The Evolution of Legal Science and Technology:Navigating from Computerization to Digitalization and Intellectualization
The computerization of legal work in the early 1980s marked the beginning of China's legal science and technology research.Over four decades of development,this field has evolved through phases such as"legal knowledge+expert systems"and"legal big data+machine learning."In China,the domains of legislation,judiciary,prosecution,and legal practice have undergone a transformation from computerization to digitali-zation and intellectualization.Although legal science and technology has made significant progress,it still can not avoid legal and ethical issues,and its technology and application also have shortcomings.Therefore,the value of legal science and technology should be repositioned as supportive.In the digital era,legal science and technology is facing new challenges.China urgently needs to build an independent legal science and technology system.This requires collaborative efforts across various domains,including build a legal science and technology community,a new management system,an independent knowledge system,a mechanism for knowledge and data sharing,and a legal and ethical governance system.
Legal Science and TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceComputerizationLegal Big DataDigital Justice