Recommended Readings
a syllabus to start your journey
The Berkman Center faculty offer this list of their major works, and those of their peers and colleagues, to introduce the study of cyberlaw and related fields.
Not only is this reading list a window into the work of the Center and to the ideas and issues that animate it, it also provides a useful jumping off point for those who wish to delve more deeply into the questions and debates around the nature and potential of cyberspace.
- Lawrence Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace and Code: Version 2.0
- William Fisher, Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment
- Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
- Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
- Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
- Ron Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain, eds., Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It
- John Palfrey and Urs Gasser, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives
- Ron Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain, eds., Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace
Click through for more about each of these publications. All (or portions of all) are available on the web.