Communication activities as one of the areas of administrative and legal support for the institutional capacity of local courts

Abstract

The article highlights the theoretical and applied aspects of communication in local courts as one of the important areas of administrative and legal support for their institutional capacity. The author emphasizes the relevance of this issue and the insufficient level of its research within the science of administrative law. The court’s communication activities are defined as a well-established process of information exchange aimed at achieving mutual understanding, agreement between the parties and changes in the consciousness and/or behavior of the recipient of information, which is manifested in raising awareness, level of trust, forming a certain image in the eyes of the audience, taking certain actions or refraining from them on the part of the recipient of information. The author emphasizes the need to develop a communication strategy for local courts. Strategic communication is defined as a systemic communication focused on establishing long-term relationships between courts and their external and internal audiences that help to achieve certain goals. The author analyzes the best practices of court communication and emphasizes the importance of their dissemination. It is noted that court communication should primarily be aimed at increasing the level of public confidence in the court. It is emphasized that the best practices of communication activities of local courts not only need to be disseminated, but also studied from the perspective of administrative law science, which will contribute to the development of a solid scientific basis for this area of activity.
 It was noted that the communication activity of the court is an important direction of judicial administration and administrative and legal support of the institutional capacity of both local courts and the judicial system in general. The conclusion is formulated that domestic courts of all levels carry out significant work both in terms of effective communication and the development of a communication strategy. Such perspective directions of the development of the court’s communication activities as the development of modern communication platforms between the court and the public, the development of communication in the environment of the judicial branch of government, etc. are indicated.