E-justice and Information Technologies in Civil Procedure

• Author: D. Valeev - E. Bazilevskikh
• Position: Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (Kazan, Russia)
• Pages: 175-179

BRICS LAW JOURNAL Volume V (2018) Issue 4

CONFERENCE REVIEW NOTES

E-JuSTICE anD InFoRMaTIon TECHnoLoGIES In CIVIL PRoCEDuRE*

DAMIR VALEEV,

Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (Kazan, Russia)

ELENA BAZILEVSKIKH,

Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (Kazan, Russia)

DOI: 10.21684/2412-2343-2018-5-4-175-179

Recommended citation: Damir Valeev & Elena Bazilevskikh, E-Justice and Information

Technologies in Civil Procedure, 5(4) BRICS Law Journal 175–179 (2018).

The opening ceremony and the scientific discussion of legal issues at the

Symposium took place in the Hall of the Board of Trustees of Kazan University on

29 September 2017. The participants and invited guests discussed the most urgent

issues of civil procedural law in connection with information technologies, the

introduction of robotics into the legal profession and its work processes, and the

opportunities – and the associated challenges – aorded by articial intelligence

in the practice of law. The use of information technologies in the framework of

civil procedure has given rise to spirited discussion, as legal technology and the

increasin g prevalen ce of e-justice has become an integral part of mo dern law

practice and judicial administration. All of the participant’s speeches focused on

issues of the exchange of information in electronic form between and among

litigants. Symposium participants discussed not only the problems associated with

e-justice, but also the benets that it brings about in the routine work of lawyers,

as well as “best practices” in using electronic technologies.

* Fourth Annual Symposium of the journal Herald of Civil Procedure, “2017 – E-justice and Information

Technologies in Civil Procedure,” which took place in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation,

on 29 September 2017.