Prospects for the Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Proceedings

The paper aims to review the digital technologies involved in the area of legal proceedings in Russia, determining the prospects for the introduction of artificial intelligence as one of the most interesting and controversial examples of electronic litigation. The authors chose many research methods, including general scientific methods (synthesis, induction, deduction, analysis, system-structural method, hermeneutic method, and synergetic method) and special legal methods (comparative legal method). The study revealed a lack of unity in the understanding of the term “artificial intelligence.” European standards for the development of information technology in the judicial sphere were identified. Moreover, the authors noted the importance of human control over all actions of artificial intelligence. Additionally, the authors identified areas of application of artificial intelligence in Russian legal proceedings and the prospects for further implementation of this legal phenomenon. The authors reached the following conclusions. The gradual introduction of digital technology helps optimize, simplify, and save financial, time, and labor costs in the process of conducting legal proceedings. Artificial intelligence will make it possible to free law enforcement officers and the court apparatus from the repetitive and routine processes typical of the various stages of the legal proceedings. Moreover, it will promote the implementation of transparency, openness, and accessibility of the judicial process. There is a clear auxiliary nature of the activities of artificial intelligence, which is not identical to the full implementation of justice by robots. An electronic system with artificial intelligence must be programmed so that its activities are based on the principles of limited, selective, and prioritized human decisions.