The use of microcomputers as decision aids in law practice is
increasing rapidly. Nagel here shows how developments in software
over the last few years are making microcomputers practically
indispensable to lawyers as decision aids. This is in contrast to
his earlier book on "Microcomputers as Decision Aids in Law
Practice." It dealt speculatively with ways in which
decision-aiding software could be used by lawyers for judicial
prediction, litigation strategy, allocating scarce resources, and
negotiation-mediation.
The book is divided into three parts covering general
developments, specific lawyer skills, and application to all fields
of law. The first part previews various uses of decision-aiding
software by practicing lawyers, including a general discussion of
the potential and actual benefits of such software. How
decision-aiding software enhances specific lawyer skills comprises
the second and largest part of the work. Among the topics discussed
are computer-aided counseling, computer-aided mediation, legal
policy evaluation and computer-aided advocacy, law prediction, and
legal administration. In the third part, Nagel assesses
applications of decision-aiding software to all fields of law, with
an emphasis on contracts, property, torts, family law, criminal
law, constitutional law, economic regulation, international law,
civil procedure, and criminal procedure. In a provocative
concluding chapter, he deals with the thorny issues of individual
ethics and professional responsibility in the context of
microcomputers. Because decision-aiding software encourages
decision makers to be much more explicit about their goals than
they otherwise would be, its use raises questions as to whose goals
should be pursued and to what degree. This is a nuts-and-bolts
guidebook that will be a valuable tool for practicing attorneys
with some knowledge of microcomputers and is recommended reading
for legal scholars and law students.
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