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        <article-title>E-law and E-justice: Analysis of the Switzerland Experience</article-title>
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          <institution>Lviv Polytechnic National University</institution>
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          <addr-line>Lviv</addr-line>
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          <country country="UA">Ukraine</country>
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        <p>This study deals with the analysis of implementation experience of elaw and e-justice in the Switzerland. The advantages and disadvantages of implementing e-law and e-justice in Switzerland are analyzed. The development of electronic services in the field of justice is one of the key components of public administration reform. Transfer justice services in an online format will increase the efficiency of professionals in the sector legislation and optimize business processes, such as: reducing time workflow, reducing time spent on processes that can be automated, ranking tasks by importance, debureaucratization, minimization of corruption risks, and other related benefits. Analysis of international experience will benefit for active implementation of elegislation in Ukraine.</p>
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        <kwd>E-law</kwd>
        <kwd>E-justice</kwd>
        <kwd>Experience</kwd>
        <kwd>Switzerland</kwd>
        <kwd>Implementation</kwd>
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      <p>The development of electronic services in the field of justice is one of the key
components of public administration reform. Transfer justice services in an online
format will increase the efficiency of professionals in the sector legislation and
optimize business processes, such as:
─ reducing time workflow,
─ reducing time spent on processes that can be automated,
─ ranking tasks by importance,
─ reduce the financial cost of servicing the public,
─ promoting debureaucratization,
─ business development promotion,
─ increasing the level of trust in legal bodies,
─ rapid response to public problems and their solutions,
─ minimization of corruption risks.</p>
      <p>Transformation of legislative services into electronic format is a sign of adaptation of
state legislative processes to modern conditions of the industry, which will help
improve the quality of service for citizens and industry professionals.
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      <title>Related works</title>
      <p>The concept of "e-law" was introduced by experts in the 90s. The analysis of the most
important scientific researches is given in the table. The concept of e-law is analyzed
by scientist in the following scientific papers:
Researchers also studied the introduction of e-justice in government agencies. The
analysis of the most important scientific works is given in the table:</p>
      <p>When researching e-law and e-justice, it is worth paying attention to the
digitalization of legislative activity (croudlaw). Сroudlaw is a process when expert citizens can
contribute with knowledge to proposing the contents and opportunities for writing
new laws or monitoring existing ones to check effectiveness.</p>
      <p>On the other hand, croudlaw is a new method of developing collective intelligence
and the experience of people outside votes, including new ways of improving
legislative processes.
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        <title>The analysis of E-Law Advantages and Disadvantages</title>
        <p>One of the most important areas of e-democracy is the development of electronic
services for the implementation of electronic legislation – e-law.</p>
        <p>The introduction of e-law services in the legislative process in Ukraine and
Switzerland has disadvantages and advantages.</p>
        <p>Advantages of the e-law implementation:
─ online consultations;
─ timely informing employees of legislative institutions;
─ saving working time of employees of legislative institutions;
─ saving costs for printing documents and other services;
─ electronic filling of legislative documents;
─ holding an online meeting;
─ introduction of electronic document management in institutions of the legislative
sphere;
─ electronic requests and provision of electronic copies;
─ corporate e-mail.</p>
        <p>Disadvantages of the e-law implementation:
─ lack of computer skills at the level of qualified users of employees of legislative
institutions;
─ high risk of loss of legally important information,
─ development, certification and commissioning of appropriate software;
─ psychological barriers in society;
─ necessary technical base of institutions of the legislative sphere.</p>
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        <title>Legal framework in the Switzerland</title>
        <p>A framework agreement on public legislation on e-government cooperation was
signed in 2007, which regulates the responsibilities of e-government in Switzerland.</p>
        <p>Since 2008, for the implementation of e-government in Switzerland at the
institutional level all organs of government follow a common strategy. In 2008 came into
force on the first framework agreement on cooperation in the field of e-government.</p>
        <p>In addition, the agreement defines the process of organizing and forming a budget
for the implementation of the e-Government Strategy of Switzerland. Agreements on
cooperation in the field of e-government are described in the framework agreement in
accordance with public law. In 2012, the version of the agreement was changed in
certain parameters.</p>
        <p>The current e-government strategy was signed by all authorized Switzerland
organizations in 2019, which replaced the “e-government strategy in Switzerland in 2016”.
According to the essence of the e-government strategy for 2020-2023, the state
administration must actively manage the digital transformation of society in
Switzerland. Switzerland has a well-established electronic interaction with the authorities.
Public administrations should expand the scope of electronic law services. The
public-law framework agreement on e-government cooperation regulates the powers of
egovernment in Switzerland.</p>
        <p>The main Switzerland government organizations have adopted an updated and
adjusted version of the framework agreement for 2016-2019.</p>
        <p>The judgments section of website of Bundesverwaltungsgericht in the Switzerland
is shown in Figure 1.
FAC judgments database of website of Bundesverwaltungsgericht in the
Switzerland is shown in Figure 2.
Electronic appeal submission form of Bundesverwaltungsgericht in the Switzerland
is shown in Figure 3.
