Legal Scholarship, Electronic Publishing, and Open Access: Transformation or Steadfast Stagnation?

Law Library Journal, Vol. 101, p. 31, 2009

27 Pages Posted: 27 Feb 2009

Date Written: February 26, 2009

Abstract

This article uses a social shaping of technology perspective, which studies the complex interactions between technology and the culture of a discipline, to investigate the evolution of legal scholarship in the digital age, and to determine how the open access movement has influenced various forms of legal scholarship, particularly law reviews, their online companions, and legal blogs.

Keywords: social shaping, culture, legal scholarship, digital, open access, law reviews, legal blogs, blogs

Suggested Citation

Plotin, Stephanie, Legal Scholarship, Electronic Publishing, and Open Access: Transformation or Steadfast Stagnation? (February 26, 2009). Law Library Journal, Vol. 101, p. 31, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1350138

Stephanie Plotin (Contact Author)

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