Legal Design
Integrating Business, Design and Legal Thinking with Technology
Michael Doherty editor Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci editor Helena Haapio editor Margaret Hagan editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Published:26th Oct '21
Should be back in stock very soon
This innovative book proposes new theories on how the legal system can be made more comprehensible, usable and empowering for people through the use of design principles. Utilising key case studies and providing real-world examples of legal innovation, the book moves beyond discussion to action. It offers a rich set of examples, demonstrating how various design methods, including information, service, product and policy design, can be leveraged within research and practice.
Providing a forward-thinking outlook, this book presents an in-depth examination of how a human-centred, visual and participatory design approach can improve legal services and outcomes. Spanning numerous fields of legal practice, from education, housing and contracts to intellectual property, it highlights how visuals, information design and better communication can help prevent and solve legal problems. Chapters explore a new vision of lawyering and its potential to encompass a more creative and collaborative approach to legal practice.
Legal Design will be of benefit to students and scholars seeking an up-to-date analysis of current trends related to legal design thinking and execution. It will also be a key resource for legal practitioners, policy-makers, government officials and business professionals looking to deepen their understanding of the field and improve their own design tools.
‘Legal Design: Integrating Business, Design and Legal Thinking with Technology is a valuable addition to the literature. Whether as a broad introduction to legal design principles and methodologies, a place to be inspired by case studies and projects or as a more detailed examination of its place within the academy, it is a text that will be of interest to anybody with a curiosity about how law and design can function together to make the world a better place.’ -- Emily Allbon, The Edinburgh Law Review
'Filled with actionable insights from the superstars of legal design around the world, this book will become a go-to resource for legal innovators and inspire a new breed of proactive lawyers to keep clients at the heart of their work.' -- Verity White, Checklist Legal, Australia
‘This book is a thoughtful exploration of legal design, a novel human-centred paradigm for problem-solving and innovation in the legal space. The contributions range across domains – access to justice, contracts, adjudication, legal education, and more. The case studies show how legal design can make abstract legal rules and processes come to life, empowering their end-users. It is an essential reading for those interested in understanding the many faces of legal design, both from a theoretical and practical perspective.’ -- Stefania Passera, Passera Design and University of Vaasa, Finland
‘Legal Design is required reading for practitioners and academics interested in the latest advances in the field. The book’s amazing breadth of coverage includes chapters on policy making, cultural conflict, intellectual property, consumer protection, tenants’ rights, commercial contracts, judicial decision making, and education. The contributors are well-known experts in the field who provide in-depth coverage of each topic. The book provides special value by combining legal design theory with many practical examples, including contract design patterns, comic contracts, visual legal advice templates and knowledge graphs.’ -- George Siedel, University of Michigan, US
ISBN: 9781839107252
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264 pages