Singapore’s judicial system (experience in the 2020 pandemic)

Abstract

The task of constantly improving the efficiency of justice continues to be relevant due to its versatility and the growing demand of society. In order to continue this discussion, the article analyzes the judicial system of Singapore through the prism of its judicial system and judicial proceedings. The purpose of the work is to analyze the practical solutions of the studied justice, to highlight the positive and negative experience. The scientific and practical significance of the study lies in the fact that there is a positive practice of increasing the level of accessibility and openness of justice. As a result, it seems possible to implement the norms of foreign law due to the proximity of the emerging needs of judicial systems, both in Russia and in Kazakhstan. Methodological basis: formal legal method, synchronous and diachronic methods, as well as general scientific methods of cognition. A brief overview of the Singapore justice system, including the experience of implementing electronic technologies in this system, is given. The author shows that the introduction of these technologies and reasonable deterimental some elements of the trial allows to reduce the bureaucratic and material costs, as well as more efficiently and safely in a pandemic 2020 use human resources of the court and other persons involved in the case. Keywords: electronic court, automation of legal proceedings, accessibility of justice, internet.