Judicial Decisions in the Information Age: Determining Factors and Argumentation

<p>The data contained in information systems have a direct and indirect effect on people involved in the administration of justice - on the substance of the acts issued and the argu mentation proposed in their full text. The author’s aim is to demonstrate how the deter mining factors and reasoning of judicial acts have changed in the information age, to name the reasons why many problems that previously existed in this area began to wor ry society more. It is proved that a saturated information environment contributes to an increase in the number of cases when circumstances that were not taken into account by the court at the time the operative part was announced become arguments in favor of a deci sion. At the same time, the role of those factors that cannot be named in a reasoned judi cial act increases. The influence of the factor of psychophysiological fatigue on the activi ty of a judge has become easier to track thanks to systems for supporting the functioning of justice, which make it possible to quickly monitor the chronology and duration of court hearings and the content of decisions made. The ease of submission of procedural docu ments by participants in legal proceedings and the transparency of databases stimulate an increase in the number of interim judicial acts. An increase in the number of court decisions leads to a decrease in the individuality of the motivational parts, excludes or makes it less likely to reflect details and unique facts. A number of problems related to the administration of justice have come under the close attention of modern law enforcement officials and researchers, as they have become more understandable thanks to the pro cess of mass development of information technologies. Informatization has led to changes in practices and algorithms for preparing judicial acts and has raised the bar for require ments for research work in this area.</p>