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Thats not the issue, Lawyers and the like are extremely resistant to digitization. If you said we'll have a live database of all active subpoenas that anyone co
by gonzo41 10y ago
Thats not the issue, Lawyers and the like are extremely resistant to digitization. If you said we'll have a live database of all active subpoenas that anyone could read the types of fights you'd have with the legal profession would astound you.
Everything runs on written signed letters and the post.
Interesting fact, Barristers used to get paid by the inch of paper in their brief, so when you read old law and its verbose as fk. you just know someone was on the clock running up the hours.
- Zak 10y agoEverything runs on written signed letters and the post. If you have relevant insight, why is that? Digitization makes most information-oriented work easier and it stands to reason this would be true for law as well.
- taormina 10y agoWell, the lawyers should know that digitizing it means that they are liable and provably so.
- Zak 10y agoI don't think lawyers generating paper documents, signing them and then denying their authenticity is a widespread practice.
- a3camero 10y agoThere are very few disputes about authenticity of records. And communication between lawyers is often done on a "without prejudice" basis where it won't be introduced later as evidence. And despite the love of paper, lawyers do most of their communications through email. The printed paper record is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to law.
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- gonzo41 10y agoBecause they make a ton of cash right now using old systems. Why change? Sure they email but anything that may be brought o bear needs ink on it. They don't see things through a prism of 'making the system better' I had a mate in NSW (Australia) who got a DUI, He had too show up to court for it, so he decided to turn up himself because he didn't have the cash for a solicitor and he planned to throw himself at the mercy of the court. It didn't work out so well, he got absolutely spanked for not having legal representation. And i think that was wrong, Sure throw the book at him for being and idiot and driving while pissed but 'showing the court disrespect' by representing himself is crazy. When you consider that laws of the people are for the people. it drives me mad to see decisions go to a higher authority to be considered and decided. Laws are vague but they don't have to be. our legislators really fall down when they don't explicitly define in parliment a use case of the law side by side with it inception.