Shamans, Software, and Spleens Law and the Construction of the Information Society

Name: Shamans, Software, and Spleens Law and the Construction of the Information Society
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ISBN: 9780674805231

ISBN-10: 0674805232

ISBN-13: 9780674805231

Edition: 1996 (Reprint)

Authors: James Boyle

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Shamans, Software and Spleens presents a look at the tricky problems posed by the information society. Boyle's book discusses topics ranging from blackmail and insider trading to artificial intelligence, microeconomics and cultural studies.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/30/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

James Boyle is Professor of Law at Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington D.C.



Preface



The Information Society



Four Puzzles



The Public and Private Realms



Information Economics



Intellectual property and the Liberal State



Copyright and the Invention of Authorship



Blackmail



Insider Trading and the Romantic Entrepreneur



Spleens



Stereotyping Information and Searching for an Author



The International Political Economy of Authorship



Private Censors, Transgenic Slavery, and Electronic



Indenture



Proposals and Objections


Conclusion



An Afterword on Method



The Bellagio Declaration


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index