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| Translated title of the contribution | Writing, Paper and Law. Concerning the Transition in Storage Media in the Modern and Postmodern Eras - A Sketch |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 219-250 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Germanistische Abteilung |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 6 Jul 2015 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2015 |
Abstract
At present, certain fields of law experience a media transformation, which is well underway. As at the threshold of the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern era, the transfer of money and payment plays a leading role. But what is, intrinsically, this media transition? Legal history proofs that principles of the written form had taken effect already in the ancient world rather than only in the Early Modern era. The invention of letterpress printing was neither cause nor trigger of the written form, while influencing the theory of the close of writing: The "demise of writing" is not to be expected, as the current transition does not concern the writing itself but rather the storage medium. New legal development stems from the emancipation of writing from paper. Today, the role of the printed book in the future, or whether there will still be bank notes, or bank statement printers, and how notaries will certify marriage contracts, or last wills, or company agreements, is uncertain. Surely, the "materiality" of paper has a wider time horizon than electronic storage media. Paper can be restored. It stays without continuous new formatting. As for literacy, the enhancement of the mobile phone on keyboards and screens ("the eye's victory over the ear") is also a victory of writing over the spoken word. Therefore we may expect paper to stay important, but within a diversification of information storage media.
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In: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Germanistische Abteilung, Vol. 132, No. 1, 01.08.2015, p. 219-250.
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N2 - At present, certain fields of law experience a media transformation, which is well underway. As at the threshold of the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern era, the transfer of money and payment plays a leading role. But what is, intrinsically, this media transition? Legal history proofs that principles of the written form had taken effect already in the ancient world rather than only in the Early Modern era. The invention of letterpress printing was neither cause nor trigger of the written form, while influencing the theory of the close of writing: The "demise of writing" is not to be expected, as the current transition does not concern the writing itself but rather the storage medium. New legal development stems from the emancipation of writing from paper. Today, the role of the printed book in the future, or whether there will still be bank notes, or bank statement printers, and how notaries will certify marriage contracts, or last wills, or company agreements, is uncertain. Surely, the "materiality" of paper has a wider time horizon than electronic storage media. Paper can be restored. It stays without continuous new formatting. As for literacy, the enhancement of the mobile phone on keyboards and screens ("the eye's victory over the ear") is also a victory of writing over the spoken word. Therefore we may expect paper to stay important, but within a diversification of information storage media.
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