Open AccessHigh-tech law: concept, genesis and prospects
Author(s) -
Lev V. Bertovsky
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ ûridičeskie nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-9001
pISSN - 2313-2337
DOI - 10.22363/2313-2337-2021-25-4-735-749
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , law enforcement , field (mathematics) , process (computing) , high tech , interpretation (philosophy) , emerging technologies , law , sociology , political science , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics , programming language , operating system
Relevance. The article considers the development of law as a regulator of public relations in correlation with emerging and applying various technologies by mankind. In the process of transition from low-tech to high-tech, society has experienced three industrial revolutions and is on the verge of the fourth. The article attempts to establish the stage of modern law development and the degree of its convergence with high technologies. The conclusion is made about the emergence of a new phenomenon - high-tech law, the inner side of which is application of high technologies to solve problems that appear in the process of law enforcement, and the outer side is regulation of public relations arising from their use. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the need for a systematic and evolutionary approach to personnel, technical and regulatory support for further development and functioning of high-tech law and to develop reasonable proposals for solving these problems. The materials for the research were scientific works of specialists in the field of philosophy, legal theory, psychology, technology, statistical data. The authors experience in organizing training of highly qualified specialists aimed at obtaining a set of competences in the field of law and high technologies has also contributed to this research. Methods. The results and conclusions are obtained on the basis of general scientific research methods: logical, systematic, sociological, as well as private-scientific and special: comparative-legal, formal-legal, interpretation, statistical, and some others. Results. The concept of high-tech law is substantiated and formulated, recommendations for its further technological and regulatory modernization are proposed, and a number of conclusions are made that determine the need to change the process of training legal personnel.