Greg Lastowka

Larry Lessig was on Fresh Air yesterday talking about his new book and the Stanford -> Harvard switch.  For diehard… Read More »Lessig on Fresh Air

I find the topic of technology-specific rules fascinating & I have really learned a lot about law and rules from reading Fred Schauer’s work.  He has a recent paper on SSRN about the famous example of a rule prohibiting “vehicles in the park.”  It got me wondering about Segways in the park.  Are they vehicles?  So I Googled, and, as it turns out, there’s some interesting stuff to be found.

For instance:

• A British MP says: “The British Government seems paralysed with indecision. On the one hand, they say that the Segway PT isn’t legal. On the other hand, they are unable to point to a single scrap of evidence in British law to show why they should be banned.”

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In response to Mike and Ann’s meme, I’m not going to tag anyone new, but I think sharing non-legal RSS… Read More »My RSS feeds