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9 Global J. Comp. L. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/glojoucl9 and id is 1 raw text is: GLOBAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW BRILL 9 (2020) 1-16 NIJHOFF brill.com/gjel Impact of the Council of Europe Guidelines on Electronic Evidence in Civil and Administrative Law RemigifusJokubauskas Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania remigius@jokubauskas.org Marek wierczyhski Uniwersytet Kardynala Stefana Wyszyfiskiego, Warszawa, Poland m.swierczynski@uksw.edu.pl Abstract On 30 January 2019 the Council of Europe adopted guidelines on electronic evidence in civil and administrative law (hereinafter the Guidelines). The article summarizes and analyses this soft law instrument and explains why its creation is important for the proper administration of justice and how it addresses and reflects technological devel- opments, new business models and evolving case-law. Several conclusions have been identified regarding how use of the Guidelines will address current practical problems for courts and attorneys while maintaining full compliance with important principles like the right to a fair trial, protection of private life and national laws of the member states. Keywords electronic evidence - guidelines - electronic signatures - metadata - cloud computing - blockchain @ KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2020 DOI:10.1163/2211906X-00901001

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