Readership: Practising lawyers, legislators, communications professionals, IT specialists, IT journalists; practitioners and scholars of management. Legal scholars, particularly those interested in the impact of IT on the study and practice of law. Law students.
"'The value of the paperback edition of "The Future of Law" is twofold, for it contains not only the visionary words Professor Susskind originally wrote, but also a long and entirely new Preface bringing the book right up to date. In my view it is essential reading for all who wish to see our justice system improved, beacuse I am convinced that the problems of cost, delay and inaccessibility cannot be successfully tackled without taking full advantage of Information Technology.' Lord Saville of Newdigate, Chairman of ITAC (Information and Technology Courts Committe) February 1998"
New substantial preface Part I: The Current Realities 1: The Poverty of Law 2: The Power of IT Part II: Understanding the Role of Information Technology in the Law 3: The Leading Applications 4: The Crucial Enabling Techniques 5: Technical Assumptions Part III: The Impact of Information Technology on the Law 6: The Law as an Information System 7: Business Process Re-engineering and the Law Part IV: The Management Challenges 8: Thinking Strategically 9: Cultivating the Culture 10: Assessing the Costs and Benefits Part V: The Future 11: Changing Legal Education and Training 12: Lawyers and the Legal Service of Tomorrow
