Information and Technology in Open Justice. (June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gasco-Hernandez, Mila; Jimenez-Gomez, Carlos E.
• Other Names: Gasco-Hernandez Mila guest-editor.; Jimenez-Gomez Carlos E. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Social science computer review. Volume 38:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 247
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2020-06
• Subjects: open justice -- judicial technology -- IT in the courts; Social sciences -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Computers -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Microcomputers -- Periodicals; Sciences sociales -- Informatique -- Périodiques; Micro-ordinateurs -- Périodiques; 300.285
• DOI: 10.1177/0894439318810781
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-4393

Abstract

The topic of open justice has only been little explored perhaps due to its traditionally having been considered a "closed" field. There is still a need to know what open justice really means, to explore the use of information and technology in enabling open justice, and to understand what openness in the judiciary can do to improve government, society, and democracy. This special issue aims to shed light on the concept of openness in the judiciary by identifying and analyzing initiatives across the world.