Editor’s note: Backward/Forward is an ongoing series of book reviews, where Law Technology News evaluates iconic technology books in the light of 2013. If you are interested in contributing please email [email protected].

As the legal industry modernizes under the weight of market pressure, legal technologists are increasingly called upon to articulate a coherent vision for what comes next, and the role that computing power and the Web have to play in the future state of the legal industry. In taking on this task, it may be important to look to the predictions of the past. What lessons might we learn from those who attempted to envision the societal impact of these same technologies at the moment of its emergence as a popular force in the mid-1990s?

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