I finally finished "Code And Other Laws of Cyberspace" by Lawrence Lessig. Some immediate impressions:
1. The guy hates libertarians.
2. The guy fails to provide a precise definition of some very important terms, among them, "liberty," the thing I gather he wants to protect, and "we," as in "we" should do something regulating code and not leave its design to the evil "commerce," also undefined.
3. The guy shows remarkably little respect, for someone I thought was at least coming out of the classical liberal tradition, if not actually a part of it, for private property or the notion of separate private and public spheres.
4. This man is a legal positivist, through and through, and, from a Hayekian perspective, a "constructivist" to boot.
Any thoughts on him or this, as Judge Jackson prepares to appoint him to "assist" the court in deciding Microsoft's fate? |
