This book offers a radically different introduction to law, one that
reflects the challenges and opportunities presented by the rapid
technological developments of our time. Traditionally, law has been
about historic principles and rules and their application to a
particular set of facts; and courts, judges, and disputes have been
central to the legal enterprise. Against this approach, this book
highlights four radical and revisionist ideas: by bringing modern
technologies into the foreground; by presenting law as one particular
mode of governance in a larger picture of governance that now includes
technological modalities; by insisting that we have to think outside
the traditional doctrinal box to engage with a broad range of
governance questions; and by emphasising that human communities cannot
flourish without good governance to which both lawyers and law are
central. These four radical threads are woven into a discussion of the
modern landscape of law, and together they offer a distinctly
contemporary contribution to the quest for good governance. The
challenge for lawyers now, the book maintains, is to contribute to
thinking, both locally and globally, about how we take advantage of
the opportunities presented by the newest technology, without
compromising the essential conditions for human life and co-existence,
and without losing what we value in law’s governance. This book is
aimed at students who are studying law at university and legal
academics, and others, interested in the current and future impact of
technology on law.
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A Radical Introduction to Law
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ISBN
9781040120057
Publisert
2024
Utgave
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Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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