Books by Lawrence Lessig and Complete Book Reviews

Lawrence Lessig, Author . Random $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-375-50578-2
In his previous book, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, constitutional scholar and former Industry Standard columnist Lessig offered a wary assessment of both the burgeoning architecture of the Internet and the work of those seeking to control its
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Lawrence Lessig, Author . Penguin Press $24.95 (345p) ISBN 978-1-59420-006-9
From Stanford law professor Lessig (Code ; The Future of Ideas ) comes this expertly argued, alarming and surprisingly entertaining look at the current copyright wars. Copyright law in the digital age has become a hot topic, thanks to millions of...
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Lawrence Lessig, Author . Penguin Press $25.95 (327p) ISBN 978-1-59420-172-1
Should anyone besides libertarian hackers or record companies care about copyright in the online world? In this incisive treatise, Stanford law prof and Wired columnist Lessig (Free Culture ) argues that we should. He frames the problem as a war...
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Lawrence Lessig. Hachette/Twelve, $26.99 (320p) ISBN 9780446576437
You may call it "dependence corruption," but it's still corruption—the dependence of Congress on campaign contributors to get their message out and the dependence on the voters to elect them on that message. Lessig (Remix) distinguishes between a...
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Lawrence Lessig. Univ. of Chicago, $24 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-0-226-31653-6
In this provocative analysis, Harvard Law professor Lessig expands upon a series of lectures on “institutional corruption”: the notion that the presence of good people inside an institution is not a guarantee of it serving its intended purpose...
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Lawrence Lessig. Dey Street, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-294571-6
In this urgent and hard-hitting analysis, Harvard law professor Lessig (Fidelity & Constraint) dissects the causes, consequences, and possible remedies for the crisis of “unrepresentativeness” facing American democracy. The sources of government...
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Lawrence Lessig and Matthew Seligman. Yale Univ, $26 (176p) ISBN 978-0-300-27079-2
Harvard law professor Lessig (The Future of Ideas) and Stanford legal scholar Seligman investigate in this labyrinthine study several pathways by which a “MAGA Republican” candidate might narrowly lose the electoral college vote, but triumph through
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