In brave new world of China's digital courts, judges are AI and verdicts come via chat app
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Source : https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/07/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/ai-judges-verdicts-via-chat-app-brave-new-world-chinas-digital-courts/
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Dec 7, 2019
HANGZHOU, CHINA – Artificial-intelligence judges, cybercourts and
verdicts delivered on chat apps — welcome to China’s brave new world
of justice.
China is encouraging digitization to streamline case-handling within
its sprawling court system using cyberspace and technologies like
blockchain and cloud computing, the country’s Supreme People’s Court
said in a new policy paper.
The efforts include a “mobile court” offered on popular social media
platform WeChat that has already handled more than 3 million legal
cases or other judicial procedures since its launch in March,
according to the Supreme People’s Court.
The paper was released this past week as judicial authorities gave
journalists a glimpse inside a “cybercourt” — the country’s first —
established in 2017 in the eastern city of Hangzhou to deal with legal
disputes that have a digital aspect.
In a demonstration, authorities showed how the Hangzhou Internet Court
operates, featuring an online interface in which litigants appear by
video chat while an AI judge — complete with on-screen avatar —
prompts them to present their cases.
“Does the defendant have any objection to the nature of the judicial
blockchain evidence submitted by the plaintiff?” the black-robed
virtual judge, sitting under China’s national emblem, asked in a
pre-trial meeting.
“No objection,” a human plaintiff answered.
Cases that are handled at the Hangzhou court include online trade
disputes, copyright cases and e-commerce product liability claims.
...
...
Dec 7, 2019
HANGZHOU, CHINA – Artificial-intelligence judges, cybercourts and
verdicts delivered on chat apps — welcome to China’s brave new world
of justice.
China is encouraging digitization to streamline case-handling within
its sprawling court system using cyberspace and technologies like
blockchain and cloud computing, the country’s Supreme People’s Court
said in a new policy paper.
The efforts include a “mobile court” offered on popular social media
platform WeChat that has already handled more than 3 million legal
cases or other judicial procedures since its launch in March,
according to the Supreme People’s Court.
The paper was released this past week as judicial authorities gave
journalists a glimpse inside a “cybercourt” — the country’s first —
established in 2017 in the eastern city of Hangzhou to deal with legal
disputes that have a digital aspect.
In a demonstration, authorities showed how the Hangzhou Internet Court
operates, featuring an online interface in which litigants appear by
video chat while an AI judge — complete with on-screen avatar —
prompts them to present their cases.
“Does the defendant have any objection to the nature of the judicial
blockchain evidence submitted by the plaintiff?” the black-robed
virtual judge, sitting under China’s national emblem, asked in a
pre-trial meeting.
“No objection,” a human plaintiff answered.
Cases that are handled at the Hangzhou court include online trade
disputes, copyright cases and e-commerce product liability claims.
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