The principles of fairness has a centrality in legal proceedings. The duty of the judge to so  interpret the provisions of law as to avoid defeating the main purpose behind law is very onerous and has to be discharged in a crafty way .This is the part of risk management skill.
With the change in the pace of life, speed  has become important.The emphasis is slowly shifting  to the need of promptness. The risks to this switch over of emphasis are yet to be examined.
The other branches of knowledge too are now waking up to increase in pace in  life.