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Law and Society in Cyberspace
Legal 150a
Ethan Katsh (ekatsh@brandeis.edu)
Mondays / Wednesdays 3:30 - 5
Course web site: http://www.odr.info/brand

 

Monday

Wednesday

1/14/04
Course Introduction

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1/19/04
No class

1/21/04
What is new about cyberspace? How is cyberspace linked to law?
Long term challenges and short term issues

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1/26/04
Virtual guest: Gregory Lastowka, counsel for Hamidi in Intel v. Hamidi.

1/28/04
ICANN and domain names: designing legal authority in cyberspace

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2/2/04
ICANN and domain names: designing dispute resolution for cyberspace

2/4/04
ICANN, legitimacy and public participation
Guest: John Palfrey, Director, Berkman Center, Harvard Law School

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2/9/04
Internet Service Providers: a substitute for the state?

2/11/04
Whose rules apply in cyberspace? Russians in Las Vegas and Yahoo in France 

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2/16/04
No class

2/18/04
No class

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2/23/04
Taxation, gambling and prescription drugs

2/25/04
Online dispute resolution

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3/1/04
Virtual guest: Colin Rule - Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay

3/3/04
Technology and lawyers: Will technology make lawyers obsolete? Should 15 year olds be allowed to give legal advice online?

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3/8/04
Technology and lawyers: How do lawyers use technology? Delivering legal services online
Guest: Marc Lauritsen, President, Capstone Technologies

3/10/04
Online law schools
Guest:
Dr. Martha Siegel, Associate Dean and Dean of Students, Concord Law School

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3/15/04
Copyright: goals and history

3/17/04
Copyright cont.

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3/22/04
When should copyrighted works enter the public domain?
Guest: Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School

3/24/04
Technology and the boundaries of free speech: Pornography and obscenity

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3/29/04
Annoying speech (spam) and hate speech

3/31/04

No class April 5,7,12



4/14/04
Privacy

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4/19/04
Project Presentations

4/21/04
Project Presentations

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4/26/04
Project presentations

4/28/04
Last day of classes

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