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SUMMARY:The Problem of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:The Problem of Democracy: America\, the Middle East\, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea \nFeaturing Wisdom of Crowds podcast hosts Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid\, to discuss Hamid’s new book “The Problem of Democracy: America\, the Middle East\, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea” with CGM Director Jennifer Murtazashvili \nCo-hosted by Pitt Law\, Center for International Legal Education (“CILE”)\, and the Department of Political Science \nWednesday\, January 18\, 2023\n1 p.m. ET\nOnline – Register here\nIn person – Alcoa Room\, Barco Law Building – Register here (required due to building COVID restrictions) \nAbout the topic: \nShadi Hamid reimagines the ongoing debate on democracy’s merits and proposes an ambitious agenda for reviving the lost art of democracy promotion in the world’s most undemocratic regions. \nWhat happens when democracy produces “bad” outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or despite them? This “democratic dilemma” is one of the most persistent\, vexing problems for America abroad\, particularly in the Middle East–we want democracy in theory but not necessarily in practice. \nWhen Islamist parties rise to power through free elections\, the United States has too often been ambivalent or opposed\, preferring instead pliable dictators. With this legacy of democratic disrespect in mind\, and drawing on new interviews with top American officials\, Shadi Hamid explores universal questions of morality\, power\, and hypocrisy. Why has the United States failed so completely to live up to its own stated ideals in the Arab world? And is it possible for it to change? \nIn The Problem of Democracy\, Hamid offers an ambitious reimagining of this ongoing debate and argues for “democratic minimalism” as a path to resolving democratic dilemmas in the Middle East and beyond. In the seemingly eternal tension between democracy and liberalism\, recognized by the ancient Greeks and the American founders alike\, it may be time to prioritize one over the other\, rather than acting as if the two are intertwined when increasingly they are not. \nAt the end of the Cold War\, the democratic idea was victorious\, so much so that it took on more meaning than it could bear. Democracy became a means to other ends\, whether it was liberalism\, economic development\, or cultural progress. What if\, instead\, democracy was reconceptualized as its own end? What if the people are right even when they’re wrong? \nThe problem of democracy is no longer just a Middle Eastern problem. The polarizing effects of identity\, culture\, and religion are now haunting the world’s oldest democracies. At home\, a growing number of Americans are realizing that respecting election results when the other side wins is easier said than done. To look then at the democratic dilemma abroad is to consider a deeper set of questions around why we believe democracy is good as well as whether we think it is good for other nations and cultures.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/the-problem-of-democracy/
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SUMMARY:Computational Entities for Regular People
DESCRIPTION:Carla Reyes\, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law \nThis project explores whether and how regular people\, the group of non-crypto enthusiast business owners that make-up the majority of LLC members\, can take advantage of the rise of computational LLCs. The Article argues that the road to mass adoption of computational LLCs runs through entrepreneurs with little to no prior knowledge of coding\, computational law\, or blockchain technology and the DAOs that generate the most interest among law-makers and the media. Arguing computational LLCs offer benefits to even the smallest business owner\, this Article proceeds in three parts. Part I examines the rise of computational LLCs\, the new laws designed to enable their formation\, and common objections to both. Section II answers those objections by detailing key legal and business advantages of computational LLCs for regular people. Section II also explores current models for computational LLC code\, and reveals the obstacles those models present for most entrepreneurs and their lawyers. Section III solves those obstacles by introducing a form operating agreement for a single member computational LLC\, written in natural language code and then considers the broader implications of computational LLCs for business law and entrepreneurial lawyers.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/computational-entities-for-regular-people/
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SUMMARY:The Constitution and Laws of the Taliban 1994-2001
DESCRIPTION:“When the Taliban wrestled back control of Afghanistan in August 2021\, they reinstated an autocratic system of governance that is reminiscent of their first period of rule\, in the mid-1990s. In a move that put an end to troubled peace negotiations\, they initially seemed bent on bringing back the Islamic Emirate that broadly defined their rule from 1996 to 2001. This resurgence has highlighted a gap in scholarly research regarding the Taliban’s possible intended legal frameworks. Over the past two years\, numerous studies have attempted to make sense of the Taliban’s constitutional and legal imagination and to draw conclusions about what that may mean for Afghanistan. Previous studies are heavily informed by the Taliban’s 2005 Constitution—the first document made public allegedly by the group. This project\, which should be viewed as a guide to the Taliban’s favored legal order\, presents translations of a wide variety of Taliban-era laws that provide the context for and insight into the Taliban’s latest ascent to power. So far\, it appears that their recent efforts strongly resemble the methods they used in the 1990s. It seems that religious symbolism is of high importance to the group\, in that the state must not only do moral policing and guide Muslims to the “right path” but also appear obviously “Islamic” in all symbols\, including flag\, official titles\, dressing of the officials\, speeches\, calendar\, and holidays. One translated decree shows that the word ‘emirate’ replaced the word ‘state’\, as the former creates an impression of greater religiosity—a political organization headed by Amir al-Mominin\, commander of the faithful.” -Bashir Mobasher \n 
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/the-constitution-and-laws-of-the-taliban-1994-2001/
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SUMMARY:Data Privacy and Security Concerns after Roe v. Wade
DESCRIPTION:Michael Sinha\, St. Louis University School of Law\nData Privacy and Security Concerns after Roe v. Wade \nIn June 24\, 2022\, the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization\, overturning nearly 50 years of precedent established in its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. By eliminating a federal constitutional right to abortion\, Dobbs effectively reverted the decision to the states. Almost immediately\, several state statutes took effect\, some going as far as to ban abortion and criminalize those who aid or abet the process. In Texas\, ordinary citizens are now empowered to surveil pregnant persons through the provision of bounties in exchange for information that leads to prosecution. In Nebraska\, a Facebook Messenger conversation between a mother and her daughter as to the proper use of medication abortion led to criminal charges. These instances and others have raised concerns about the extent to which our data – health-related or otherwise – can be accessed and misused for malicious purposes. Major gaps in the current US data privacy infrastructure have far-reaching consequences beyond abortion policy\, and I will discuss these issues in the context of broader data privacy reform proposals.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/data-privacy-roevwade/
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SUMMARY:Predicting Well-Being in the Real-World and Real-Time: Possibilities and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:A key part of grasping a fuller understanding of human flourishing for creating a culture of health involves considering well-being as a continual process of healthy functioning that unfolds in context and over time\, rather than a static endpoint of wellness. Human flourishing in the real-world and in real-time is often characterized by person-specific nuances that are most often clouded by aggregate-level assessments\, overcasting the researcher’s view of the underlying contextual and cultural causalities. Using a dynamical systems approach\, I will demonstrate Ecological Momentary Assessment and other field-based designs\, ecologically valid measurement tools\, and the analysis of intensive longitudinal data to uncover the complexities of individualized social and behavioral dynamics that shape health and well-being. \nDr. Saida Heshmati is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. Her research lies in the understanding of how optimal development unfolds over time in diverse samples through dynamical systems perspectives. Using her expertise in human development and state-of-the-art analytical methods\, she examines large datasets related to individual and group characteristics that influence psychological well-being as part of positive development. Through her work\, she aims to bring together a suite of measurement tools and research designs in the service of developing idiographic\, culturally-informed\, and context-sensitive approaches to understanding optimal development in youth\, in particular those who are marginalized. Dr. Heshmati has a multicultural background which has informed her scientific research; she is an Iranian-American scholar and an immigrant who has lived in five different countries and travelled to more than 20 countries\, and still counting. \nZoom Recording
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/predicting-well-being-in-the-real-world-and-real-time-possibilities-and-challenges/
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