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Cybersecurity And Law Enforcement: The Cutting Edge : Symposium, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Cybersecurity And Law Enforcement: The Cutting Edge : Symposium, Roger Williams University School Of Law
School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events
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Analysis Of Freedom Of Information For Its Effect On Society By Considering 2011, The Year Of The Arab Spring, Paul D. Callister, Kimberlee Everson
Analysis Of Freedom Of Information For Its Effect On Society By Considering 2011, The Year Of The Arab Spring, Paul D. Callister, Kimberlee Everson
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2011, the year of the Arab Spring, presents a unique opportunity to look back and study how the relative freedom and development of information environments affect stability in nations throughout the Middle East and world. Such study raises interesting questions about whether freedom of information and speech are ultimately stabilizing influences for society in terms of loyalty, violence and political unrest — questions all the more important as societies face the onslaught of the internet, mobile devices and cell phones. Are non-democratic regimes “better off” by monopolizing and controlling the flow of information over new information channels? Are democratic societies, …
Users' Patronage: The Return Of The Gift In The "Crowd Society", Giancarlo F. Frosio
Users' Patronage: The Return Of The Gift In The "Crowd Society", Giancarlo F. Frosio
Giancarlo Francesco Frosio
In this work, I discuss the tension between gift and market economy throughout the history of creativity. For millennia, the production of creative artifacts has lain at the intersection between gift and market economy. From the time of Pindar and Simonides – and until the Romanticism will commence a process leading to the complete commodification of creative artifacts – market exchange models run parallel to gift exchange. From Roman amicitia to the medieval and Renaissance belief that “scientia donum dei est, unde vendi non potest,” creativity has been repeatedly construed as a gift. Again, at the time of the British …
Gender Biases In Cyberspace: A Two-Stage Model For A Feminist Way Forward, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, Amy Mittelman
Gender Biases In Cyberspace: A Two-Stage Model For A Feminist Way Forward, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, Amy Mittelman
Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid Professor of Law
Increasingly, there has been a focus on creating democratic standards and procedures in order to best facilitate open exchange of information and communication online—a goal that fits neatly within the feminist aim to democratize content creation and community. Collaborative websites, such as blogs, social networks, and, as focused on in this Article, Wikipedia, represent both a Cyberspace community entirely outside the strictures of the traditional (intellectual) proprietary paradigm and one that professes to truly embody the philosophy of a completely open, free, and democratic resource for all. In theory, collaborative websites are the solution that social activists, Intellectual Property opponents …
Bridging The Gap: Rethinking Outreach For Greater Access To Justice, Rebecca L. Sandefur
Bridging The Gap: Rethinking Outreach For Greater Access To Justice, Rebecca L. Sandefur
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
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Analysis Of Freedom Of Information For Its Effect On Society, Considering The Arab Spring, Paul D. Callister, Kimberlee C. Everson
Analysis Of Freedom Of Information For Its Effect On Society, Considering The Arab Spring, Paul D. Callister, Kimberlee C. Everson
Paul D. Callister
2011, the year of the Arab Spring, presents a unique opportunity to look back and study how the relative freedom and development of information environments affect stability in nations throughout the Middle East and world. Such study raises interesting questions about whether freedom of information and speech are ultimately stabilizing influences for society in terms of loyalty, violence and political unrest—questions all the more important as societies face the onslaught of the internet, mobile devices and cell phones. Are non-democratic regimes “better off” by monopolizing and controlling the flow of information over new information channels? Are democratic societies, particularly developing …