TY - CHAP
T1 - The lawyer of the future as “transaction engineer”
T2 - Digital technologies and the disruption of the legal profession
AU - Fenwick, Mark
AU - Vermeulen, Erik P.M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This chapter introduces two connected arguments about the future of the legal profession. First, the ongoing “digital revolution” will continue to disrupt legal work as it has traditionally operated. Various aspects of this disruption are outlined. Second, in contrast to previous technological revolutions, the “deployment” of disruptive innovation in the context of the digital revolution seems unlikely to be primarily “state-led.” Instead, new technologies will be deployed by a coalition of diverse private actors (entrepreneurs, technologists, consultants, and other professionals) working in collaboration. Crucial amongst these actors will be the lawyer of the future operating as “transaction engineer.” The chapter outlines this transaction engineer function and its importance in the deployment of emerging digital technologies.
AB - This chapter introduces two connected arguments about the future of the legal profession. First, the ongoing “digital revolution” will continue to disrupt legal work as it has traditionally operated. Various aspects of this disruption are outlined. Second, in contrast to previous technological revolutions, the “deployment” of disruptive innovation in the context of the digital revolution seems unlikely to be primarily “state-led.” Instead, new technologies will be deployed by a coalition of diverse private actors (entrepreneurs, technologists, consultants, and other professionals) working in collaboration. Crucial amongst these actors will be the lawyer of the future operating as “transaction engineer.” The chapter outlines this transaction engineer function and its importance in the deployment of emerging digital technologies.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-6086-2_10
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-6086-2_10
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85076121805
T3 - Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation
SP - 253
EP - 272
BT - Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation
PB - Springer
ER -