UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM presents "According to the Text" Dr. Paul Wernick (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK) 24 March 2010 (Wednesday) ** Lecture Theatre A166 ** [*NOTE UNUSUAL LOCATION*] Hatfield, College Lane Campus 3 - 4 pm Everyone is Welcome to Attend Refreshments will be available Abstract: In his recent book Lord Bingham placed access to the law as the first requirement for the Rule of Law. In this lecture I consider from a historical perspective the relationship between access to the law and the technologies (taken in the broadest sense) used to deliver that access, from the oral tradition to the electronic age. (This is a reprise of a public lecture given at the UH School of Law.) --------------------------------------------------- Hertfordshire Computer Science Research Colloquium http://homepages.stca.herts.ac.uk/~nehaniv/colloq