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Presentation – Leipzig GCO2009: Gods, Democracies, and Dictators: roles and rights of virtual …

  • August 1st, 2009
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Today I'm presenting at the Leipzig Games Convention Online on governance, legitimacy, and the rule of law. My slides: MS PPT Adobe PDF OpenOffice ODP gco, games convention online, leipzig, presentation, rule of law [ READ MORE ]

State of Play VI Governance, legitimacy, and the rule of law

  • June 21st, 2009
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I've just given a 15 minute version of my rule of law argument at the State of Play VI conference in New York. The basic point was that we are still stuck in a false dichotomy between regulation and liberty for virtual communities. I argue that we need to take a closer look at the [ READ MORE ]

The rule of law and digital constitutionalism

  • March 2nd, 2009
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Participation in virtual communities is said to be governed by the contractual documents written by the proprietors and 'agreed' to by the participants. In a system where governance is controlled by contract, then the limits of contract are essentially constitutional principles. Where, then, can we find the limits that we will impose on contractual governance? This [ READ MORE ]

Nicolas Suzor

I'm an Australian lawyer, an Associate Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology School of Law, and a PhD candidate in law at the Institute for Creative Innovation (iCi). My PhD research considers digital constitutionalism and the governance of virtual communities. I'm also the Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, and am involved in Creative Commons Australia and the QUT Intellectual Property: Knowledge, Culture, and Economy research program.
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