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15.655[J] Law, Technology, and Public Policy
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(Same subject as 11.422[J], IDS.435[J])
(Subject meets with 11.122[J], IDS.066[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR3.30-5 (E51-057)
Examines how law, economics, and technological change shape public policy, and how law can sway technological change; how the legal system responds to environmental, safety, energy, social, and ethical problems; how law and markets interact to influence technological development; and how law can affect wealth distribution, employment, and social justice. Covers energy/climate change; genetic engineering; telecommunications and the role of misinformation; industrial automation; effect of regulation on technological innovation; impacts of antitrust law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; corporate influence on technology and welfare; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. Students taking graduate version explore subject in greater depth.
N. Ashford, C. Caldart
No textbook information availableTotal units: 12
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