{"id":9057,"date":"2015-04-08T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/law\/2015\/04\/08\/fowler-law-professor-discusses-crowdsourcing-of-better-laws\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:22:37","slug":"fowler-law-professor-discusses-crowdsourcing-of-better-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/2015\/04\/08\/fowler-law-professor-discusses-crowdsourcing-of-better-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Fowler Law Professor Discusses Legislative Crowdsourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#x2019;ve heard of<br \/>\n<em>Open Source<\/em><br \/>\n technology. Legal scholar and innovator Chapman University Fowler School of Law Professor Tom W. Bell asks why laws &#x2014; our legal operating systems &#x2014; can&#x2019;t be thought of in the same way. Professor Bell&#8217;s video discussion,&#xA0; &#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/voiceandexit.com\/content\/bell\/\">Forget Politicians: How to Crowdsouce Better Laws<\/a><br \/>\n,&#8221; is featured on<br \/>\n<em>Watch the Talks<\/em><br \/>\n on voiceandexit.com.&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tom Bell: How to Crowdsource Better Laws\" href=\"http:\/\/voiceandexit.com\/content\/bell\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9058\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9058\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2015\/04\/Tom-Bell-April-8-Blog.jpg\" alt=\"tom-bell-april-8-blog\" width=\"419\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2015\/04\/Tom-Bell-April-8-Blog.jpg 845w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2015\/04\/Tom-Bell-April-8-Blog-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2015\/04\/Tom-Bell-April-8-Blog-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\n&#xD;<br \/>\nProfessor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/thomas-bell\">Tom Bell<\/a><br \/>\n specializes in high-tech legal issues and has written a variety of papers on Intellectual Property and Internet Law. 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