Review
One of the most important books about law in the past 50 years. Even more relevant today than when first published. Prescient, inspiring and humbling in even measure. I first read this as a trainee. I read it today as a managing partner. It paints a visionary, fundamentally uplifting picture of what a truly modern legal system could be. â Paul Lewis, Firmwide Managing Partner, Linklaters
Richard Susskind, who has greatly influenced so many of us in thinking about technology and justice, would be amply justified in saying, "I told you so", but this reissue is so much more than that. He reminds us, in his inimitable way, that the issues he has been writing about for decades remain of existential importance to all of us in the law, and highlights the great urgency with which we need to frame and address the critical questions that should be at the forefront of our minds. â Sundaresh Menon, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Singapore
One of the most visionary books ever written on the future of the legal profession, The Future of Law anticipated decades ago the transformation that the market would later confirm. This new edition adds fresh insights on AGI and reflections on the author's original thinking and predictions. A must-read book for every lawyer seeking to understand what comes next. â Pablo Blanco PÃĐrez, General Counsel, Repsol
Essential reading for lawyers, policymakers, and anyone concerned with trust, accountability and the rule of law. His predictions of what the future holds leave you fizzing with questions about the leadership required in government, in our public services, in private industry, to create a future where AGI is woven into our lives with rule of law principles as part of its DNA. â Fiona Rutherford, Chief Executive JUSTICE
Susskind brilliantly demonstrates that our biggest fear about the technological revolution he has long predicted-that it challenges everything we think we know about law and lawyering-can also be our greatest hope for the future, if we have the courage to return to first principles about the fundamental purposes of the legal system. Whether one ultimately agrees with his conclusions, the re-examination Susskind urges will be foundational to preserving the rule of law in the age of artificial intelligence. â David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Director of the Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School
About the Author
Richard Susskind CBE KC (HON) is widely recognized as the world's leading authority on the future of law and legal technology. In the mid-1980s, he wrote his doctorate on law and artificial intelligence at Balliol College Oxford, and went on to co-develop the world's first full-scale AI system for lawyers. From 1998 to 2023, he served as Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He is President of the Society for Computers and Law. He is the author of eleven books and his work has been translated into 25 languages. Professor Susskind is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the British Computer Society, and he has received three national honours: CBE, OBE, and KC (Hon).
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