Class meetings: Tuesdays 2-5, alternate weeks at Harvard Law School in Pound 107 (click here for map) and at MIT in room 35-225 (click here for map)
Click on the topic for each week to see the overview, the list of general readings that everyone should read to prepare for class, and the suggested reference material for the team assigned to that topic.
Be sure to check the weekly current announcements and assignments.
| Date | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 8 | Harvard and MIT | Class orientations, meeting separately at Harvard and MIT |
| Sept. 15 | Harvard | Cryptography (Introductory presentation by Abelson and Lessig) |
| Sept. 22 | MIT | Topic 1: Digital identity |
| Sept. 29 | Harvard | Topic 2: Content control |
| Oct. 6 | MIT | Topic 3: Privacy |
| Oct. 13 | No class this week | |
| First short paper due for MIT students by October 20. Look here for details. | ||
| Oct. 20 | Harvard | Topic 4: Digital rights architectures for IP protection |
| Outlines for the team papers are due by October 27. Look here for details. | ||
| Oct. 27 | MIT | Topic 5: Spread spectrum architectures Topic 6: Trespass and "property" in cyberspace |
| Nov. 3 | No class this week | |
| The dates for topics 7 and 8 were swapped, by agreement of the two teams. | ||
| Nov. 10 | Harvard | Topic 8: Libel |
| Nov. 17 | MIT | Topic 7: Universal access and the architecture of access |
| Nov. 24 | Harvard | Topic 9: Sovereignty |
| Dec. 1 | MIT | Topic 10: Democratic structures |
| Dec. 1 | Executive summaries and MIT second writing assignment due. | |
| Sunday, Dec. 6 | Conference at Ames Moot Court Room, Harvard Law School, 10-5 | |
| Dec. 10 | White papers due | |
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