Legal information and the search for cognitive authority

California Law Review

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1675-

  Berring, Robert C ^a  

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EID: 0043282157     PISSN: 00081221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3481207     Document Type: Article

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1. There is a cornucopia of literature on the topic of the impact of the culture of the book as well. Studies of print culture are maturing just as it is dying. A true classic is ELIZABETH L. EISENSTEIN, THE PRINTING PRESS AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE (1979), studying the changes wrought by the advent of print. Interestingly, she found that little analysis had been devoted to this topic: According to Steinberg: 'The history of printing is an integral part of the general history of civilization.' Unfortunately the statement is not applicable to written history as it stands although it is probably true enough of the actual course of human affairs. Far from being integrated into other works, studies dealing with the history of printing are isolated and artificially sealed off from the rest of historical literature. Id. at 5-6 (citation omitted). While Professor Eisenstein writes concerning the field of history, much the same could be said of legal history and the study of legal cultures. For stimulating discussion of the shift from print to electronic information and its societal impact, the reader may wish to refer to SHERRY TURKLE, LIFE ON THE SCREEN: IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET (1995), or SHERRY TURKLE, THE SECOND SELF: COMPUTERS AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT (1984). See also GEORGE GERBNER
2. There is a cornucopia of literature on the topic of the impact of the culture of the book as well. Studies of print culture are maturing just as it is dying. A true classic is ELIZABETH L. EISENSTEIN, THE PRINTING PRESS AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE (1979), studying the changes wrought by the advent of print. Interestingly, she found that little analysis had been devoted to this topic: According to Steinberg: 'The history of printing is an integral part of the general history of civilization.' Unfortunately the statement is not applicable to written history as it stands although it is probably true enough of the actual course of human affairs. Far from being integrated into other works, studies dealing with the history of printing are isolated and artificially sealed off from the rest of historical literature. Id. at 5-6 (citation omitted). While Professor Eisenstein writes concerning the field of history, much the same could be said of legal history and the study of legal cultures. For stimulating discussion of the shift from print to electronic information and its societal impact, the reader may wish to refer to SHERRY TURKLE, LIFE ON THE SCREEN: IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET (1995), or SHERRY TURKLE, THE SECOND SELF: COMPUTERS AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT (1984). See also GEORGE GERBNER
3. There is a cornucopia of literature on the topic of the impact of the culture of the book as well. Studies of print culture are maturing just as it is dying. A true classic is ELIZABETH L. EISENSTEIN, THE PRINTING PRESS AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE (1979), studying the changes wrought by the advent of print. Interestingly, she found that little analysis had been devoted to this topic: According to Steinberg: 'The history of printing is an integral part of the general history of civilization.' Unfortunately the statement is not applicable to written history as it stands although it is probably true enough of the actual course of human affairs. Far from being integrated into other works, studies dealing with the history of printing are isolated and artificially sealed off from the rest of historical literature. Id. at 5-6 (citation omitted). While Professor Eisenstein writes concerning the field of history, much the same could be said of legal history and the study of legal cultures. For stimulating discussion of the shift from print to electronic information and its societal impact, the reader may wish to refer to SHERRY TURKLE, LIFE ON THE SCREEN: IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET (1995), or SHERRY TURKLE, THE SECOND SELF: COMPUTERS AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT (1984). See also GEORGE GERBNER