Expanding Access To Justice Through E-Court In Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia's Supreme Court (MA) has started a new initiative by applying modern technology to the justice system through e-court. This new measure is a sign that the court responds the development in information technology while improving the quality of legal administration which has long been considered complicated by those seeking justice. This article raises a problem related to the implementation of the e-court system. This article uses a normative approach by obtaining data from various reports and books to be analyzed further and presented descriptively. It tries to explore whether the implementation of e-court has an impact on the efficiency of the administration of legal proceedings as well as an increase in transparency in the process of seeking justice and encouraging professional, transparent, accountable, effective and efficient justice administration. A. Introduction The rapid progress of Information Technology that has eased human workloads (including judicial duties) is not without side effects that adversely affect humans/society/the country at large. Uncontrolled information will lead to confusing information pollution that inundates us with useless data. 2 The fast pace of information technology development ultimately requires judicial bodies in various countries including Indonesia to increase adoption of information technology. Previously, case administration in the courts was carried out manually, making a long, winding process and resulting high costs. Harnessing information technology aims to speed up, simplify, and reduce the cost of case administration. Thus,