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6th Annual Open Government Summit: Access To Public Records Act & Open Meetings Act, 2004, Department Of Attorney General, State Of Rhode Island
6th Annual Open Government Summit: Access To Public Records Act & Open Meetings Act, 2004, Department Of Attorney General, State Of Rhode Island
School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events
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Fire, Metaphor, And Constitutional Myth-Making, Robert Tsai
Fire, Metaphor, And Constitutional Myth-Making, Robert Tsai
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
From the standpoint of traditional legal thought, metaphor is at best a dash of poetry adorning lawyerly analysis, and at worst an unjustifiable distraction from what is actually at stake in a legal contest. By contrast, in the eyes of those who view law as a close relative of ordinary language, metaphor is a basic building block of human understanding. This article accepts that metaphor helps us to comprehend a court's decision. At the same time, it argues that metaphor plays a special role in the realm of constitutional discourse. Metaphor in constitutional law not only reinforces doctrinal categories, but …
Virtual Worlds, Real Rules, Caroline Bradley, Michael Froomkin
Virtual Worlds, Real Rules, Caroline Bradley, Michael Froomkin
NYLS Law Review
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Who’S In Charge Of Who I Am?: Identity And Law Online, Susan P. Crawford
Who’S In Charge Of Who I Am?: Identity And Law Online, Susan P. Crawford
NYLS Law Review
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The Right To Play, Edward Castronova
Friendsters, Tricksters, And Playculture, Mary Flanagan
Friendsters, Tricksters, And Playculture, Mary Flanagan
NYLS Law Review
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Virtual Worlds As Comparative Law, James Grimmelmann
Virtual Worlds As Comparative Law, James Grimmelmann
NYLS Law Review
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The Narratives Of Cyberspace Law (Or, Learning From Casablanca), Michael J. Madison
The Narratives Of Cyberspace Law (Or, Learning From Casablanca), Michael J. Madison
Articles
Cyberspace scholars have wrestled extensively with the question of the "right" metaphorical approach to the Internet, in order to guide legal and policy decisions. Literary theorists have wrestled with the perception that cyberspace undermines conventional ideas about narrative. This Essay suggests that each group could learn from the other. Cyberspace tells a better story than literary scholars believe, and the lawyers should pay more attention to the narrative attributes of cyberspace. To illustrate the argument, the Essay proposes a specific story framework for cyberspace: the film Casablanca.