USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN SOME COUNTRIES OF EUROPE AND THE USA

Abstract

The use of digital technologies in the judiciary is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in the countries of Europe and the USA because a new reality has emerged in the world that requires governments to systematically develop the information sphere, which means that the authorities must improve the relevant areas of national legislation and develop and implement large-scale state strategies, projects, programs, and other activities, in particular, in the field of electronic justice. New approaches are needed to solve problems in the field of justice, and the use of technology can help overcome these barriers through intervention. The purpose of this work is to study the use of digital technologies in the judicial systems of European and American countries in order to assess the advantages and disadvantages of such use as well as the possibilities of introducing the latest digital technologies into the judicial system. The article uses general scientific methods of analysis, methods of private law, in particular legal and comparative law, as well as special-structural and special-statistical research methods, axiological methods, hermeneutic methods, forecasting methods, historicism, and general philosophical methods. As a result, the issue of the possibility of achieving algorithmic justice and positions of non-discrimination in the judicial process was analyzed, as well as the need for a careful and balanced approach to various aspects of the justice system. The practical significance is that all countries should now use digital technologies instead of traditional paper communication to ensure better access to justice for companies, organizations, and other litigants.