How has the researchers approach to finding cases changed as

How has the researcher\'s approach to finding cases changed as a result of the Internet? Have the resources and tools used by legal researchers for the past 150 years become outdated? What does the future hold for the researcher in finding and locating caselaw?

Solution

Internet has become a popular tool for the researcher to find cases. It has become specifically more important in the cases such as cyberspace, computer law,immigration law, Communications law,Intellectual property and major criminal laws. It has changed in the following ways:

The resources like LEXIS and WESTLAW which have been used by researchers from the past 150 years have not become outdated and still used by the researcher but slowly they are being replaced by the Tools available on Internet. Internet acts as a stronger tool for conducting research than the previous tools and resources.

In future the internet would becomeeven more powerful tool for case research.All the information would be available on the internet which can be accessed anytime. Furthermore live cases would also be available for the reference purpose.