After completing that project, I explored the potential impact of the Internet on legal education. On the other hand, an electronic textbook may prove to be far more beneficial than the traditional printed course material. Some of us are just now gathering the expertise which will facilitate a more comprehensive approach to, and assessment of, the various benefits and barriers associated with Internet publishing. Between Chaos and Order . For example, a book filled with long cases is more costly.
Publishers understandably prefer brevity, while authors and teachers prefer thoroughness.
One may maintain teaching materials in a way that avoids the awkward and costly annual supplement to the casebook. One no longer has to wait for the typical six to eight-month publication cycle for print versions, which delays timely delivery of the work product to adopting professors and their students. This book is actually the third step in my integration of traditional teaching and the Internet. This new procedural textbook, entitled California Civil Practice , is a fresh step in the educational Information Age. It opens wide the doors which might otherwise have been merely ajar, as the legal teaching academy has finally begun its exploration of electronic space.