Abstract
What must the law be in the future and how can we make it so? Are we thinking enough about the future of law, which will almost certainly be lived differently to today? Or are we trying always to fix the present, doomed to aim for a target that has already passed? If our memory tricks us into thinking we know where we have come from, what determines our perspective on the future? The paper therefore addresses two issues in English and Welsh law:1. the distinctive identity of the Law Commission;2. how to understand the “law” of tomorrow.By looking at law reform outside of just England, the paper also asks whether, if the past is a different country, might the future be one too? If so, are there other countries today which can help us understand that future and what kind of law reform bodies we will need for it?
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