The Computerised Lawyer

A Guide to the Use of Computers in the Legal Profession

Philip Leith, Amanda Hoey (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 361 Seiten

1997 | 2nd rev. ed. 1998
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-76141-9 (ISBN)

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This book is an introduction to the technology and application of computers in the legal field - from office and court use, to the debate over artificial intelligence. The reader is assumed to have no initial knowledge of computing. The first four chapters deal with the nature of computer hardware, communications, and software. The next three chapters deal with the variety of current computer applications in law: from legal information retrieval to jury administration in the court system. The final three chapters deal with the adventurous attempts to use artificial intelligence in law. As well as dealing with computer applications in law, this book features some aspects of law and the legal process which the computer is currently highlighting - what is the nature of a rule, how will law react to a potential torrent of easily available secondary materials, will computerised courts affect justice?
Given the increasing number of courses in computer appreciation for lawyers and law students, and the en-croaching nature of the computer upon legal thinking and the practice of law, there is a growing need for textbooks such as this which provide an introduction to computer technology within the framework of law. Un- like other books in this subject, this book emphasises the technical applications, so complementing textbooks which deal with the law relating to computers. This book will be of interest to lawyers and to undergraduates, postgraduates, and lecturers in law, as well as to computer scientists involved with research into the application of computers in law.

Thesecondeditionofthis workdemonstrates how substantiallythe field ofcomputers and law has moved. In the first edition, some 78 pages were givenover to the description ofhardwareand software description - almost an 'introduction to computing' for lawyers. Now, in this edition, the general expertise which exists amongst lawyers and the availability ofgood, easily assimilated information concerning the new technologies allows us to minimise this kind of material and move over to more substantive issues. Students no longer have to be told where the 'return' key is, and lawyers are aware of, for example, practice management software. Not only is the general level of understanding greater, but the computer itself has substantiallydeveloped, partlythroughbecomingmore power ful for lesscost, and partly through the communications revolution known as the 'Internet'. Thishas allowed us to develop areas ofthe first edition which were not looked at due to space reasons: the result is acompletelydifferentbook. The preface to the first introduction made mention of the nega tive view whichlaw teachers generallyhad ofthe role ofcomputers and law within the curriculum. This has changed drastically and it isnow almost universally the case that law schoolsencourage com puter literacy amongst students and almost all staff are computer literate. This student literacy is seen as a skill for a future career, as well as a skill required by the law student during their education.

1 An introduction to the PC.- 2 Handling legal information.- 3 Primary legal information.- 4 The legal information marketplace.- 5 Technology and the criminal justice system.- 6 Management: the law office.- 7 Management: the court.- 8 Advocacy.- 9 Public access to law and legal information.- 10 Legal education.- 11 From codification to logical dialectic.- 12 Artificial intelligence.- 13 Information and law.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.11.1997
Zusatzinfo	XII, 361 p. 4 illus.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	568 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Artificial Intelligence • Computer • Computerrecht • EDV (Einz.) • EDV; Spezielle Anwendungsbereiche • Law • Logic • Rechtsanwalt • Rechtsanwalt (RA) • Rechtsanwalt (RA) / Advokat
ISBN-10	3-540-76141-1 / 3540761411
ISBN-13	978-3-540-76141-9 / 9783540761419
Zustand	Neuware