New digital technologies, from AI-fired 'legal tech' tools to virtual proceedings, are transforming the legal system. But much of the debate surrounding legal tech has zoomed out to a nebulous future of 'robo-judges' and 'robo-lawyers.' This volume is an antidote. Zeroing in on the near- to medium-term, it provides a concrete, empirically minded synthesis of the impact of new digital technologies on litigation and access to justice. How far and fast can legal tech advance given regulatory, organizational, and technological constraints? How will new technologies affect lawyers and litigants, and how should procedural rules adapt? How can technology expand – or curtail – access to justice? And how must judicial administration change to promote healthy technological development and open courthouse doors for all? By engaging these essential questions, this volume helps to map the opportunities and the perils of a rapidly digitizing legal system – and provides grounded advice for a sensible path forward.

The main essay in this volume analyzes where the legal marketplace and community has now got to in applying and responding to the new technological possibilities, and examines the key issues that must now be tackled. Eleven additional essays are included in an updated form.

Contains articles from the 1997 issues, including: ten questions for unjust enrichment theorists; is he our sister? sex, gender and transsexuals under European law; in defence of Ireland; the ends of legal studies; law, undergraduates and the tutorial; legal education in Greece; the law and ethics deriving from the Parthenon marbles cases; beyond Woolf - the virtual court house; consumer guarantees - the EC's Draft Directive; UK Government policy on encryption; the consequence of incapacity; holocaust denial in England; Lome V; towards a new trade horizon?; and the rise and rise of legal education.