Technology, Humans, and Discontent with Law: The Quest for Better Governance

This book analyses discontent with law and assesses the prospect of better governance by technology.

In the first part of the book, where the context is ‘low tech’, the range of discontent with law is examined; the underlying reasons for such discontent are identified (namely, the human nature of the legal enterprise, its reliance on rules, and the pluralistic nature of human communities); and the reasonableness of such discontent is assessed. In the second part of the book, where the contex...