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Resources
Below are the resources listed for the computational law course, feel free to create a pull request and help us improve this list.
Recommended Readings
- Introduction to Computational Law / Legal Hacking / Design Thinking
- The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism by George Akerlof
- Is Computer Ethics Unique? by Walter Maner
- Code is Law by Larry Lessig
- Hacking the Law - TED Radio Hour
- Computational Law: The Cop in the Backseat by Michael Genesereth
- What is Design Thinking by IDEO U
- Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution by Mark Fenwick, Wulf Kaal, and Erik PM Vermeulen
- The MIT School of Law? A Perspective on Legal Education in the 21st Century by Dan Katz
- Artificial Intelligence and Law: An Overview by Harry Surden
- Jurimetrics and quantitative analysis of the law
- Logic and Rules-based AI / expert systems
- Expert Systems
- DocAssemble //Open Source Tool
- DoNotPay
- Akerman LLP Data Law Center
- QnA Markup //Open Source Tool
- Merit order algorithm used in contracts
- Computable Contracts by Harry Surden
- Expert Systems
- Machine Learning (Pattern-Based) AI
- Document Review
- e-Discovery
- M&A
- Client Interviews
- Quantitative Analysis
- Machine Learning and Law by Harry Surden
- Using Machine Learning to Predict Success or Failure in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases by Warren E. Agin
- A General Approach for Predicting the Behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States by Dan Katz, Michael Bommarito, and Josh Blackman
- Document Review
- Blockchain
- Decentralized Blockchain Technology and the Rise of Lex Cryptographia by Aaron Wright and Primavera de Filipi
- What is blockchain?
- Basics through Cryptozombie Game from the loom Network
- Cryptocurrency
- Securities Regulation (coming soon)
- Smart Contracts
- Contracts –> [Open Law]
- Open Sourcing the Law - The Release of OpenLaw Core by Aaron Wright and David Roon
- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) –> CryptoKitties/Art
- Contracts –> [Open Law]
- Blockchain Governance
- Blockchain Governance 101 by Vlad Zamfir
Tools and Tutorials
Featured Tool: Accord Project Smart Legal Contract Template
Special overview and tutorial for MIT Computational Law Course students and invited Legal Hackers: https://youtu.be/gOF3pSZIiQ8
Using Creative Commons licences on YouTube videos
- Here is a quick guide to selecting a creative commons license for your YouTube video: https://open.ed.ac.uk/how-to-guides/how-to-apply-a-cc-license-on-a-publishing-platform-youtubeflickrwordpress/applying-a-cc-licence-on-youtube.
- Here is some more info on using this license for your YouTube videos: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468?hl=en.
Telegram Group Chat
- Service Site: telegram.org
This is how we stay in contact during the week of classes.
Download for iOS/Android at your friendly local app store.
- Register using your mobile phone number (this is how you get your token)
- In the settings, be sure to create an @user name and add a photo or other image so we can quickly spot you (or at least your avatar).
- Join at https://t.me/joinchat/HT4a1hFg6GWbPJqtnqWwZg
- Turn off notifications
- Introduce yourself (name/affiliation, quick description of your background and interest, and, optionally, a use case/scenario you would like to discuss in class)
Making Diagrams
- General use case and other diagrams: https://www.draw.io
- Google Docs Drawing Tools: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/179740?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
- Try it with Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1umWoxzzVGhStpVv7f0v_e8QRgcxQ-bPrpGHyYn-Arq8/edit
Swimlane Diagrams
- Simple data-driven swimlane diagrams: https://swimlanes.io
- More data-driven swimlane diagrams: https://www.websequencediagrams.com
- For more context on the use of swim lane diagrams to describe legal use cases, see: https://github.com/mitmedialab/CoreID/tree/master/diagrams
Using Markdown
HTML to Markdown Converters
- https://domchristie.github.io/turndown
- https://www.browserling.com/tools/html-to-markdown
- Message thread with tools galore: https://talk.commonmark.org/t/is-a-reverse-conversion-html-to-markdown-possible/899/14