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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464089703321

Autore

Susskind Richard E

Titolo

The end of lawyers? [[electronic resource] ] : rethinking the nature of legal services / / Richard Susskind

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-150111-5

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lii, 303 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

340.0285

Soggetti

Practice of law - Automation

Lawyers - Effect of technological innovations on

Justice, Administration of - Automation

Technology and law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2008.

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; 1. The beginning of the end; The challenge for lawyers; Four thoughts; A journey; The Future of Law; Progress over the last decade; The flow of this book; 2. The evolution of legal service; The path to commoditisation; The pull of the market; Shedding light on various conundra; Decomposing legal service; Resourcing the evolution; Two case studies; 3. Trends in technology; Exponential growth; Information satisfaction; Community and collaboration; The net generation; Clicks and mortals; Disruptive technologies; 4. Disruptive legal technologies; Document assembly; Online community; e-learning; Personalised alerting; The electronic market; Online legal guidance; Embedded legal content; 5. The client grid; The asymmetry of lawyers and clients; The law firm grid; The client grid; Three possible models; Meeting clients' challenges; The role of clients; 6. Resolving and dissolving disputes; Litigation support revisited; Electronic disclosure; Electronic filing; Case management; Online dispute resolution; Dispute avoidance; 7. Access to law and to justice; Public information policy; Critique; Current systems; Promulgation; A law unto itself?; AFTERWORD



Sommario/riassunto

This work examines the effect of advances in IT upon legal practice, and analyses anticipated developments. It explores the extent to which the role of the traditional lawyer can be sustained in the face of the challenging trends in the legal market and new techniques and technologies for the delivery of services.