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Megan Ma

Megan Ma
PhD candidate
All Pubs (13)Attributed Pubs (13)
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

Writing in Sign: Code as the Next Contract Language? ✍️ ⏭ 💻

by Megan Ma
Published: Aug 14, 2020
Recent developments in computable contracts have resulted in their increasing popularity and utility. This article explores the expression of contracts in code, outlining the possible implications of drafting in algorithmic form.
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

How 'Ordinary' is 'Ordinary Meaning'?

by Adam Nicholas and Megan Ma
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Published: Dec 07, 2021
This issue of the column will feature Adam Nicholas to discuss the stickiness of 'ordinary meaning.'
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Session 1: Introduction

by Günter Frankenberg, Tony Anghie, Jorge Esquirol, Megan Ma, and Omar Kamel
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Published: Sep 01, 2021
To what extent (if any) was the emergence of modern international law (public and private) in the nineteenth century coterminous with the colonial project? Does contemporary international law further a postcolonial project? Where do we situate human rights?
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

Deconstructing Legal Text: Object-Oriented Design in Legal Adjudication

by Megan Ma, Dmitriy Podkopaev, Avalon Campbell-Cousins, and Adam Nicholas
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Published: Nov 20, 2020
The possibility of completing high fidelity machine translations is one that has captured the attention of linguists, mathematicians, and others throughout history. This project explores this possibility in the context of law through a combination of law, data science, and UI/UX.
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Session 9: Capitalism’s Epistemology

by Hans Lindahl, Nicholas Saul, Megan Ma, and Ralf Michaels
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Published: Jan 19, 2021
Capitalism can be seen as a cultural way of producing, attributing, and accumulating specific forms of worth, which need not be monetary. What are capitalism’s specific dynamics in knowledge production?
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

Catala: A domain-specific programming language for implementing legislative text

by Dazza Greenwood, Megan Ma, Denis Merigoux, and Liane Huttner
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Published: Sep 24, 2021
Exploring the possibilities of a domain-specific language for law and legislation.
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Session 3: Capitalism’s Constitution | 22 October

by Helena Alviar, Günter Frankenberg, Jacco Bomhoff, Bruno Sousa Rodrigues, Mike Wilkinson, and Megan Ma
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Published: Nov 05, 2020
How should we understand authoritarian liberalism in relation to capitalism? How two-faced is neo-liberal capitalism’s constitution, as seen through colonialism, fiscal and monetary policy, the international foreign investment regime, or modern monetary theory?
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

The Linguistic Etch A Sketch

by Megan Ma
Published: May 14, 2021
The Linguistic Etch a Sketch is a recurring column from Megan Ma that focuses on the translations between law expressed through written prose and law expressed through code, examining what is gained and what is lost in each.
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

Flash Talks and Idea Flow Series Kickoff

by Dazza Greenwood, Tiemae Roquerre, Megan Ma, Andrew Domzalski, and Bryan Wilson
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Published: Feb 26, 2021
Idea Flow - Episode 1
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

Using Digital Footprints to Prove Where We Live

by Yuliya Panfil, Liam Broza, Dmitri Zagidulin, Dazza Greenwood, Tiemae Roquerre, Andrew Domzalski, Megan Ma, and Bryan Wilson
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Published: Mar 26, 2021
Idea Flow - Episode 2
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

Independent Auditing of Algorithms and Autonomous Systems

by Ryan Carrier, Dazza Greenwood, Tiemae Roquerre, Megan Ma, and Andrew Domzalski
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Published: Apr 30, 2021
Idea Flow - Episode 3
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

Measuring Contract Elasticity: Computing Reinsurance

by Klaudia Galka and Megan Ma
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Published: Aug 22, 2022
in Community MIT Computational Law Report

2023 MIT Computational Law Workshop

by Dazza Greenwood, Megan Ma, Bryan Wilson, and Wassim Z. Alsindi
Published: Jan 20, 2023
The 2023 MIT IAP Computational Law Workshop with sessions on Generative AI in the Law and Composable Governance.
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