Jason Pontin has written a perceptive analysis of a timeless question: what changes in law need to be adopted in order to account for technological advances (see “Free Speech in the Era of Its ...

In 1901, a smallpox epidemic swept through the Northeast, and Massachusetts mandated smallpox vaccination or be subject to a $5 fine. In the case brought before the Supreme Court, Jacobson v.

Northumbria University, Newcastle provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In 1859, the English philosopher John Stuart Mill published the first of his two major works, On Liberty, which ...

Open source software is having its most significant moment, but it’s important that everyone benefits. The open source community must create a framework to ensure everyone involved in the development ...