The Right to a Fair Trial in Automated Civil Proceedings
Vol.13,No.1(2019)
Challenges associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in law are one of the most hotly debated issues today. This paper draws attention to the question of how to safeguard the right to a fair trial in the light of rapidly changing technologies significantly affecting the judiciary and enabling automation of the civil procedure. The paper does not intend to comprehensively address all aspects related to the right to a fair trial in the context of the automation of civil proceedings but rather seeks to analyse some legal concerns from the perspective of the Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. Section 1 discusses the issues of using artificial intelligence in the justice and automation of the judicial proceedings. Section 2 is devoted to the judge supporting system based on artificial intelligence and psychological requirements of its practical use. Section 3 presents the right to a fair trial in civil cases established by the Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, while subsequent sections characterize its elements with respect to the possibility to automate civil proceedings: a right to have case heard within a reasonable time in section 4 and a right to a reasoned judgment in section 5.
Artificial Intelligence; Automation; Civil Proceedings; Right to a Fair Trial
p. 27–44
Maria Dymitruk
Research Centre on Legal and Economic Issues of Electronic Communication; Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics; University of Wroclaw
Maria Dymitruk is a PhD student at University of Wroclaw Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics. Since 2014 she has carried out research on the use of artificial intelligence in law, e-justice and impact of technology on law and administration of justice at the Research Centre on Legal and Economic Issues of Electronic Communication. She has authored scientific publications and presented papers at national and international scientific conferences. She is a member of the International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL). She has also gained her professional experience as attorney at law.
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