Smart Justice in Italy: Cases of Apps Created by Lawyers for Lawyers and Beyond

Giampiero Lupo and Davide Carnevali
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Giampiero Lupo: Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council of Italy (ISASI-CNR), 73100 Lecce, Italy
Davide Carnevali: Institute of Legal Informatics and Judicial Systems, National Research Council of Italy (IGSG-CNR), 40126 Bologna, Italy

Laws, 2022, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-19

Abstract: The smart city literature states that three levels of institutional layers (regulatory, normative, and cognitive) and four typologies of actors (government, universities, citizens, and the private sector) support private initiative for developing smart technologies. Focusing on the emergent phenomenon of smart apps ideated by lawyers’ private initiatives, this paper acknowledges that other factors, including the ubiquity of mobile technologies and the absence of effective public services provided by public institutions, contribute to the institutional and organizational humus necessary for the creation of intelligent technological proposals. In the light of the organizational theory framework, and based on the analysis of the literature on smart cities and e-justice and on the empirical investigation of two Italian lawyers’ apps ( Collega and Anthea ), this paper identifies the institutional, organizational, and technological conditions under which smart technologies are being developed in high-regulated public institutions’ contexts as justice systems. The findings of the study described in this paper help integrate the contribution of the literature on the topic.

Keywords: smart city; smart technologies; e-justice; ICT for lawyers; justice administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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