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Barron, Anne

Anne Barron Associate Professor (Reader) in Law  

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Department of Law

Associate Professor (Reader)

 

Experience keywords:

copyright law; data protection and privacy law; media law; modern European philosophy, critical social theory; trade mark law

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My research is critical and interdisciplinary, seeking to integrate methods and frameworks drawn from philosophy, social theory and critical political economy into the study of legal concepts and legal theory. Current research centres principally on knowledge economies, new public spheres, ICT's, IP rights, and the relations between all these. Some of my recent work draws on critical political economy to explore the role of the copyright system in underpinning the profitability of the culture and information industries, and in shaping the major cultural forms (visual art, music and film) that organise artistic expression within today’s cultural public spheres. Other work draws on modern European philosophy and critical social theory to investigate alternative ways of thinking about, and instituting, authors’ rights. At present I’m especially interested in exploring the implications for law of two apparently opposed understandings of authorship yielded by critical social theory today: as rational-critical communication, and as ‘immaterial’ labour.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Creative Industries and Culture; Law; Media Technology and New Media

Countries and regions to which research relates:

UK and EU; US

Languages:

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7267

LSE email:

a.barron@lse.ac.uk

Publications

2014

Barron, Anne (2014) Intellectual property and the open (information) society In: David, Matthew and Halbert, Debora, (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property . SAGE Publications, London, UK, 4-27. ISBN 9781446266342

2013

Barron, Anne (2013) Open access and Creative Commons licensing: copyrights, moral rights and moral panics LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blog.

Barron, Anne (2013) Human Rights Law might not be the answer: response to Article 19’s principles on copyright LSE Media Policy Project (16 May 2013) Blog entry

Barron, Anne (2013) Free software production as critical social practice Economy and Society, 42 (4). 597-625. ISSN 0308-5147

2012

Barron, Anne (2012) Kant, copyright and communicative freedom Law and Philosophy, 31 (1). 1-48. ISSN 0167-5249

2011

Barron, Anne (2011) 'Graduated response' à l’Anglaise: online copyright infringement and the Digital Economy Act 2010 Journal of Media Law, 3 (2). 305-347. ISSN 1757-7632

2010

Barron, Anne (2010) Kapitalismus 2.0 [Capitalism 2.0] In: Becker, Karine and Gertenbach, Lars and Laux, Henning and Reitz, Tilman, (eds.) Grenzverschiebungen des Kapitalismus: Umkämpfte Räume und Orte des Widerstands [the Shifting Boundaries of Capitalism: Limits, F. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 137-163. ISBN 9783593391502

Barron, Anne (2010) Copyright infringement, 'free-riding' and the lifeworld In: Bently, Lionel and Davis, Jennifer and Ginsburg, Jane C, (eds.) Copyright and Piracy: an Interdisciplinary Critique. Cambridge intellectual property and information law (13). Cambridge University Press , Cambridge, UK, 93-127. ISBN 9780521193436

2008

Barron, Anne (2008) Copyright infringement, 'free-riding' and the lifeworld LSE law, society and economy working papers, 17-2008. Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2006

Barron, Anne (2006) Entry on 'Copyright' for New encyclopaedia of knowledge, preliminary volume: problematizing global knowledge Theory, Culture and Society, 23 (2/3). 278-282. ISSN 0263-2764

Barron, Anne (2006) Introduction: harmony or dissonance?: copyright concepts and musical practice Social and Legal Studies, 15 (1). 25-51. ISSN 0964-6639

Barron, Anne (2006) Copyright law's musical work Social and Legal Studies, 15 (1). 101-127. ISSN 0964-6639

2004

Barron, Anne (2004) Commodification and cultural form: film copyright revisited New Formations, 52 (1). 58-81. ISSN 0950-2378

Barron, Anne (2004) The legal properties of film Modern Law Review, 67 (2). 177-208. ISSN 0026-7961

2002

Barron, Anne (2002) Foucault and law In: Penner, James E. and Schiff, David and Nobles, Richard, (eds.) Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory: Commentary and Materials. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 955-1034. ISBN 9780406946782

Barron, Anne (2002) (Legal) reason and its ‘others’: recent developments in legal theory In: Penner, James E. and Schiff, David and Nobles, Richard, (eds.) Introduction to Jurisprudence and Legal Theory: Commentary and Materials. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1035-1121. ISBN 9780406946782

Barron, Anne (2002) Copyright law and the claims of art Intellectual Property Quarterly (4). 368-401. ISSN 1364-906X

2000

Barron, Anne (2000) Feminism, aestheticism and the limits of law Feminist Legal Studies, 8 (3). 275-317. ISSN 0966-3622

Barron, Anne (2000) Spectacular jurisprudence Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 20 (2). 301-315. ISSN 0143-6503

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Awards

Leverhulme Research Fellowship 2005-6, Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award 2005-6

Short bio >

Anne Barron is a graduate of University College Dublin (BCL) and Harvard Law School (LLM). She held Lectureships in Law at the University of Warwick and University College London before joining the LSE.

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