Abstract
Polarization on contentious policy issues is a problem of national concern for both hot-button cultural issues such as climate change and gun control and for issues of interest to more specialized constituencies. Cultural debates have become so contentious that in many cases people are unable to agree even on the underlying facts needed to resolve these issues. Here, we tackle this problem in the context of intellectual property law. Despite an explosion in the quantity and quality of empirical evidence about the intellectual property system, IP policy debates have become increasingly polarized. This disagreement about existing evidence concerning the effects of the IP system hinders democratic deliberation and stymies progress …
Wittlin, Maggie and Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore and Mandel, Gregory N., What Causes Polarization on IP Policy? (March 13, 2018). UC Davis Law Review, forthcoming.
First posted 2018-03-19 10:19:42
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