Courts, Litigants, and the Digital Age. Law, Ethics, and Practice. Second Edition

- Publisher:
- Irwin Law Inc.
- Publication date:
- 2016-06-21
- Authors:
- Karen Eltis
- ISBN:
- 9781552214213
Description:
Courts, Litigants, and the Digital Age examines the ramifications of technology for courts, judges, and the administration of justice. It sets out the issues raised by technology, and, particularly, the Internet, so that conventional paradigms can be updated in the judicial context. In particular, the book dwells on issues such as proper judicial use of Internet sources, judicial ethics and social networking, electronic court records and anonymization techniques, control of the courtroom and jurors’ use of new technologies, asnwell as the Internet’s impact on judicial appointments and the diversity of thenjudiciary. The second edition includes discussion of current issues in thisnrapidly developing area, such as privacy protection, the “right to be forgotten,” cyber intimidation, freedom of digital speech, and litigant anonymity. Through examination of relevant practical, legal, and ethical issues, it endeavours to extract lessons from the developing issues surveyed and proposes forward-thinking approaches based on proportionality principles.
Index
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- Framing the Issues
- A 'Body of Precedent Written on the Wind?'. Wiki Courts, 'Link Rot', and Independent Judicial Internet Research
- The Open Courts Principle, Litigant Privacy, and Electronic Court Records
- De-anonymization' and 'Re-anonymization'. Why Traditional Assumptions No Longer Apply
- Index
- Facebook, Social Networking, and the Appearance of Impropriety. For Judges Less Is More
- Social Networking and Cyber Research Undermining the Jury System
- Conclusion. A Final Word
- Appendix
- Table of Cases
- Googling' the Judge and the Perception of Impartiality. Out-of-Court Speech, the Internet, and Judicial Ethics
- Preliminary sections