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AUC IURIDICA, Vol 70 No 2 (2024), 159–169
National Report on Automation in Decision-Making in Civil Procedure in the Czech Republic
Miroslav Sedláček
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23366478.2024.29
published online: 23. 05. 2024
abstract
The paper focuses on the issue of automated decision-making in civil proceedings. First of all, attention is given to procedural institutes that direct and facilitate automated decision-making, in particular the digital court file and the legal framework of videoconferencing equipment, without focusing on electronic service of documents, which should be a separate paper. Asingle case of legal regulation of automated decision-making in the form of an electronic payment order is then analyzed (cf. Section 174a of the Code of Civil Procedure). For each of these fields, an analysis of digitalization to date is given, which is followed by a consideration of further developments. It also outlines the limits encountered by the use of modern technologies and the potential risks proposed adjustments.
keywords: civil procedure; civil proceedings; automation; judicial decision-making; decision; digitization; machines and judges; AI
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