1995-09-07 - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers?

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From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
To: Buford Terrell <terrell@sam.neosoft.com>
Message Hash: 61f17f239a098557d02ecca1fae467da740858db44baa88af0eb4c8dd508bd51
Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950907060030.15660D-100000@panix.com>
Reply To: <199509062335.SAA02364@sam.neosoft.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-09-07 10:05:41 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 03:05:41 PDT

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From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 03:05:41 PDT
To: Buford Terrell <terrell@sam.neosoft.com>
Subject: Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers?
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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.  Telecoms will certainly break the professional 
monopoly of lawyers (and other professionals).

DCF

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• 1995-09-06 (Wed, 6 Sep 95 16:25:19 PDT) - cryptography eliminates lawyers? - terrell@sam.neosoft.com (Buford Terrell)
  • 1995-09-07 (Thu, 7 Sep 95 03:05:41 PDT) - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers? - Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
    • 1995-09-08 (Thu, 7 Sep 95 19:12:32 PDT) - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers? - Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
      • 1995-09-08 (Thu, 7 Sep 95 20:40:09 PDT) - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers? - Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
        • 1995-09-13 (Wed, 13 Sep 95 15:11:28 PDT) - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers? - Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
          • 1995-09-14 (Thu, 14 Sep 95 03:01:28 PDT) - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers? - Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
            • 1995-09-14 (Thu, 14 Sep 95 03:33:03 PDT) - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers? - Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
            • 1995-09-14 (Thu, 14 Sep 95 11:29:46 PDT) - Re: cryptography eliminates lawyers? - Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>