From Codex to Code: The Digital Transformation of Legal Texts (Law, Governance and Technology Series, 82)

Through the integration of doctrinal and technical approaches, a new perspective on the ongoing evolution of the law emerges, both as a subject of regulation and as an object of computer implementation.In an era in which the law is no longer restricted to printed codes but operates within complex information systems, this volume offers an in-depth analysis of the very concept of legal text.Moving beyond paper-based, document-centric paradigms of law, this book introduces the concept of legal cybertext: a normative, structured, increasingly adaptive, and machine-processable form of text shaped by legal information technologies.The book develops the theoretical foundations of legal cybertext and examines how digital media transform the very nature of legal textuality.It reconceptualises legal texts as information systems, focusing on automated legal drafting, metadata standards, and e-legislation infrastructures.Finally, it presents future directions of development, including semantic au