Technology and legal systems

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I THE NATURE OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY -- 1 The Nature of Law and Government -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Government - a Case Study -- 1.3 The Rule of Law -- 1.4 The Relationship between Law and Government -- 1.5 The Nature of Law and Technology -- 1.6 Conclusion -- 2 The Response of Business to Changes in the Legal Environment -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Business Response to Changes in Legal Systems -- 2.3 Political Collapse and Laissez-Faire Economies -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 Technology's Effect on Legal Systems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Nature and Type of Technologies -- 3.3 The Effect of Technological Change on Law -- 3.4 Conclusion -- PART II THE RELATIONSHIP OF GOVERNMENT AND TECHNOLOGY -- 4 Constitutional Responses to Paradigmatic Shifts in Technology -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Technological Challenges to Constitutional Paradigms -- 4.3 The State -- 4.3.1 Global Technological Environment -- 4.3.2 Global Geo-Political Environment -- 4.3.3 The Global Environment -- 4.4 Sovereignty -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 The Nature of Constitutions and their Relationship with Technology -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Legitimacy and the State -- 5.3 Possible Changes in the Nature of Government and the Global Environment -- 5.4 The Contextualization of Constitutions and Technology -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 Changes in the Past -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Egypt -- 6.3 Rome -- 6.4 Dark Age and Mediæval Europe -- 6.5 The Reformation -- 6.6 The Industrial Revolution -- 6.7 The Constitutional Effects of Technology -- 6.8 Conclusion -- 7 Changes in the Present -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Telecommunications -- 7.3 The Internet -- 7.3.1 The Internet and Commerce -- 7.3.2 The Internet and the State -- 7.4 Conclusion