Electronic evidence in the context of the principles of civil procedural law

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The article examines electronic evidence in the context of the principles of civil procedural law. The goal is the formation of a conceptual basis for the use of information technologies in civil proceedings in relation to the principles of civil proceedings in their systemic understanding, which will take into account the interrelationship and impact of one change on another change. This will ensure the rational use of information technologies, preserving the basic principles of civil justice. The object is the legal relations that arise between the court and other participants in the process, related to the implementation of the principles of civil justice when using information technologies to resolve civil cases. The subject was civil procedural legal relations in the context of implementing the principles of civil procedural law when using information technologies in the civil process. The adaptation of the civil process to the use of information technologies is manifested in the presence of program and framework provisions that exist at the state and international level in accordance with the regulatory framework of the European integration of Ukraine. It is indicated that the electronic proof should not necessarily be issued in documentary form. Electronic evidence should be distinguished as an independent type of evidence due to its specific features. The criteria for the admissibility of electronic evidence must be determined in terms of specificity in accordance with the existing evidence criteria. A positive example of the regulation of electronic evidence is the Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on online dispute resolution mechanisms in civil and administrative proceedings, adopted in 2019, which establish legal norms regarding electronic evidence and ensure the most optimal version of use in the civil process. The principles of competitiveness, dispositive, transparency, independence, and availability of electronic evidence were considered. It is noted that, taking into account the systemic nature of the principles of the civil process, in addition to the ones mentioned above, other principles would undergo some transformation.