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Internet, Law, & Politics Spring Semester 2007, Prof. John Palfrey

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Debate 1 (2): "Resolved: The Internet enables citizens to have a greater voice in politics and is, on balance, already a tremendous force for strengthening participatory democracies around the world." Debate 2: (5) "Resolved: E-Government is a lot like Al Gore’s ‘reinventing government’ initiative when he was Vice-President: sounds like something that governments should obviously do, but no one much cares and the impact on society, after lots of effort, is negligible. There’s no special magic to governing in a digital age."

Debate 3 (FULL): "Resolved: United States technology companies should stay out of regimes that force them to sacrifice the civil liberties of citizens as the cost of doing business in those states." Debate 4 (3): "Resolved: The outcome of the digital intellectual property crisis is crucial to whether or not the use of the Internet ultimately has a positive impact in terms of strengthening democracies."

Class Notes

Politics and Network Effects (Feb. 13, 2007)

Internet, Law, & Politics in the News

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• Embattled Edwards Blogger Quits Campaign, Computerworld, Feb. 13, 2007.

Other Interesting Topics

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