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1995-09-08 - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers?

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-08 02:12:32 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 19:12:32 PDT

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 19:12:32 PDT
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Subject: Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers?
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On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Duncan Frissell wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Buford Terrell wrote:
> 
> > How could crypto put lawyers out of business?  People would still
> > have disagreements; plans would still go wrong; cars would still
> > crash.  More important, transactions would still need to be 
> > structured to carry out the desires of the parties while minimizing
> > risks.
> > 
> > Good communications technology, including crypto, could make lawyering
> > more efficient, but I suspect the savings would be minimal.
> 
> Well, if crypto reduces the role of government in human affairs, it will 
> reduce work for lawyers.

This first, I see....


Telecoms will certainly break the professional 
> monopoly of lawyers (and other professionals).

This I don't.  How do you mean exactly?

> 
> DCF
>

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