Legal History Workshop: Technology and the Law

Harvard FAS

Technological change is constantly shifting the practice and theory of law. New technologies can expand the state’s and private parties’ capacity to inflict harm, straining the limits of constitutional rights and demanding new forms of regulation. They can blur the boundaries between public and private domains, forcing courts to revisit lonstanding doctrines and legal principles. And they can transform the practice of law itself, from how lawyers present arguments and interview witnesses at…