E-Justice: Using Information Communication Technologies in the Court System

E-Justice: Using Information Communication Technologies in the Court System

Agustí Cerrillo i Martínez, Pere Fabra i Abat

Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 270

ISBN13: 9781599049984|ISBN10: 1599049988|EISBN13: 9781599049991|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925765

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-998-4

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Martínez, Agustí Cerrillo i, and Pere Fabra i Abat, eds. E-Justice: Using Information Communication Technologies in the Court System. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-998-4

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Technology has had a prevalent impact on nearly all social domains, one being the judicial system. Advancements such as computer-generated demonstrations and electronic filing can enhance presentations and give a clearer, well-organized case.

E-Justice: Using Information Communication Technologies in the Court System presents the most relevant experiences and best practices concerning the use and impact of ICTs in the courtroom. This groundbreaking title draws upon the leading academic and practicing perspectives from around the globe to provide academics and professionals throughout the legal system with the most comprehensive overview of present developments in e-justice.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapters

E-Justice and Change in the Administration of Justice

Chapter 1

The Italian Style of E-Justice in a Comparative Perspective (pages 1-19)

Marco Fabri

The European Union (EU) is an extraordinary laboratory of innovation and change, particularly in the justice sector. The diversity of environments within Europe provides contrasting examples of the use of technology to support the...

Chapter 2

E-Justice and Policies for Risk Management (pages 20-37)

Davide Carnevali

In spite of the technological, economic, and normative efforts, all democratic countries are developing electronic filing (e-filing) in the justice sector, but only a few of them have operational systems. This chapter tries to give a...

Chapter 3

Judges as IT Users: The Iuriservice Example (pages 38-56)

Marta Poblet, Joan-Josep Vallbé, Núria Casellas, Pompeu Casanovas

Judicial culture generally refers to the set of values, cognitive skills, and practical knowledge of members of the judiciary. In this chapter, we present a research project whose main object is to identify, organize, model, and use...

Chapter 4

The Potential of Computerized Court Case Management to Battle Judicial Corruption (pages 57-64)

James E. McMillan

Automated court case management systems present opportunities to develop processes and procedures that can battle corruption. This chapter provides information on the development of such a system for the nation of Bosnia and...

Chapter 5

Justice Beyond the Courts: The Implications of Computerisation for Procedural Justice in Social Security (pages 65-86)

Michael Adler, Paul Henman

This chapter considers the implications of computerisation for procedural justice in social security. It outlines an approach to the analysis of administrative justice—defined as the justice inherent in routine administrative...

Chapter 6

Online Dispute Resolution (pages 87-96)

Melissa H. Conley Tyler

Every community—whether physical or virtual will inevitably experience conflict. New ways of interacting through information and communication technology has led to new conflicts, such as domain name or e-commerce disputes. At the...

Section II

Chapter 7

E-Justice in Spain (pages 98-116)

Agustí Cerrillo I Martínez

Administration of justice is adding information and communication technologies in its internal operations and its relations both with judicial operators and citizens in Spain. The chapter describes the Spanish institutional framework...

Chapter 8

Italian Justice System and ICT: Matches and Mismatches Between Technology and Organisation1 (pages 117-134)

Francesco Contini, Antonio Cordella

The Italian judiciary is characterised by a weak system of governance, consequence of institutional and cultural factors. In this framework, the deployment of ICT policies has been mainly conceived as tools to improve the management...

Chapter 9

Electronic Justice in Brazil (pages 135-151)

Roberto Fragale Filho, Alexandre Veronese

It has become commonplace to talk about a silent revolution in the Brazilian Judiciary for which the widespread use of ICT has been of great impact. In this chapter, we examine how ICT made its way through and is shaping the future...

Chapter 10

Digital Government and Criminal Justice (pages 152-164)

J. William Holland

This chapter outlines the history of digital government in criminal justice, starting with the Johnson Administration’s findings concerning automation in its report, “The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society,” the development of the...

Chapter 11

The E-Court Roadmap: Innovation and Integration An Australian Case Study (pages 165-185)

Sandra Potter, Phil Farrelly, Derek Begg

This chapter tracks the response of Australian courts to rapid advances in ICT. It shows how, despite early resistance and a reactive approach to technology, Australian courts have been transformed by the challenges of implementing...

Chapter 12

The Belgian Case: Phenix or How to Design E Justice Through Privacy Requirements and in Full Respect of the Separation of Powers (pages 186-195)

Yves Poullet

This chapter examines the ambitious Phenix project, a global project for the whole computerization of all Courts and Tribunals in Belgium, with the use of ICT by all stakeholders. It focuses especially on the legislative measures...

Chapter 13

Courts on the Web in Russia (pages 196-203)

Alexei Trochev

When the Internet reached Russia in the mid- 1990s, Russian judicial chiefs actively embraced the idea of having a solid presence of national judiciary on the Web. To judges, having court Web sites would improve public awarenessabout...

Chapter 14

E-Justice: An Australian Perspective (pages 204-228)

Anne Wallace

A 1999 Australian report on the prospective impact of information and communications technology on the justice system presented a vision of how technology might result in a new paradigm of ‘e-justice.’ Since that report was written...

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