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2008 Colloquium on the Law of Futuristic Persons Writing Competition
Deadline: Track A or Track B September 20, 2008.
Call for Papers
Terasem Movement, Inc.
Space Coast, Florida
Eligibility
Any person enrolled in an accredited law school during 2008.
Costs
The chosen participant(s) will receive a $1,000 honorarium plus
all related travel and lodging to/from the Colloquium in Florida.
Requirements
Track A: Interested participants must submit, no later than
September 10, 2008, a 6,000-10,000 word (including footnotes) analysis of the legal
rights and obligations of futuristic persons, also known as Transbemans.
"Transbeman" is defined as a being who claims to have the rights
and obligations associated with humans, but is beyond currently accepted
notions of legal personhood. (Examples would include a computer
claiming to be conscious; a person successfully revived from post-mortem
cryoric biostasis; or a person's downloaded cyberconsciousness in a bionano body).
Track B: Interested participants must submit, no later than September 10, 2008,
a 4,000-6,000 word (including footnotes) appellate brief in support or in
opposition to the December 10th, 2005/2006 mock trial rulings in the matter
of the BINA48 intelligent computer. Further details on the BINA48 Petition, as
well as a webcast and transcripts of the mock trials, are accessible at:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/ (the 2003 California
case); http://www.terasemcentral.org/TL/BINA48trial.html
(the 2005 Florida case), and for the 2006 Alabama case:
http://www.terasemcentral.org/TL/2006ColloquiumProgram.html. Information is forthcoming
for the 2007 BINA48 Mock Competency Hearing. Notification & Conditions:
Selected participant(s) will be notified by October 10, 2008, and are
expected to orally present a summary of their paper or brief at the Colloquium.
Selected papers and briefs will be published in the Colloquium's online archive.
Submissions & Further Information: Contact: Terasem Movement, Inc.
P.O. Box 372869
Satellite Beach, Florida 32937
Phone: 321-676-3690 ext. 100 Fax: 321-676-3691
Email: lori@terasemcentral.org.
Website: http://www.terasemcentral.org