... ourselves whether, in the light of technological innovation and the growth of the internet, we should still be thinking in historical terms. And, if we are seeing the transformation of the nation ... court buildings owe their design to the necessities of parties, witnesses and their lawyers attending court for hearings, and, behind the scenes, the needs of the judges and of the back offices, ... increase in the length of the average trial and the decrease in the length of the average marriage, we may be approaching a cross-over. And a trial, whether criminal or civil, is the state in action,...