Directions of transformation of European justice systems

Abstract

The judicial system was the starting point for the evolution of justice systems. The differentiation of social systems has led to a radical reconstruction of the conflicts as well as the methods, forms and techniques for resolving them. The result of this process was the deepening marginalization of the state in the process of administering justice and the growing importance of alternative dispute resolution methods. Negotiations, mediation and arbitration were in the mainstream settlement of social disputes. The judicial system itself began to be perceived by state organs as an ineffective instrument for resolving disputes, deprived of the function of deliberately shaping them and isolated from society. A new chapter in the shaping of justice systems began with the fourth industrial revolution. Its characteristic feature was the enrichment of the justice process with a component of artificial intelligence systems. The aim of this paper is to try to answer the question whether the direction of development of justice systems is to construct new systems based on partially or completely independent decisionmaking technologies?