Comments on: Virtual Courts and Virtual Clerkships http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/virtual_courts.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/virtual_courts.html/comment-page-1#comment-58371 Ryan Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:41:23 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/06/virtual-courts-and-virtual-clerkships.html#comment-58371 I wish this were true. But I think the monopoly that lawyers have on the legal system will last for some time. It's been possible to settle court cases over the telephone for some time, but as convenient as that would be, few places have done it. (California lets you contest traffic tickets through the mail.) The law will remain inefficient because lawyers want it to be that way, and judges rely on the imposing nature of the courtroom. I wish this were true. But I think the monopoly that lawyers have on the legal system will last for some time. It’s been possible to settle court cases over the telephone for some time, but as convenient as that would be, few places have done it. (California lets you contest traffic tickets through the mail.)

The law will remain inefficient because lawyers want it to be that way, and judges rely on the imposing nature of the courtroom.

]]> By: John Armstrong http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/virtual_courts.html/comment-page-1#comment-58370 John Armstrong Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/06/virtual-courts-and-virtual-clerkships.html#comment-58370 How would a virtual court square with a defendant's right to "face" his accuser? How would a virtual court square with a defendant’s right to “face” his accuser?

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