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Intertwining Judicial Reforms and the Use of ICT in Courts: A Brief Description of the Portuguese Experience
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Abstract This paper, focusing on the Portuguese experience, analyzes changes on the legal framework and the governance requirements in the different stages of development and implementation of courts’ ICT. To this end, the paper provides for a concise description of the Portuguese justice system and of the m... view more
This paper, focusing on the Portuguese experience, analyzes changes on the legal framework and the governance requirements in the different stages of development and implementation of courts’ ICT. To this end, the paper provides for a concise description of the Portuguese justice system and of the main challenges its organization and territorial division has faced in the last decades. Follows a description of the introduction of the two main courts’ information systems in: CITIUS (for judicial courts) and SITAF(for administrative and tax courts). The paper then on focuses the recent measures adopted under the Justiça + Próxima plan, analyzing the main needs they intend to address and goals they expect to fulfill, in the attempt to understand if they will be able to introduce the new era of courts e-services that has been promised.... view less
Keywords
information technology; judicial administration; court; law reform; Portugal; communication technology; information system
Classification
Natural Science and Engineering, Applied Sciences
Judiciary
Free Keywords
judicial systems; courts; innovation; eJustice; dematerialization; transparency
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 7-20
Journal
European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities, 8 (2012) 2
Issue topic
Legal Requirements for Complex Sociotechnical Systems
ISSN
2285-4916
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0