The 7th annual Charles Green Lecture in Law and Technology
Overcoming Antitrust: Internet
Governance and the Free Software Movement
Lawrence Lessig
Professor of Law
Harvard University School of Law
Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Chicago, IL 60661-3691
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The 7th annual
Charles Green Lecture in Law and Technology
Overcoming Antitrust: Internet Governance and the Free Software Movement
Much of the governance of the Internet is achieved through its code--through
the architectures,
embedded by the software, that define the Internet as it is.
In this yearÆs Green lecture, Professor
Lessig will consider the relevance of the ôFree Software Movementö
to the governance effected
by the code. What, beyond antitrust, might guide us in thinking
about how the net should be
governed?
Lawrence Lessig is Professor of Law at Harvard University School
of Law specializing in the
law of cyberspace, constitutional law, and contracts. He received
a J.D. from Yale University
Law School, an M.A. in Philosophy from Trinity College (Cambridge University),
a B.A. in
Economics and a B. S. in Management from the University of Pennsylvania.
Previously, he
served as Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School
and Co-Director of the
Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe.
Professor Lessig was a Visiting
Professor at Harvard Law School and Fellow at the Harvard University
Program on Ethics and
the Professions. He also formerly served as the special master
in the Microsoft anti trust
litigation.
His academic projects include a book on cyberspace law (viewing cyberspace
law as a type of
comparative constitutional law and exploring the significance of problems
that the regulation of
cyberspace might present); an empirical study of judicial efficiency
and reputation in the federal
courts; and the development of an electronic casebook builder in the
area of contracts. He has
also authored several academic articles including ôReading the Constitution
in Cyberspaceö
Emory Law Review 1785 (1997); ôConstitution and Code,ö 27 Cumberland
Law Review 1
(1997); and ôMaking Sense of the Hague Tribunal,ö Eastern European
Constitutional Review,
(Fall 1996), ôThe Path of Cyberlawö 104 Yale Law Journal 1743 (1995).
His public service activities include work with the Chicago Council
of Lawyers and the Pro-
Bono Advocates.
Center for Law and Computers,
Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Center for Law and Computers, which was founded in 1983, is one
of the oldest and most
advanced research centers dedicated to developing and applying computer
technology as it
relates to and affects legal education and the practice of law.
It continues this mission through a
variety of projects, including the development of tools for creating
legal expert systems and
tutorials and the Electronic Casebook or ELEARN project, the first
program to fully integrate the
teaching of law with computer-based tools.
Charles Green Endowment
The Charles Green Lecture in Law and Technology is funded by the Charles
Green Endowment,
established through the generosity of Mrs. Joseph Galvin. Charles
Green (1894-1981) was a
1915 graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law. A founder of the
law firm Green and Nystrom,
he had a long and distinguished legal career. For many years,
Mr. Green served as secretary and
general counsel for Motorola, Inc., and as the chief trial lawyer for
Chicago Surface Lines,
predecessor to the Chicago Transit Authority. Mr. Green was president
of the Society of Trial
Lawyers and a member of the Chicago and Illinois Bar Associations.
After serving in the U.S.
Army in World War I, he studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.
The Public is Cordially Invited to Attend the Lecture
Internet Links related to Professor Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig
and the Microsoft Litigation (Links to various sites available here)
Cyberspace
Law Abstracts (Edited by Lawrence Lessig)
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