Access to Justice in Eastern Europe (Dec 2019)

AUSTRIAN AND UKRAINIAN COMPARATIVE STUDY OF E-JUSTICE: TOWARDS CONFIDENCE OF JUDICIAL RIGHTS PROTECTION

  • Henriette Christine Boscheinen-Duursma,
  • Roksolana Khanyk-Pospolitak

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33327/AJEE-18-2.4-a000022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 42 – 59

Abstract

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The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of e-justice in Ukraine and Austria, in particular, the authors describe the current situation, strategy of e-justice development in Ukraine and Austria, as well as the potential risks, problems and benefits of introducing e-justice in Ukraine. The link between the goals and task of civil proceeding with e-justice was succinctly shown in this article. Also, the common elements of e-justice in Ukraine and Austria were highlighted, among them the following three elements were analysed in depth: an appeal to court with different documents, electronic evidence and consideration of the case in electronic form. Based on the comparative analysis, conclusions about what is common and different in e-justice in Ukraine and Austria and the value Ukraine should take from the experience of e-justice in Austria were drawn.

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