Social and Organizational Impacts of the Electronic Processing System of the Brazilian Superior Tribunal of Justice

Freitas, Christiana Soares de; Medeiros, Janann Joslin

doi:10.4301/s1807-17752015000200007

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“…Authors in [20] indicate that the participating lawyers recognized that ICT support enhanced transparency in general, although they are not unanimous in trusting completely the information and process managed by the electronic government solution. In Sections 3.3 to 3.6, we describe LawDisTrA design and implementation, considering transparency in agent-based systems.…”

Section: Lawsuit Distribution Scenariomentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Auditability Requirements Specification using an Agent-based Approach

Albuquerque¹,

Nunes²,

Cappelli³

et al. 2020

IJSEA

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Transparency is an important factor in democratic societies composed of characteristics such as accessibility, usability, informativeness, understandability and auditability. In this research we focus on auditability since it plays an important role for citizens that need to understand and audit public information. Although auditability has been a subject of discussion when designing systems, there is a lack of systematization in its specification. We propose an approach to systematically add auditability requirements specification during the goal-oriented agent-based Tropos methodology. We used the Transparency Softgoal Interdependency Graph that captures the different facets of transparency while considering their operationalization. An empirical evaluation was conducted through the design and implementation of LawDisTrA system that distributes lawsuits among judges in an appellate court. Experiments included the distribution of over 300,000 lawsuits at the Brazilian Superior Labor Court. We theorize that the presented approach for auditability provides adequate techniques to address the cross-organizational nature of transparency.

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Section: Lawsuit Distribution Scenariomentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Auditability Requirements Specification using an Agent-based Approach

Albuquerque¹,

Nunes²,

Cappelli³

et al. 2020

IJSEA

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“…One solution widely hailed in the legal literature as having a potential to solve existing problems in the courts is the appropriation of ICTs. For instance, advancements of the Internet (Freitas & Medeiros, ; Friedman, ; Gomes et al, ; Parkin & Wedeking, ; Schmidt & Cohen, ) imply that courts can deploy their services online where users can access using various applications such as mobile technologies in the comfort of their homes and anywhere and at any time (Smith, ). In fact, deploying court services online helps to enhance the legitimacy and transparency of the courts (Dijk & Dumbrava, ; Hunter, ; Parkin & Wedeking, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…New ICTs provide possibilities for administration and delivery of justice (Gomes et al, 2018;Freitas & Medeiros, 2015;Friedman, 2007), thereby improving the quality and delivery of justice (Bhattacharjee, 2012). Studies on the intersection of ICTs and the judiciary have shown that ICT has a great role to play in upholding democracy in both developed and developing countries (Gomes et al, 2018;Louro, Santos, & Filho, 2017;Freitas & Medeiros, 2015;Rosa, Teixeira, & Pinto, 2013;Andrade & Joia, 2012;Hindman, 2009;Foot & Schneider, 2006;Reiling, 2006). In developing countries, these ICTs are portrayed as innovative tools that offer opportunities to increase the quality, efficiency, and transparency of court proceedings while at the same time granting more equitable access to justice (Amare, 2015;Egonda-Ntende, 2005;Hunter, 2012;Kagucia, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This is in addition to its provision of an increase in accessibility to judicial defence for society by means of simplifying court filing procedures, simplifying legal assistance in simple standard cases, and facilitating the understandability of the judicial decisions (Mbugua, 2012). The adoption of ICTs by the judiciary has been hailed further as a successful strategy to accelerate execution of justice to the seekers of justice (Gomes et al, 2018;Louro et al, 2017;Freitas & Medeiros, 2015;Rosa et al, 2013;Andrade & Joia, 2012;Hindman, 2009;Foot & Schneider, 2006;Reiling, 2006). In fact, much time is saved when ICTs are used in the delivery of court services, thereby accelerating the administrative activities of the courts (Hunter, 2012).…”

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Towards e‐judicial services in Malawi: Implications for justice delivery

Chawinga

Kapondera

et al. 2019

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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In Malawi, the judiciary rolled out an electronic case management system in 2015 in response to the ongoing public sector reforms being championed by the Malawi Government. In this study, we employed the information systems (IS) success model to systematically investigate the benefits that an electronic case management system has brought about to the judiciary of Malawi. Specifically, three themes are pursued as follows: the services offered through an electronic case management system in the judiciary of Malawi; benefits of an electronic case management system; and challenges affecting the use of an electronic case management system in the judiciary of Malawi. Methodologically, the study is guided by a survey design and a questionnaire was used to collect data from various staff in the judiciary including judges, court clerks, court registrars, and information technology personnel. The study reveals that the implementation of an electronic case management system has impacted positively on the security of court files by easing the tracking and retrieving of case files thereby contributing to efficiency in justice delivery. However, the implementation of an electronic case management system has not been spared from challenges, which include frequent loss of network and poor Internet connection.

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“…Studies on the management of Brazilian courts have emphasized several themes, such as judges' leadership (Vieira & Costa, 2013), organizational learning (Capaverde & Vazquez, 2015), impact of new technologies (Freitas & Medeiros, 2015), adoption of administrative innovations (Guimaraes, Odelius, Medeiros, & Santana, 2011), among others. Despite the variety of issues addressed, little attention has been paid to the impact of the workforce available in the courts in the management of court caseload.…”

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Court Caseload Management: The Role of Judges and Administrative Assistants

2017

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ResumoA gestão do acervo de processos pendentes em tribunais é essencial para garantir que os processos serão julgados de maneira célere, e isso depende de como juízes e assistentes administrativos lidam com suas cargas de trabalho. Resultados de diversos estudos indicam que um aumento no acervo de tribunais tende a gerar um aumento na produção judicial dos juízes. Entretanto alguns autores apontam que essa relação é mais complexa do que aparenta. No intuito de desenvolver um entendimento mais aprofundado dessa relação, é testado, neste trabalho, um conjunto de hipóteses diretas e de moderação. Foram utilizados dados secundários referentes a 566 juízes que trabalham em varas de primeira instância da Justiça Estadual de São Paulo, Brasil. Os resultados indicam uma relação direta e positiva entre o acervo da vara e a produção dos juízes, mas a força dessa relação varia de acordo com a especialidade da vara. Os resultados também mostram que a quantidade de assistentes administrativos, a experiência e os locais em que o juiz atua moderam a relação entre acervo e produção judicial. Os resultados contribuem para o desenvolvimento de estratégias gerenciais a fim de enfrentar o congestionamento de tribunais brasileiros.Palavras-chave: judiciário; gestão de tribunais; juízes; produção; acervo. AbstractCourt caseload management is of key importance for guaranteeing the adjudication of cases and depends on how judges and administrative assistants deal with their workload. Results from several studies indicate that an increase in court caseload tends to generate an increase in the judge's production. However, some authors argue that this relationship is far more complex. To develop a fuller understanding of this relationship we tested an array of direct and moderating hypotheses. We used secondary data from 566 judges working in first trial courts in the State Justice System of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The results indicate a direct and positive relationship between court caseload and judge production, but the strength of this relationship depends on court specialty. The findings also indicate that the number of administrative assistants, judge experience and the number of places a judge works all moderate the caseload-production relationship. The results contribute to the development of strategies to address the delays and congestion of courts, two of the main Brazilian Judiciary problems.

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Social and Organizational Impacts of the Electronic Processing System of the Brazilian Superior Tribunal of Justice

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Towards Auditability Requirements Specification using an Agent-based Approach

Towards Auditability Requirements Specification using an Agent-based Approach

Towards e‐judicial services in Malawi: Implications for justice delivery

Court Caseload Management: The Role of Judges and Administrative Assistants

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