Access to justice in times of AI: towards a low-cost justice?

Marta Cantero Gamito, investigadora, Florence School of Transnational Governance, Instituto Universitario Europeo de Florencia; profesora de Derecho de las Tecnologías de la Información, Universidad de Tartu (Estonia). marta.cantero@eui.eu. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8200-3456

Current discussions on the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into the courts, also reflected in policymaking, have largely focused on safeguarding fairness, transparency, explainability and human oversight in decision-making, including judicial decisions. However, in parallel with the question of whether AI can solve the judiciary’s crises of efficiency, the forthcoming transformation of the judiciary should be reconceptualised from the perspective of access to justice. This paper is an attempt to problematise the use of AI in the courts against the backdrop of the (access to) justice crisis in an economy focused on immediacy and a low-cost consumption model. 

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI), justice, algorithms, low-cost, discrimination, vulnerability, access to justice

How to cite this article: Cantero Gamito, Marta. «Acceso a la justicia en tiempos de IA: ¿hacia una justicia low-cost?». Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, n.º 138 (diciembre de 2024), p. 51-71. DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2024.138.3.51

Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, nº 138, p.51-71
Quadrimestral (September-December 2024)
ISSN:1133-6595 | E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2024.138.3.51

Receipt date:  15.04.2024  ;  Acceptance date:  09.09.2024

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