Comments on: Law + Economics of Cyberspace at University of St. Gallen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/05/15/law-economics-of-cyberspace-at-university-of-st-gallen/ From the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:34:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dr Poolla R.K. MURTI http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/05/15/law-economics-of-cyberspace-at-university-of-st-gallen/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Dr Poolla R.K. MURTI Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:13:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/05/15/law-economics-of-cyberspace-at-univer#comment-1992 I am an Indian Academic interested in Cyber Laws & IPR. The area of Law & Economics of Cyberspace seems to be of recent origin and your contributions are appreciated which help clarify the subject to us. It would be a privilege to be in touch with your academic pursuits. Dr. Poolla Murti Associate Professor / Cyber Laws & IPR University of Hyderabad / INDIA I am an Indian Academic interested in Cyber Laws & IPR. The area of Law & Economics of Cyberspace seems to be of recent origin and your contributions are appreciated which help clarify the subject to us. It would be a privilege to be in touch with your academic pursuits.

Dr. Poolla Murti
Associate Professor / Cyber Laws & IPR
University of Hyderabad / INDIA

]]> By: Law & Information » Quest for Principles of Emotional Legal Design http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/05/15/law-economics-of-cyberspace-at-university-of-st-gallen/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Law & Information » Quest for Principles of Emotional Legal Design Wed, 17 May 2006 11:22:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2006/05/15/law-economics-of-cyberspace-at-univer#comment-443 [...] After an intense and wonderful “Law & Economics of Cyberspace”-teaching experience with my friend and colleague John Palfrey, I started working today on my contribution to the upcoming Gruter Institute’s Squaw Valley Conference 2006 on Law, Behavior & the Brain, where I will be participating in a session on Law & Emotion. Here’s the abstract of my presentation, entitled “The Quest for Principles of Emotional Legal Design”: The presentation is intended as a contribution to the emerging field of scholarship at the intersection of law and emotion. However, instead of providing findings of prior research or research in progress, I would like to present and discuss a few hypotheses—and even ask some questions—that mark the very beginning of one of the speaker’s research projects. Two beliefs are the starting point for my inquiry. First, I argue that the law & emotion scholarship has made a strong case why, in fact, emotions are of relevance to the legal system. Second, I suggest that in-depth and cross-disciplinary research in the field of law & emotion will soon be complemented by a discussion about what we might call “emotional legal design”, i.e., a discourse about the design principles aimed at guiding the future development of a legal system that takes the findings of law & emotion research serious. Against this backdrop, I will formulate a series of theses that address, inter alia, the following questions: [...] [...] After an intense and wonderful “Law & Economics of Cyberspace”-teaching experience with my friend and colleague John Palfrey, I started working today on my contribution to the upcoming Gruter Institute’s Squaw Valley Conference 2006 on Law, Behavior & the Brain, where I will be participating in a session on Law & Emotion. Here’s the abstract of my presentation, entitled “The Quest for Principles of Emotional Legal Design”: The presentation is intended as a contribution to the emerging field of scholarship at the intersection of law and emotion. However, instead of providing findings of prior research or research in progress, I would like to present and discuss a few hypotheses—and even ask some questions—that mark the very beginning of one of the speaker’s research projects. Two beliefs are the starting point for my inquiry. First, I argue that the law & emotion scholarship has made a strong case why, in fact, emotions are of relevance to the legal system. Second, I suggest that in-depth and cross-disciplinary research in the field of law & emotion will soon be complemented by a discussion about what we might call “emotional legal design”, i.e., a discourse about the design principles aimed at guiding the future development of a legal system that takes the findings of law & emotion research serious. Against this backdrop, I will formulate a series of theses that address, inter alia, the following questions: [...]

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