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AI is moving quickly into politics, government, and democratic life. A new volume co-edited by Stanford Law School’s Nathaniel Persily, JD ’98, examines what that means for campaigns, public administration, national security, public opinion, and the future of political science.
...Persily, a leading scholar on technology regulation and the law of democracy, co-edited Artificial Intelligence, Politics, and Political Science with New York University professor Joshua A. Tucker. The volume brings together more than 50 contributors and is now available in draft form on the American Political Science Association website, ahead of publication by Cambridge University Press.
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May the Torts be With You.
Stanford Law School marked May 4 with a law-meets-lightsabers panel that could only happen when brilliant legal minds also happen to be major Star Wars nerds.
During “The Law of Star Wars,” Professors Mark Lemley and Liz Hidalgo Reese, along with ...Nari Ely, JD ’16, senior counsel at Epic Games, took a room full of students through a mini master class on the legal questions at play in a galaxy far, far away.
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Lemley promised the presentation would cover “pretty much all of the first-year curriculum,” and the panel delivered, taking on the thorny question of who owns R2-D2 and C-3PO, Han Solo’s self-defense claim, Death Star liability, and other matters of urgent galactic importance.
Reese, who teaches federal Indian law, added another layer, explaining that Native communities’ appreciation for Star Wars is very much “a thing.” Its themes of empire, resistance, oppression, and interconnected spiritual life have made the films especially resonant in Indian Country, she said, even inspiring a Navajo-language version of “Episode IV — A New Hope.”
📍2nd floor Neukom building
📸 H. Taghap
#Stanford #StarWars #StanfordLaw
May the Torts be With You.
Stanford Law School marked May 4 with a law-meets-lightsabers panel that could only happen when brilliant legal minds also happen to be major Star Wars nerds.
During “The Law of Star Wars,” Professors Mark Lemley and Liz Hidalgo Reese, along with ...Nari Ely, JD ’16, senior counsel at Epic Games, took a room full of students through a mini master class on the legal questions at play in a galaxy far, far away.
Lemley promised the presentation would cover “pretty much all of the first-year curriculum,” and the panel delivered, taking on the thorny question of who owns R2-D2 and C-3PO, Han Solo’s self-defense claim, Death Star liability, and other matters of urgent galactic importance.
Reese, who teaches federal Indian law, added another layer, explaining that Native communities’ appreciation for Star Wars is very much “a thing.” Its themes of empire, resistance, oppression, and interconnected spiritual life have made the films especially resonant in Indian Country, she said, even inspiring a Navajo-language version of “Episode IV — A New Hope.”
📍2nd floor Neukom building
📸H. Taghap
#Stanford #StarWars #StanfordLaw
How should universities approach their mission to discover and amplify truth? A recent panel discussion, Academic Freedom's Rationales and Limits, tackled this complex question through a historical lens, examining three key moments from the 20th century starting in 1915.
The ...discussion, sponsored by the Stanford Law and Policy Lab, with Professors Paul Brest, Bernadette Meyler, Emily Levine, and Eugene Volokh, offered attendees a deeper understanding of the tensions and responsibilities that have shaped academic institutions' relationship with truth over the past century.