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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 anonymisation 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. \n

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The issues raised in Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age will only grow more numerous as new technology and social media are created. Nonetheless, this is a book no judge should be without. --Mitch Kowalski, Financial Post book review (01/03/12)

The issues raised in Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age will only grow more numerous as new technology and social media are created. Nonetheless, this is a book no judge should be without.--Mitch Kowalski, Financial Post book review (01/03/12)

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Karen Eltis is a tenured professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, Canada (Section de droit civil), the former co-director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, and director of the Human Rights Centre.

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