Laws of UX is a collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces.
Laws of Software Engineering
A collection of principles and patterns that shape software systems, teams, and decisions.
Wex
Wex is a free legal dictionary and encyclopedia sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. The goal of the Wex project is to use law students to demystify legal language to the best of our collective ability. Nothing in Wex should be construed as legal advice, nor should it be considered to be the position or opinion of Cornell University, Cornell Law School, or the faculty of either. More information about Wex can be found in our Wex Definitions page. Here's a list of all pages.
Conway's Law | Laws of Software Engineering
Organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure.
Web Interface Guidelines
Guidelines for building great interfaces on the web. Covers interactions, animations, layout, content, forms, performance & design.
Governing Digital Legal Systems: Insights on Artificial Intelligence and Rules as Code · MIT Computational Law Report
This article explores how AI and 'rules as code' are turning law into automated systems. It highlights the need for governance focused on transparency, explainability, and risk management to ensure these digital legal frameworks stay reliable and fair.
Visual design rules you can safely follow every time
You do not have to follow these rules every time. If you have a good reason to break any of them, do. But they are safe to follow every time.
Tailoring Legal Protection for Computer Software
Peter S. Menell, Tailoring Legal Protection for Computer Software, Stanford Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 6 (Jul., 1987), pp. 1329-1372
Web Interface Guidelines
A non-exhaustive list of details that make a good web interface.
Usability/UX/Accessability Research? · Issue #819 · w3c-fedid/FedCM
I'm curious if this work has any usability, UX, or accessibility research that supports the designs here? Are there non-goals, or handling of failure case scenarios that have been envisioned an...
Chapter Eight—Technology and the Law: The Automobile · University of Wisconsin Law School Digital Repository · University of Wisconsin Law School Digital Repository
University of Wisconsin Law School Law Library 975 Bascom Mall Madison, WI 53706 608-262-3394
Constitutions of Web3
Smart contracts are promising tools for governing DAOs but they alone aren't enough. In this artifact, we describe how written constitutions are an interface for a community’s shared values and must complement programmatic tools like smart contracts.
Law.com | The Premier Source for Global Legal News & Analysis
Law.com delivers news, insights and resources that allow legal professionals to anticipate opportunities, adapt to change, and prepare for future success.
I read Joel Spolske's User Interface Design for Programmers book in 2001. Rewired me forever: When the program model deviates from the user model (me), I am SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED. Been designing to break the law... er, align with the user model ever since. joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/24/user-interface-des…
Computational Law
RaC, rules as code, legislation as code, automated decision making, papers, resources, disasters, people
Legislation as Code | Version: 2
Governing Digital Legal Systems: Insights on Artificial Intelligence and Rules as Code · MIT Computational Law Report
Hamish Fraser
