| Description |
1 online resource (x, 258 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Speech, writing, and text -- Wills -- Contracts -- Statutes -- Judicial opinions and the concept of precedent. |
| Summary |
"Technological revolutions have had an unquestionable impact on culture and society. In the legal realm, the rise of literacy and print culture made possible the governing of large empires, the memorializing of private legal transactions, and the broad distribution of judicial precedents and legislation. These developments promote the rule of law and the certainty of private legal transactions. Yet each of these technologies has its shadow side: written or printed texts lack the flexibility of oral communication, and the literary practices of the legal profession can frustrate ordinary citizens, who may be bound by documents whose implications they scarcely understand. Parchment, Paper, Pixels offers an engaging exploration of the impact of three technological revolutions on the law. Beginning with the invention of writing, continuing with the mass production of identical copies of legal texts brought about by the printing press, and ending with a discussion of computers and the Internet, Peter M. Tiersma traces the journey of contracts, wills, statutes, judicial opinions, and other legal texts through the past and into the future. Though the ultimate effects of modern technologies on our legal system remain to be seen, Parchment, Paper, Pixels offers readers an insightful guide as to how our shifting forms of technological literacy have shaped and continue to shape the nature and practice of law today"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Technology and law.
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Technology and law. |
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Communication in law.
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Communication in law. |
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Communication and technology.
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Communication and technology. |
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Communication -- Technological innovations.
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Communication -- Technological innovations. |
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Law -- Technological innovations.
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Law. |
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Technological innovations. |
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Law -- Information technology.
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Information technology. |
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Legal documents.
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Legal documents. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Tiersma, Peter Meijes. Parchment, paper, pixels. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226803067 (DLC) 2010002014 (OCoLC)457149479 |
| ISBN |
9780226803074 (electronic book) |
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0226803074 (electronic book) |
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9780226803067 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226803066 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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