This service (Fig. 3) makes possible to submit appeal petitions electronically to the
Federal Administrative Court. Deviating special legal provisions will remain reserved.
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        <title>Rule of Law</title>
        <p>The Switzerland federal government and administration are acting predictably. The
division of the Switzerland into administrative regions, the tradition of decentralized
local self-government and partially unprofessional system of government (police
administration: reference to a non-professional army) provide a significant amount of
freedom in the activities of the country public administration. Administrative culture
provides efficiency, but reduces legal certainty.</p>
        <p>According to international rankings the level of corruption in the Switzerland is rare.
Country is constantly rated as successful countries in preventing corruption. In
Switzerland the rule of law, public officials are paid high salaries and basis is a
decentralized democracy with parties that effectively control and audit public officials. The
opportunity for comprehensive informal networks, a reluctance to engage in close
mutual supervision and encourages non-compliance with formal rules.
The significant overlap between economic and political elites, critics such as
Transparency International's Switzerland office have pointed to processes in which
politicians' economic interests can influence their decisions in parliament.
2.3</p>
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        <title>Analysis of sustainable governance indicators.</title>
        <p>According survey of “Sustainable governance Indicators” (SGI) project [22]
(https://www.sgi-network.org) the Switzerland government have strong steering
capabilities (Fig. 4).</p>
        <p>Switzerland receives high overall performance ratings (9th rank) [22] in the
Sustainable governance Indicators project. This indicator decreased by 0.1 points
compared to the level of 2014.</p>
        <p>Preliminary assessments are standard for most policy areas. Influential groups are
involved in policy planning, and their influence is strengthened by the constant option
of holding a public referendum. Most tax revenues are received by highly autonomous
local administrations.</p>
        <p>The cantonal implementation of regulations is pragmatic and often adapted to the
problems of strong local interests. International coordination was problematic because
it was seen as a violation of sovereignty. The position on the deviation of the EU from
the preferred model of bilateral agreements in Switzerland emphasized flexibility in
terms of internal adaptability.
Thanks to an energetic direct democratic system and a developed media and
culture with open information, Switzerland ranks first (5th) [22] in the quality of
democracy. This indicator did not change relative to the level of 2014.</p>
        <p>The rights of voters are reliable, but a large population of foreign nationals is
excluded. Political parties are not state-funded, and careful control over fundraising or
party activities is insufficient. However, much of the party's payments come from
parliamentary subsidies.</p>
        <p>Fig. 6. Quality of Democracy (Switzerland vs</p>
        <p>EU)</p>
        <p>Fig. 7. Electoral Processes (Switzerland vs</p>
        <p>EU)</p>
        <p>Straight democratic procedures are generally used. The results of this democratic
procedure contradict human rights obligations or the treaty. The results of
approximately current votes reflected problems with a lack of public knowledge and access to
information. In 2018 the voters excluded suggestions that was eliminate by public
media and offer state law precedence over international law [22].</p>
        <p>In Switzerland, the media is free, but becoming more focused. Laws on access to
information are strong. Civil rights are protected, but there are tensions between EU
rules and Switzerland authority. Corruption is occasional [22].</p>
        <p>Fig. 8. Access to Information (Switzerland vs</p>
        <p>EU)</p>
        <p>Fig. 9. Civil Rights and Political Liberties
(Switzerland vs EU)</p>
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          <title>Legal Certainty</title>
          <p>The predictability of the Switzerland Federal Government and Administration is partly
reduced by pragmatic administrative culture at local levels. The government and administration
act as expected, based accordance with law. Legal norms are consistent and transparent,
ensuring legal certainty.</p>
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          <title>Judicial Review</title>
          <p>The Switzerland judicial system is governed by professional rules without political
interference. The judicial system is based on professional training. Leading and professionally
trained judges work locally. The decisions of judges are subject to review in higher professional
courts. Independent courts effectively review the actions of the executive and ensure that the
government and administration act in accordance with law.</p>
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        <sec id="sec-2-4-3">
          <title>Appointment of Justices</title>
          <p>Judges of the Federal Supreme Court are elected for a term of six years at a joint sitting of
both houses of parliament. Judges do not have special majority requirements.</p>
        </sec>
        <sec id="sec-2-4-4">
          <title>Corruption Prevention</title>
          <p>Corruption in Switzerland is rare in international rankings. Switzerland is consistently rated
as one of the most successful countries in preventing corruption. Legal and public integrity
mechanisms prevent community organization holders from abusing positions.
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      <title>Conclusions</title>
      <p>Analysis of international experience will benefit for active implementation of
elegislation in Ukraine. The purpose of this article is to analyze the experience of e-law
and e-justice implementation in Switzerland. Ukraine has already introduced security
and court services, thanks to which you can get online certificates of no criminal
record, no corruption offenses, and apply to the court. So, from the beginning of start
133,7 thousand people used the service of registration of the certificate of no criminal
record online. As we can see, Ukrainian e-legislation has a positive experience in
implementing this service. E-law and e-justice services include digital signature,
electronic trust services in legislation, electronic evidence, electronic archive and
electronic document management in legislative institutions, electronic court, etc.
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