I study institutions, namely property, constitutions and digital governance. Asst. Law Professor at University of Wyoming https://xitter.cf/t.co/aw9otoh6ZZ
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I recently found this while moving to take a new role as Asst Prof at @uw_law and reflected on how if it weren't for this @CHPIllinois class with Tom Ulen in 2004 whether I'd even be teaching and writing in law and economics today. So sad to hear of Tom's passing, he was such a generous mentor and insightful scholar.
In Memoriam: Thomas S. Ulen (1946-2026) leiterreports.com/2026/09/14…
Privacy is all the more critical these days with automated enforcement tools like ALPRs, facial recognition, and AI assimilating it all into a comprehensive picture of our day to day lives in ways that likely infringe our 4th amendment rights. Great to see this focus on the part of @projectglitch_
Always great to talk w. @federicoast, especially b/c he hosted an event at @KingsCollegeLon where I presented an early draft of bit.ly/AIjudication (thanks to @TheIHS for support). Color me unsurprised yet delighted a dispute protocol like (@Kleros_io) is working in related areas!
A conversation with Eric Alston @IncompleteRules, professor at the University of Wyoming, covering key topics for the future of the legal industry.
- Liability in a world of economic transactions done by AIs.
- Enforcing judicial decisions against agents.
- The limits of AI in judicial decision-making.
Enjoy!
AI can't depoliticize judging. At the hard margins, applying AI to legal judgments will relocate the political choice from the courtroom to whoever designs and specifies the model. New project with @whlehr: three kinds of hard cases, why they frustrate algorithmic resolution, and where that residual authority goes when AI is used to resolve legal cases. bit.ly/AIjudication
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As shared by @IncompleteRules, with the support of the International Center for Law & Economics and the John Templeton Foundation
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New (w @hmayhen & Andy Morriss) analysis of adaptation of small jurisdictions to emergent digital economic activities - turns out it's about much more than low taxes, as legal capacity, existing professional services, and responsive government matter!
bit.ly/AdaptiveJurisdictions
New w. @AlexeiByerly on the evolution of the cryptocurrency ecosystem as defined by schismatic forking, codebase replication, and L1-L2 consolidation (thx to support from @TempletonWorld) --> codebase origins are likely to determine future merge patterns! bit.ly/CryptoEvo
Truly peer-to-peer access to inference compute for AI agents, with zero aggregator intermediation fees and cool privacy affordances if agents use @antseed to procure DIEM to use @AskVenice
hackernoon.com/antseed-just-…
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@IncompleteRules of @UWyonews presented several papers on in relation to privacy as constitutional capacity papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/… ⚖️
Always a pleasure to speak at a favorite event, @StanfordLaw Blockchain Governance Summit hosted by @jeff_strnad - I talked about the institutional privacy dilemma (w. @CossarSofia), Opacity as Constitutional Capacity (w. F. Carugati) and my own work on Digital Constitutionalism
ALT Eric Alston presents at Stanford Law on attaining "Dynamic Fidelity" of protocolized commitments in network-coordinated contexts
Stoked to have my latest pre-print featured by @SSRN - on (constitutional) means of ensuring commitment credibility in the increasingly prevalent context of networked coordination
#Digital Constitutionalism: Constraining Authority in Network-Coordinated Digital Orders
The author argues that distributed network governance creates dynamic fidelity.
Author: Eric Alston
Read More: spkl.io/6018A2W1r
#Law
ALT A bunch of blue lines in the air.
New from @CossarSofia and I:
how emergent tech like ZKPs & E2EE affects the privacy the govt will provide given the "institutional privacy dilemma" - govts are unlikely to supply privacy sufficiently because these rights cut against enforcement priorities
bit.ly/PrivacyZKPsEncryption
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“distributed network governance creates dynamic fidelity, …whereby…distribution of protocol update authority among independent classes of actors (validators, developers, users, [etc.]) produces emergent checks & balances analogous to constitutional separation of powers”
A new piece from me on why distributed network architectures are increasingly valuable for ensuring commitment credibility (↓ counterparty risk) and better protecting rights in digitally-intermediated contexts! bit.ly/DigitalConstitutional…
A new piece from me on why distributed network architectures are increasingly valuable for ensuring commitment credibility (↓ counterparty risk) and better protecting rights in digitally-intermediated contexts! bit.ly/DigitalConstitutional…
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Privacy vs. Enforcement isn't a zero-sum game. ⚡️🔐
@IncompleteRules discusses how Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) can tame the privacy dilemma. Imagine a world where you can prove compliance or solvency without revealing your entire balance sheet or identity.
We’re moving toward a "middle ground" that preserves individual autonomy while satisfying legitimate audit needs. 🔱📡
Catch the breakdown from #ETHBoulder on ZK-tech as a bellweather for state capacity:
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This weeks article examines how shared norms & conflict accommodation function as interlinked inputs to resilient organizational constitutional design, from traditional orgs to DAOs.
By @IncompleteRules
From 2022.
Available here: law.mit.edu/pub/governanceas…
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your comments brings this paper to mind: law.mit.edu/pub/governanceas…
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We are pleased to welcome Eric Alston as a Non-Resident Scholar.
Eric Alston (@IncompleteRules) is a Scholar in Residence at the University of Colorado Boulder and Faculty Director of the Hernando de Soto Capital Markets Program. He also serves as a Research Associate with the Comparative Constitutions Project.
His research spans law and economics, frontier rights development, constitutional design, and digital governance with a focus on blockchain networks. His current grant-funded work includes an NSF project on Colorado’s development and a Templeton project on digital currency markets.
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📚 From the Archive
In this @MIT Computational Law Report @IncompleteRules examines the possibilities enabled by using conflict as a tool for institutional decision-making.
2022: law.mit.edu/pub/governanceas…