Smart Court

Zheng Sophia Tang is Professor at Wuhan University Institute of International Law. She is a barrister, mediator, arbitrator, and Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Transnational Law. She has authored over fifty articles and five monographs and is co-author of Cheshire, North and Fawcett: Private International Law (2017).

• 1. Technology and the justice system: an introduction; 2. Electronic filing and case management; 3. Smart service of process; 4. Digital evidence; 5. Virtual hearing; 6. Automated decision-making; 7. Digital judgments and enforcement; 8. Smart courts and transnational access to justice; 9. Three pillars of a smart justice system: inclusivity, transparency and judicial independence; 10. Digital justice of the future – A conclusion.