The regime of Amalgamation of law and technology "Boon or Bane"

Rahul Pradhan

• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Year: 2016
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9783668368606
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: 4.6/7, Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, course: B.A., LL.B, language: English, abstract: The paper will be highlighting the need for technology, as an hour of need. The author here has made an effort to analyze the role of the judiciary in compelling the lawyers in indulging in such thing.The paper shall also deal at length with the different types of issues that are maligning the idea of information communication technology and how it could be catastrophic.ICT is an ellipsis that stands for Information Communication Technology. A novel way to think about ICT is to consider all the uses of digital technology that already exist to help individuals, businesses and organizations use information through telecommunications. ICT covers any product that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form. Lawyer's played an important and curtail role in the society which encompasses a lot's of documentation and information handling, storage, and salvage. The info intensiveness of a lawyer's accountability is such that tools and technologies that would speed up the documentation, management, and information handling are not only important but professionally necessary. The various technologies available has not only minimized the pressure upon a lawyer but has also saved time. As the title suggest everything has its own pros and cons. The idea of technology has however served as a measure against the upcoming challenges. "Prevention is better than cure". The idea of law backed by technology serves as a solution to future problems. With the pendency of cases before the courts, the idea of technology functions a better purpose. The idea of technology doesn't escalate the fact that the impacts aren't severe. The use of technology is a paperless work and hassle free. The overdependence on technology might lead to lethargy and unwillingness to work hard. The situation and the hour of the need, compel the budding lawyers to become adept in such activities, to avoid being prone to strenuous workload. The value of accuracy, correctness, completeness, relevance and timeliness are characteristics of information which ICT systems do generate to meet lawyer's information needs. The paper at large will be dealing with pros and cons of adapting technology in the field of law.