Improving Access to Justice in Cassation Proceedings through the Use of Artificial Intelligence

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The article provides a systematic analysis of the possibilities and prospects of using artificial intelligence technologies as an auxiliary tool for improving access to justice in criminal cassation proceedings. Based on the study of modern scientific approaches and law enforcement practice, the author specifies key areas of artificial intelligence application: automated analysis of cassation complaints and submissions, implementation of "predictive cassation", integration of computer vision technologies, ensuring uniformity of judicial practice. The necessity of maintaining the auxiliary nature of artificial intelligence systems in relation to the procedural activities of the court while simultaneously increasing the guarantees of legality and validity of cassation instance decisions is substantiated. Potential risks of artificial intelligence implementation are identified and specific mechanisms for their minimization are proposed.

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Nikolay N. Shatalov

Lebedev Russian State University of Justice; The Fourth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction

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Email: rgyp.shatalov@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 5435-4418

Criminal Procedure Law named after N.V. Radutnaya, Federal Judge

Russian Federation, Moscow; Krasnodar

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