TOPICAL ISSUES OF FINANCING ELECTRONIC LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The aim of the article is to interrogate and reveal the current issues of financing electronic legal proceedings in Ukraine. The subject of the study is the financing of electronic legal proceedings in Ukraine. Methodology. The study is based on general scientific and special-scientific methods and techniques of scientific knowledge. The historical and legal method enabled to examine the current state of affairs in introducing the system of e-justice, to reveal the concept of e-Court. The comparative legal method enabled to compare the doctrinal approaches to the functioning of the ordinary system of courts and the system of e-justice. The system-structural method contributed to the consideration and identification of the most negative consequences of the delayed implementation of the e-justice system in Ukraine. The methods of grouping and classification were the basis for the author’s approach to the identification of possible sources of funding for the e-justice system. The technical legal method enabled to interrogate the state of affairs in electronic legal proceedings in Ukraine and highlight the problematic issues of the practical implementation of this institute, as well as emphasize the need to increase funding for the e-justice system in Ukraine. The results of the study enabled to distinguish problematic issues and ways of their solution in relation to the financing of the e-justice system in Ukraine. Practical implications. In the study, first, the key aspects of introducing the e-justice system in Ukraine are outlined; second, the problems of the practical implementation of the system of e-Courts in Ukraine are highlighted; third, the author’s perspective for possible ways of functioning of the e-Court system in Ukraine is substantiated. Relevance/originality. The original author’s approach to the current state of affairs in electronic legal proceedings in Ukraine and the practical problems of implementing this institute is the basis for developing the most promising areas for the improvement of domestic legislation in this sphere.