Digitalization of the judicial system: analysis of trends in the development of procedural legislation (on the example of draft amendments to the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation)

The sphere of justice has also been affected by the global trend of universal digitalization. In view of a threat facing the world in the form of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19, as well as restrictions on access to court buildings in 2020, the initiative to amend the procedural legislation is relevant and timely. These amendments concern equalizing the legal status of written documents and electronic documents, about the methods of notifying the persons involved in the case, about the use of systems that allow the court and the parties to participate in proceedings remotely, while observing all procedural norms. The article attempts to study the trends in the development of civil procedural legislation, guided by the draft law, which was submitted for discussion by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on October 19, 2020. Purpose: to analyze trends in the development of civil procedural legislation in the modern world. Methods: the author uses empirical methods of comparison, description, interpretation and theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic. Special scientific methods are used: legal-dogmatic and the method of interpreting legal norms. Results: the analysis of the draft law reveals some positive and some controversial points that are subject to clarification and more detailed disclosure if it were adopted. The position of researchers studying the issues of informatization of justice is reflected, the prospects for the development of the judiciary in the field of further digitalization are indicated.