Collisions in the Digital
Paradigm
Law and Rule Making in the
Internet Age
David John Harvey
It has been said that the
only asset that a lawyer has is time. But the reality is that a lawyer's
greatest asset is information. The practice and the business of law is all
about information exchange. The flow of information travels in a number of
different directions during the life of a case. A client communicates certain
facts to a lawyer. The lawyer assimilates those facts and seeks out specialised
legal information which may be applicable to those facts. In the course of a
generation there has been a technological revolution which represents a
paradigm shift in the flow of information and communication. Collisions in the
Digital Paradigm is about how the law deals with digital information
technologies and some of the problems that arise when the law has to deal with
issues arising in a new paradigm.
