Problems of Using Artificial Intelligence as a Judge in Legal Proceedings

Authors : Mohammad Ekram Yawar, Said Abdullah Sadat

Pages : 403-420

Doi:10.5281/zenodo.15627539

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Publication Date : 2025-04-08

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Artificial intelligence, as one of the most important human achievements in the twenty-first century, is expanding its dominance in the scientific, technical, industrial, and artistic fields, and is casting its shadow over various activities in these fields. The field of law, and especially the field of litigation and judgment, is also being influenced by this technology, with both hesitation and certainty. The present article aims to explain the challenges of using this new technology as a substitute for a court judge. It seems that this technology, despite all its achievements and the opportunities it can bring to the judicial system, faces serious challenges in matters such as legal reasoning, respect for impartiality, and public acceptance. This study, using a descriptive-analytical method, while explaining the shortcomings of this new technology in the field of justice, reveals the fact that artificial intelligence, with its current capabilities, cannot be considered a complete replacement for the judicial position and is better used as a tool in the service of judges, helping them to resolve disputes more quickly and accurately. These challenges are compounded in Iranian law, which is influenced by jurisprudential ideas regarding the qualifications of a judge and lags behind current practices in other legal systems in the use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence.
Keywords : Artificial Intelligence, Legal Proceedings, New Technology Law, Artificial Intelligence Judge

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