Law in a Shrinking World: The Interaction of Science and Technology with International Law

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Communications Revolutions and Legal Culture: An Elusive Relationship

“…Katsh and Collins and Skover provide the richest and most detailed long-range predictive scholarship, which is why I concentrate on their work. I have not discussed authors who essentially replicate their depiction of law evolving through four stages defined by dominant media regimes (spoken law, written law, print law, electronic law) (e.g., Dellapenna 2000). While many writers believe that communications regimes shape law, few embrace the central idea of Katsh and Collins and Skover: that computerization and the internet will push lawyer's habits of thought and regnant values in a determinate direction and will fundamentally transform legal culture.…”