dirightDigital Law JournalЦифровое право2686-9136Maxim Inozemtsev10.38044/2686-9136-2024-5-2diright-254Research ArticleESSAYSЭССЕThe Impact of “Digital Justice” on the Role of the ProsecutorВлияние дистанционного правосудия на деятельность прокурораКонстантиновП. Д.KonstantinovP. D.

кандидат юридических наук, доктор права (University Paris Nanterre, Франция), старший преподаватель кафедры гражданского процесса

620137, Екатеринбург, ул. Комсомольская, д. 21

Pavel D. Konstantinov — Ph.D. in Law, Docteur en Droit (University Paris Nanterre, France), Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Procedure

21 Komsomolskaya St., Ekaterinburg, 620137

konstantinov.pavel.1995@gmail.comУральский государственный юридический университет им. В.Ф. ЯковлеваРоссияUral State Law University named after V. F. YakovlevRussian Federation20242807202554Online First6778Copyright © Konstantinov P.D., 20252025Константинов П.Д.Konstantinov P.D.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/254

The introduction of modern tools in civil proceedings, providing remote presence and realization of all procedural rights and obligations, suggests that the traditional form of participation of the prosecutor in civil proceedings is undergoing transformation. One of the key technologies that provide the most advanced possibility of participation in the process of proceedings in civil cases is web-conferencing or online meeting. A notable feature of this technology is the ability to participate in a court hearing “in click accessibility” from the comfort of one’s own home. The highlighted characteristics of this technology suggest that there are limited grounds for the prosecutor to apply to the court in defense of citizens and then participate in the court session. Wide opportunities for increasing the publicity and accessibility of justice with the use of the technology under consideration may have a downside, which should be outlined and the problematic points necessary to elaborate the possibility of prosecutor’s participation in civil proceedings in the ongoing and actively developing digitalization. The study aims to identify the nature and direction of the impact of online court technology on the role of the prosecutor applying to the court in defense of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of citizens. A key feature of this study is the application of the inductive method, which makes it possible to abstract from other information technologies used in the field of civil procedure. On the contrary, emphasis is placed on a specific technology in order to identify new opportunities and risks offered by the challenges of the new digital reality. In addition, the study used the formal-legal method, which manifested itself in the analysis of the relevant normative regulation, the logical method for the presentation and formation of the results of the conducted analysis. The following conclusions were made based on the results of the analysis: 1) web-conference (online hearing) has a significant impact on the principles of publicity, accessibility and equality; 2) web-conference (online hearing) allows the most sensitive segments of the population to remotely participate in a court hearing, controlling the quality of legal assistance provided by the prosecutor; 3) the optional nature of the use of web-conference (online hearing) does not justify the hypothesis of reducing the categories of citizens in defense of whose interests the prosecutor can appeal to the court; 4) the use of web conferencing (online sessions) increases the publicity of the activities of the prosecutor’s office due to the control by the material plaintiff over the course of the proceedings and the quality of legal assistance.

Внедрение в гражданский процесс современных инструментов, обеспечивающих дистанционные присутствие и реализацию всех процессуальных прав и обязанностей, позволяет сделать предположение, что традиционная форма участия прокурора в гражданском процессе подвергается т рансформации. Одной из ключевых технологий, обеспечивающих наиболее передовую возможность участия в процессе судопроизводства по гражданским делам, является веб-конференция или онлайн-заседание. Примечательной особенностью данной технологии является возможность участвовать в судебном заседании «в кликовой доступности», не выходя из дома. Выделяемые характеристики данной технологии позволяют сделать предположение об ограничении оснований для обращения прокурора в суд в защиту граждан и последующего участия в судебном заседании. Широкие возможности для повышения гласности и доступности правосудия при использовании рассматриваемой технологии могут иметь оборотную сторону, которую следует очертить и выделить проблемные точки, необходимые для проработки возможности участия прокурора в гражданском процессе при происходящей и активно развивающейся цифровизации. Исследование преследует цель выявления характера и направленности влияния технологии онлайн-заседания на роль прокурора, обращающегося в суд в защиту прав, свобод и законных интересов граждан. Ключевой особенностью данного исследования является применение индукционного метода, дающего возможность абстрагироваться от иных информационных т ехнологий, использующихся в области гражданского процесса. Напротив, сделан акцент на конкретной технологии для выявления новых возможностей и рисков, открывающихся перед вызовами новой цифровой реальности. Кроме того, в исследовании использовались формально-юридический метод, который проявлялся в анализе соответствующего нормативного регулирования, логический м етод для изложения и формирования итогов проведенного анализа. По итогам проведенного анализа б ыли сделаны следующие выводы: 1) веб-конференция (онлайн-заседание) оказывает значительное влияние на принципы гласности, доступности и равенства; 2) веб-конференция (онлайн-заседание) позволяет наиболее чувствительным слоям населения дистанционно участвовать в судебном заседании, контролируя качество оказания юридической помощи со стороны прокурора; 3) факультативный характер использования веб-конференции (онлайн-заседания) не оправдывает гипотезу о сокращении категорий граждан, в защиту интересов которых прокурор может обратиться в суд; 4) использование веб-конференции (онлайн-заседания) повышает гласность деятельности органов прокуратуры за счет контроля со стороны материального истца за ходом разбирательства и качеством оказания юридической помощи.

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