Law-implementing legal engineering and digital justice

Introduction: the dynamic development of the legal system, the increasing complexity of its elements and links between them draw attention to the application of theoretical constructions in discipline-specific research. First of all, this contributes to defining a clear methodological basis for the study of new legal institutions, this being the key to obtaining reasoned, consistent, and motivated conclusions and proposals. Currently, the most relevant and popular research areas include legal regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems, robotic technologies, digitalization of legal proceedings, etc. There are many proposals and solutions suggested by legal scholars on these issues, but analysis shows significant discrepancies in the definition of basic concepts, in the understanding of the essence of legal relations as well as the prerequisites for their occurrence, the procedure and reasons for imposition of legal liability, etc. These contradictions are externalized in the current legislation. Purpose: to determine the importance of using legal engineering techniques for the regulation of relations involving the application of artificial intelligence systems. Methods: the key research tools are concepts and laws of interdisciplinary fields of knowledge: general systems theory, theory of information, cybernetics, theory of management; the systematic approach made it possible to characterize the existing forms of law implementation and also legal engineering techniques in the conceptual apparatus of the theory of law as well as to identify the specific features of law implementation techniques; formal legal method; comparative legal method. Results: we carried out comprehensive scientific research on the forms of law implementation; the study revealed specific features of the application of the means, techniques, and methods of legal engineering in all forms of law implementation. We also analyzed civil proceedings through the prism of digitalization, application of modern information and telecommunications technologies in legal activities and legal proceedings; the effect of the use of legal engineering techniques on the effectiveness of these processes was determined.