The "alarming and impassioned"* book on how the Internet is redefining constitutional law, now reissued as the first popular book revised online by its readers (* New York Times ) There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control. Code , first published in 2000, argues that this belief is wrong. It is not in the nature of cyberspace to be unregulable; cyberspace has no "nature." It only has code-the software and hardware that make cyberspace what it is. That code can create a place of freedom-as the original architecture of the Net did-or a place of oppressive control. Under the influence of commerce, cyberpsace is becoming a highly regulable space, where behavior is much more tightly controlled than in real space. But that's not inevitable either. We can-we must-choose what kind of cyberspace we want and what freedoms we will guarantee. These choices are all about architecture: about what kind of code will govern cyberspace, and who will control it. In this realm, code is the most significant form of law, and it is up to lawyers, policymakers, and especially citizens to decide what values that code embodies. Since its original publication, this seminal book has earned the status of a minor classic. This second edition, or Version 2.0, has been prepared through the author's wiki, a web site that allows readers to edit the text, making this the first reader-edited revision of a popular book.

全网爆红的“法律男神”罗翔教授为每一位普通读者写的刑法普及讲义。
刑法与每个人的生活都密不可分，家庭、校园、职场、人际关系、经济活动处处都有违法犯罪行为，相应地，每个人都需要学习刑法。
罗翔让本来枯燥专业的刑法课变得“津津有味”，读者直呼上头，“根本停不下来”。刑法常识结合法理精神，兼具法律与人文的力量。本书为读者提供了相对完整的刑法学习体系，涵盖刑法演变、犯罪论、刑罚论，以及具体罪名的定罪量刑。全书通过分析真实刑法案件、张三的犯罪行为，激发读者用独立、睿智的法学思维去看待生活，提高法律感知能力。最后，每一位读者都能带着法学思维回归到工作、生活中去。
◇火爆全网！法律男神罗翔教授普法力作，超过900万人追着学
◇年轻人都在学，颠覆刑法认知，升级思维方式，守护自己的生命、身体和财产
◇识破网络诈骗、防治性骚扰、合理索赔、守护婚姻、处理意外，全方位打开法律感知力
◇法律界"郭德纲"，让刑法变有趣，法律入门神书，享受法学和哲学的双重降维学习快感
◇2020年现象级出圈学者，1天涨粉百万，创造B站增粉记录，千万人点赞，1.5亿次观看
◇陈睿、罗振宇、罗永浩都在转发推荐的刑法老师
理性而不失温度，感性而不失高度。这不仅是罗翔老师这样法律传播者的愿望，也是在法治社会中我们应有的态度。
——《人民日报》
法律可能让人觉得很生涩，离生活比较远。但是罗老师能让你知道法律跟生活是非常贴近的。他自己本身很懂，所以可以用最简单直白的语言讲出来。
——《南方周末》
罗翔老师不仅给你提供法律专业视角下的独特解读，还时不时来一场哲学教育，让你感受到一种被降维打击的快感，获得感和成就感满满。
——《第一财经》
外皮是喜感的口音，搞笑的例证；内核则是在多年的实践和思辨中寻求真理，催人上进，成为内容产业中的一股“清流”。这恐怕是罗翔之所以能持续受欢迎的原因所在。
——《中国新闻周刊》
罗翔老师满足了人们对有力量的通识教育的想像。用荒诞、极端案件逗笑人的同时，夹带出对尊重生命、尊重常识和对理想主义的呼唤。
——《三联生活周刊》
“津津有味”是罗翔弹幕里的高频词。除此之外，人们喜欢他，很大程度上也是因为他的真性情。

For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history and of its written and unwritten rules to show readers how the Supreme Court really works. Greenhouse offers a fascinating institutional biography of a place and its people - men and women - who exercise great power but whose names and faces are unrecognized by many Americans and whose work often appears cloaked in mystery. How do cases get to the Supreme Court? How do the justices go about deciding them? What special role does the chief justice play? What do the law clerks do? How does the court relate to the other branches of government? Greenhouse answers these questions by depicting the justices as they confront deep constitutional issues or wrestle with the meaning of confusing federal statutes. Throughout, the author examines many individual Supreme Court cases to illustrate points under discussion, ranging from Marbury v. Madison, the seminal case which established judicial review, to the recent District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), which struck down the District of Columbia's gun-control statute and which was, surprisingly, the first time in its history that the Court issued an authoritative interpretation of the Second Amendment. To add perspective, Greenhouse also compares the Court to foreign courts, revealing interesting differences. For instance, no other country in the world has chosen to bestow life tenure on its judges. A superb overview packed with telling details, this volume offers a matchless introduction to one of the pillars of American government.