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Jury In The Digital Age
Digitalization of the legal system is often perceived to demand plenty of time, energy and dedication from a majority â if not the entirety â of the legal system. It is, however, imperative if we are to ever progress and really tackle the outdated and sluggish legal system and problems in the implementation of law. The move towards a more computerized system of law and its record-keeping has also been suggested â and to an extent implemented â in Parliament. However, reformative technological change has been limited to law-making and will take long before being adopted fully by the judiciary…
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Lawyers as Scientists
In Thomas Moreâs seminal work, Utopia, the travelling philosopher, Raphael Hythloday, recounts a conversation he once had with a lawyer regarding the prevalence of theft in England. The lawyer had been pondering over why people continued to steal when the punishment for theft was as severe as death? Hythloday explains that people resort to theft due to an array of economic and social factors, such as increasing poverty and the âenclosure movementâ in England at the time. He states that until these underlying issues are resolved, people will continue to steal despite the harshness of the punishment. Whenever I teach Utopia, I…
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A 3-D approach to refrom of legal education
Good governance and rule of law cannot be established unless we produce âready for marketâ law graduates, who, in the long run, have to perform a role as legal practitioners, judges, and parliamentarians. Since the inception of Pakistan, the legal education sector has been rather inadequate. It is not surprising therefore that justice and rule of law are not in a good shape. The law schools have not been able to produce the kind of graduates who can resolve the problems in the dispensation of justice in Pakistan. There have been a number of efforts recently on the part of…
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