The Cambridge Handbook of Lawyering in the Digital Age

A comprehensive analysis of the practical and theoretical challenges surrounding the use of technology in legal practice.

Larry A. DiMatteo (Edited by), André Janssen (Edited by), Pietro Ortolani (Edited by), Francisco de Elizalde (Edited by), Michel Cannarsa (Edited by), Mateja Durovic (Edited by)

9781009295727, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 June 2023

406 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.759 kg

'I recommend this book for all academic law libraries, law society libraries, legislative libraries, and the libraries or collections of other organizations wanting to develop a greater understanding of legal technology.' Sandra Geddes, Canadian Law Library Review

With increasing digitalization and the evolution of artificial intelligence, the legal profession is on the verge of being transformed by technology (legal tech). This handbook examines these developments and the changing legal landscape by providing perspectives from multiple interested parties, including practitioners, academics, and legal tech companies from different legal systems. Scrutinizing the real implications posed by legal tech, the book advocates for an unbiased, cautious approach for the engagement of technology in legal practice. It also carefully addresses the core question of how to balance fears of industry takeover by technology with the potential for using legal tech to expand services and create value for clients. Together, the chapters develop a framework for analyzing the costs and benefits of new technologies before they are implemented in legal practice. This interdisciplinary collection features contributions from lawyers, social scientists, institutional officials, technologists, and current developers of e-law platforms and services.

1. Lawyering in the Digital Age Pietro Ortolani and Larry A. DiMatteo
Part I. Effects of Technology on Legal Practice: 2. Disruptive effects of legal tech Larry A. DiMatteo, Jiang Christine Jiaying and Robert Thomas
3. The effects of technology on legal practice: from punch card to artificial intelligence? Andr? Janssen and Tom J. Vennmanns
4. Legal drafting and automation Benjamin Werthmann
5. Emerging rules on artificial intelligence: Trojan horses of ethics in the realm of law? Florian Möslein and Maximilian Horn
Part II. Legal Tech and ADR: 6. Legal tech in ADR Mateja Durovic and Franciszek Lech
7. A blockchain-based smart dispute resolution method Alessandro Palombo, Raffaele Battaglini and Luigi Cantisani
8. Digital dispute resolution: blurring the boundaries of ADR Pietro Ortolani
Part III. Legal Tech in Consumer Relations and Small Claims 9. Legal tech in consumer relations and small-value claims: a survey Francisco de Elizalde
10. Regulation of legal services and access to justice in the digital age: a war report Jin-Ho Verdonschot and Max Houben
11. Legal tech and EU consumer law Martin Ebers
12. The two faces of legal tech in B2C relations Eric Tjong Tjin Tai
Part IV. Legal Tech and Public Law: 13. Blockchain's heterotopia: technological infrastructures and lawyering in the public sector Georgios Dimitropoulos
14. Fundamental rights and the use of artificial intelligence in court Jean-Marc van Gyseghem
15. Legal tech in public administration: prospects and challenges Antonios Kouroutakis
Part V. Legal Ethics and Societal Values Confront Technology: 16. Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI Michel Cannarsa
17. Ethical digital lawyering: technical and philosophical insights Mathieu Guillermin, Arnaud Billion, Carine Copain-Héritier and Emmanuel de Vaujany
18. Law, disintermediation, and the future of trust Christoph Kletzer
Part VI. Fate of the Legal Professions: 19. Lawyering somewhere between computation and the will to act: a digital age reflection Jeffrey M. Lipshaw
20. Surviving the digital transformation – a method for lawyers to approach legal tech Paw Fruerlund and Sebastian Peters
21. Road forward: promise and danger Larry A. DiMatteo and Pietro Ortolani.

Subject Areas: Artificial intelligence [UYQ], Legal aspects of IT [UBL], Ethical & social aspects of IT [UBJ], Impact of science & technology on society [PDR], Legal skills & practice [LAS]