Institutional Corruptions (Edmond J. Safra Working Papers, No. 1, Mar. 15, 2013).
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Lawrence Lessig, The Limits in Open Code: Regulatory Standards and the Future of the Net, 14 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 759 (1999).
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Tyranny in the Infrastructure
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Tyranny in the Infrastructure, Wired (Aug. 15, 1997, 12:00 PM).
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Erie Effects of Volume 110: An Essay in Interpretive Context
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Erie Effects of Volume 110: An Essay in Interpretive Context, 110 Harv. L. Rev. 1785 (1997).
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Reading the Constitution in Cyberspace
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Reading the Constitution in Cyberspace, 45 Emory L.J. 869 (1996).
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Coase’s First Question
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Coase’s First Question, 27 Reg. 38 (2004).
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A Reply to Professors Cain and Charles
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, A Reply to Professors Cain and Charles, 102 Calif. L. Rev. 49 (2014).
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What Things Regulate Speech: CDA 2.0 vs. Filtering
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, What Things Regulate Speech: CDA 2.0 vs. Filtering, 38 Jurimetrics J. 629 (1998).
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The Code of Privacy
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, The Code of Privacy, 151 Proc. Am. Phil. Soc’y 283
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Cyberspace and Freedom of Expression: What Things Regulate Speech: CDA2.0 vs. Filtering
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Cyberspace and Freedom of Expression: What Things Regulate Speech: CDA2.0 vs. Filtering, in Law and Society Approaches to Cyberspace 283 (Paul Schiff Berman…
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The Vision for the Creative Commons: What are We and Where are We Headed? Free Culture
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, The Vision for the Creative Commons: What are We and
Where are We Headed? Free Culture, in Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the… -
Does Copyright Have Limits? Eldred v. Ashcroft and its Aftermath
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, Does Copyright Have Limits? Eldred v. Ashcroft and its
Aftermath, in Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons (Brian Fitzgerald ed., Sydney… -
In Washington, Money Talks Louder Than Ordinary Americans
October 19, 2022
Lawrence Lessig, In Washington, Money Talks Louder Than Ordinary Americans, 144 New Statesman 64 (2015).