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Remote Hearings – Ensuring Equality in Light of the Phenomenon of Digital Exclusion

Ewa M. Kwiatkowska

2023

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DOI: 10.7206/kp.2080-1084.630

https:/doi.org/10.7206/kp.2080-1084.630

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The pandemic has changed the way society functions, affecting the system of justice as well. The need to maintain social distance has accelerated changes in the judi-ciary. Remote hearings have emerged. The article attempts to answer the question of whether the e-hearings currently taking place are held in accordance with the principle of equality in view of the phenomenon of digital exclusion occurring in Polish society. An empirical study of remote hearings conducted by a student research group and the author’s own experience in this field make up the empirical resources documenting the technical issues that occur during remote hearings and problems related to digital exclusion.

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Remote hearings and judicial symbolism. A draft

Jolanta Jabłońska-Bonca

2022

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DOI: 10.7206/kp.2080-1084.533

https:/doi.org/10.7206/kp.2080-1084.533

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The purpose of this text is to answer the question of whether and to what extent traditional court symbols and rituals remain (and should remain) present at remote hearings. Some legal symbols have archetypal meaning. Others are born with their era, judged in a particular context. There are many of them in traditional courtrooms. Which remain on computer screen? The author investigates whether and to what extent visual symbols (e.g. elements of architecture, furnishings) are present at remote hearings. Considering courts and online courts (or ‘e-courts’) as heterotopias (in Michel Foucault’s sense), she looks deeper into and explores their properties.

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Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne Studia nad Prawem

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