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, as well as the Internet’s impact on judicial appointments and the diversity of the judiciary.  Through  examination of relevant practical, legal, and ethical issues, it endeavours to extract  lessons from the developing issues surveyed.

Summary Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Framing the Issues

Chapter 2: A “body of precedent written on the wind?” WIKI Courts, “LINK ROT,” and Independent Judicial Internet Research

Chapter 3: The Open-Court Principle, Litigant Privacy, and Electronic Court Records

Chapter 4: “De-anonymization” and “Re-anonymization”: Why Traditional Assumptions No Longer Apply

Chapter 5: “Googling” the Judge and the Perception of Impartiality: Out of Court Speech, the Internet, and Judicial Ethics

Chapter 6: Facebook, Social Networking, and the Appearance of Impropriety: For Judges Less Is More

Chapter 7: Social Networking and Cyber Research Undermining the Jury System

Conclusion: A Final Word

Appendix “A”

Table of Cases

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