Legal Tech: Unravelling the nature and purpose of modern law in the digital era

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate how computer technology is used in legal practice. The primary techniques employed in this article are systematization, which made it possible to place the results in a logical order for understanding and reproduction of the researched, as well as analysis and synthesis for a literary review of thematic literature and the determination of the main scientific trends reflected in it. The study’s findings demonstrate how computer technology has improved the convenience, speed, visualization, and predictability of legal practice. The research’s practical significance lies in the fact that computer technology, specialized software, and mathematical techniques must be incorporated into law enforcement and law-making processes in order to collect, store, and process legal information in a way that best enables the provision of various legal services. In conclusion, digital computer technologies are developing in the legal field in a number of areas, including the automation of standard legal services, the use of online legal services, the digitalization of public services and their online provision, the shift to an e-justice system, modeling of legal solutions based on artificial intelligence, and more. The automation of many social processes is gaining momentum, including in the legal profession.

Keywords

• computerisation
• legal tech
• computer technology
• digitalisation
• legal services