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Prior to rejoining the harvard faculty, lessig was a professor at stanford law school, where he founded the schools center for internet and society, and at the university of chicago. His books include remix, free culture and the future of ideas as. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading republic, lost. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. My book talk at the berkeley arts and letters series. Lessig s previous book, republic, lost, is now available for download as a pdf.
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This revised 2015 edition added the citizens united issue which has dramatically increased the funds pouring into political campaigns which has distorted the process so dramatically that the idea of a government of, by and for the people no longer exists. That our capacity for governingthe product, in part, of a constitution we have revered for more than two centurieshas come to an end. Lester lawrence lessig iii born june 3, 1961 is an american academic. Larry lessig is one of the most brilliant and important. Read america, compromised by lawrence lessig available from rakuten kobo. Nov 16, 2011 with heartfelt urgency and a keen desire for righting wrongs, harvard law professor lawrence lessig takes a cleareyed look at how we arrived at this crisis. Special interest money has destroyed all trust in our republic. That the thing that we were once most proud ofthis, our republicis the one thing that we have all. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Furman professor of law at harvard law school, and director of the edmond j. Additionally, he proposes four political strategies for enacting campaign finance reform. As a freespeech advocate himself, and a constitutional lawyer, lessig talked.
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