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Question 1

The history of ICT & the judiciary

Answer 1

1980’s: first basic technology
1990’s: wider adoption (internet) among wealthier countries
2000’s: adoption in developing countries
2010’s: standard tech available in most courtrooms
2020: covid and courts

Question 2

technologies used for managerial purposes (ICT & judiciary)

Answer 2

1. case management databases: program where al cases are in one online database
2. case law databases: what was the outcome of different cases –> different subjects, winning/losing chances
3. automatic case allocation: allocate cases automatically so everyone has the same amount of work
4. automatic document generation: fill out documents automatically
5. all decision support, algorithm
6. robojudges

Question 3

technologies used for participative purposes (ICT & judiciary)

Answer 3

transparency, information, interaction, intergration (hyperlinks) and participation

Question 4

smart cities

Answer 4

when investments in human and social capital and traditional and modern communication infrastructure fuel sustainable economic growth and a high quality of life with a wise managment of natural resources through participatory governance

Question 5

datapolis

Answer 5

a complex set of relations between the political community of citizens and urban data-infrastructures: the political community constructs data-infrastructures and at the same time these data-infrastructures condition relations and interactions in the political community of citizens

Question 6

governing smart cities: rules (ICT & the executive)

Answer 6

perceptual rules: perspectives determine what data is collected and those perspectives are influenced by the available data. The challenge is to balance the different perceptions

power rules: alliances of powerful actors determine the collected data and they are used as a resource in strategic interactions. The challenge is guaranteeing checks and balances

decision rules: rules and regulations determine what data is collected and this data becomes embedded in the rules of decision making. The challenge is to build different forms of knowledge in decision making

Question 7

5 trends on IT maturation (ICT & the legislative)

Answer 7

1. emergence of multi-vendor computing in the legislative
2. labor issues relating to the use of IT
3. the demise of the non- end users (end users = the representatives)
4. the quest for legislative acces to executive branch date (systems)
5. the interest for public access to legislative data systems (is there more public acces to it?)