Artificial intelligence in justice: constitutional implications and challenges

The increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the justice system presents both opportunities and challenges, particularly with regard to the safeguarding of fundamental procedural rights and independence of the courts.

Under the lead of Prof. Dr. Nadja Braun Binder (Basel) and Prof. Dr. Tilmann Altwicker (Zurich) and in collaboration with Dr. Apollo Dauag (Basel) and Dr. Zhivko Taushanov (Zurich), this research project aims to examine the procedural and behavioral dimensions of the use of AI in the judiciary and to develop recommendations for a constitutional use of these systems, combining legal methods and empirical analysis.

The link between empirical analysis and the legal classification of the empirical results makes it possible to gain in-depth insights into the effects of the use of AI on judicial decision-making behavior and thus to formulate concrete recommendations for the constitutionally compliant use of AI in the judiciary.

The project is supported by the Stiftung für Schweizerische Rechtspflege

The results of the project will be published in specialist journals, two legal qualification papers, workshops and event reports as well as a working paper.