The modernisation and digital transformation of the administration of justice: The role of the General Council of the Judiciary

Abstract

About a decade ago an ambitious reform in the administration of justice began that affected all its areas: structural, functional, personal and technological. To this end, the promulgation of the regulatory norms of the New Judicial Office (NJO) was undertaken; the necessary legal reforms were approved to adapt the different functions and competences of the personnel to the service of the administration of justice; Law 18/2011, of July 5, regulating the use of information and communication technologies in the administration of justice was promulgated; and, finally, important reforms in procedural norms have been promoted in order to adapt them to a new paradigm: electronic Justice or e-Justice, which aims to be more modern, efficient, effective and capable of responding to the requirements that society demands for this public service in the 21st century. However, the result has not been, in many respects, what was expected of such a relevant reform. In this work we will analyse the actions of CGPJ (General Council of the Judiciary), the undoubted achievements, but also the problems that are pending to be resolved and that ultimately prevent the culmination of this modernisation process.