scholarly journals Artificial intelligence and adjudication: some perspectives

Amicus Curiae ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 2-15
Author(s):  
David M. Masuhara
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Judicial Decision ◽  
Judicial Decision Making ◽  
Judicial Procedure

In this article the Hon Mr Justice David M. Masuhara, Supreme Court of British Columbia, briefly explores views that would be supportive of AI in the adjudicative process and those that would not. The author starts with a brief description of judicial decision-making and AI and then identifies and discusses the views and then offers dome comments on what an AI adjudication system might look like. Index keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Judicial procedure, Courts, Information technology

Executive Influence on State Supreme Court Justices: Strategic Deference in Reappointment States

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 422-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R Gray
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Substantial Influence ◽  
Judicial Decision ◽  
Judicial Decision Making ◽  
State Supreme Court

Abstract State supreme court justices are often the final arbiters of cases in their jurisdictions. Yet, in states that grant governors the power to selectively reappoint supreme court justices, justices’ independence is limited. These governors are able to monitor justices’ decisions and are empowered to remove justices whose jurisprudence conflicts with the governor’s preferences. This power gives governors substantial influence over judicial decision-making by justices eligible for another term on the bench. I test this proposition on an exhaustive set of state supreme court criminal appeals from 1995 to 2010, and show that votes by justices who need to be reappointed covary with executive preferences, and more than votes by justices ineligible for reappointment. These effects are stable across time within a justice’s term so long as the serving governor may one day be their reappointer. I also show that these shifting individual votes lead to changes in outcomes for defendants.

scholarly journals Algorithms in Judicial Environments – the Importance of Identifying Relevant Judicial Decision-Making Stage

Teisė ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 55-69
Author(s):  
Donatas Murauskas
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Judicial Decision ◽  
Judicial Decision Making ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
Positive Analysis ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Systems

The paper examines the application of Artificial Intelligence systems in the judicial environments. It provides an outline of a typology of different algorithms applicable in judicial environments depending on judicial decision-making stage. This is a positive analysis which aims at identifying relevant algorithms in every judicial decision-making stage, be it assessing the facts, indicating the applicable law or deciding.

Judge v Robot? Artificial Intelligence and Judicial Decision-Making

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Sourdin
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Judicial Decision ◽  
Judicial Decision Making ◽  
And Function ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

As technology continues to change the way in which we work and function, there are predictions that many aspects of human activity will be replaced or supported by newer technologies. Whilst many human activities have changed over time as a result of human advances, more recent shifts in the context of technological change are likely to have a broader impact on some human functions that have previously been largely undisturbed. In this regard, technology is already changing the practice of law and may for example, reshape the process of judging by either replacing, supporting or supplementing the judicial role. Such changes may limit the extent to which humans are engaged in judging with an increasing emphasis on artificial intelligence to deal with smaller civil disputes and the more routine use of related technologies in more complex disputes.

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