Quantum Computation: An Introduction (Unpublished undergraduate thesis 1999) (
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The Structure of Search Engine Law, 93 Iowa L. Rev. 1 (2007) (
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Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan, and James Grimmelmann,
Modeling Facts, Culture, and Cognition in the Gun Debate, 18 Social Justice Research 283 (2005) (
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Regulation by Software, 114 Yale Law Journal 1719 (2005) (
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Virtual Worlds as Comparative Law, 49 New York Law School Law Review 147 (2004) (
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Virtual World Law, in Busines and Legal Primer for Game Development (S. Gregory Boyd & Brian Green eds., Charles River Media 2006).
Virtual Power Politics, in The State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds (Jack M. Balkin & Beth S. Noveck eds., N.Y.U. Press 2006). (
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Koans of Equity, Journal of Legal Education (forthcoming)
Information Policy for the Library of Babel, 3 Journal of Business and Technology Law (forthcoming 2007) (
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Don't Censor Search, 117 Yale Law Journal Pocket Part 48 (2007) (
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SSRN Considered Harmful (Feb. 2007) (
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Virtual Borders: The Interdependence of Real and Virtual Worlds, First Monday (Feb. 2006) (
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State of Play II Primers: The Law (
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Seven Ways in Which Code Equals Law (with Cindy Cohn), in Code: The Language of Our Time (Christine Schipf et al. eds., Hatje Cantz 2003) (
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Bunnies, Ducks, and One Great Dane, KillingTheBuddha.com (Jan. 2002) (
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Peer-to-Peer Terrorism, Salon.com (Sept. 26, 2001) (
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From Each According to His IPO, Salon.com (Apr. 25, 2001) (
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My Week, Grist Magazine (Oct. 2000) (
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Welcome to Microsoft: Here Be Dragons, Harvard Computer Review (Sept. 1997) (
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