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Democracy Design Workshop: Related Courses

The Workshop seeks to train a new generation of lawyer, one that commands the language of the law and the vocabulary of technology. The lawyer in the digital age must be able to conceive of the solutions to complex problems, not only in traditional legal terms, but also with an understanding of how information and communication work. Put another way, the new jurist has to “translate” the values of social justice and democracy into the world of media, technology and communication.

In the following courses, students study the political, social and legal theory of e-government and electronic democracy and then apply the theoretical critiques to the design of new, web-based technologies for citizen consultation in a specific political and legal context. Students must analyze a complex problem from a variety of disciplinary angles in order identify appropriate tools and processes for participation.

Students enrolled in this course produced a wide range of solutions to various complex problems that arose due to the convergence of our democratic system and technology. In addition, students engaged in "deconstruct" critiques of various uses of technology in political, social and legal contexts. Click here to view student contributions to the Democracy Design Workshop.

Law, Technology and Democracy and The Athens Project, Fall `03. Professor Beth Simone Noveck. Click here for the syllabus.

Prior Courses:

The Law of E-Government and E-Democracy: New York Law School, Spring, 2003. Professor Beth Simone Noveck Click here for the syllabus. (Taught collaboratively with Carnegie Mellon)

Electronic Democracy, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz School, Spring 2003. Professor Peter Shane. Click here for the Syllabus. (taught collaboratively with New York Law School)

The Democracy Design Workshop at Yale Law School, Reading Group, Spring 2002. Professor Beth Simone Noveck Click here for syllabus

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For more information, contact Beth Simone Noveck, Director, bnoveck@nyls.edu.


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Democracy Design Workshop: Related Courses

Prior Courses:

The Law of E-Government and E-Democracy: New York Law School, Spring, 2003. Professor Beth Simone Noveck Click here for the syllabus. (Taught collaboratively with Carnegie Mellon)

Electronic Democracy, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz School, Spring 2003. Professor Peter Shane. Click here for the Syllabus. (taught collaboratively with New York Law School)

The Democracy Design Workshop at Yale Law School, Reading Group, Spring 2002. Professor Beth Simone Noveck Click here for syllabus