INFORMATION OPENNESS OF COURTS AS A LEGAL GUARANTEE OF PUBLIC CONTROL OVER THE FUNCTIONING OF THE JUDICIARY

Abstract

The problem of information openness of the judicial system remains very relevant in the conditions of modernization of society and state institutions. The widespread introduction of digital technologies in the judicial system has made it possible to freely seek, receive, transmit, produce and disseminate judicial information in digital form. As a consequence, there has been a transformation of the information openness of the courts, currently based on digital technologies, which has significantly increased the effectiveness of public control over the functioning of the judiciary.

The purpose of this study is to comprehensively analyze the changes in the information openness of the courts due to digitalization, as well as to determine the role of information openness as a guarantee of public control in the judiciary.

In order to realize the set goal, the following tasks were allocated: to study the legal basis of access to judicial information; to assess the impact of digital technologies on the level of information openness of the judiciary; to analyze the effectiveness of public control over the activities of the judiciary in the context of digital transformation.

The research methodology includes dialectical, formal-logical and other general scientific research methods; special-legal methods: formal-legal and others.

The results of the study demonstrate that digital innovations contribute to increasing the information openness of the judicial system and strengthening public control over the implementation of justice.

The findings of the study highlight the importance of further development of legal mechanisms aimed at harmonizing digitalization and information openness of the courts, which will strengthen public control over the courts and increase confidence in the judiciary.