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Computerized Administrative Decision Making And Fundamental Rights, Jacques Fremont

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Taking as a departure point the introduction of expert systems in the field of administrative adjudication, this paper aims to present some of the issues and problems that the law and jurists will face as a result of "new informational technologies." After an examination of how these technologies would function in a legal context, and a short discussion concerning administrative justice as it is now conceived and experienced, the impact of computerized administrative decision-making is examined. The paper assesses the likely impact of expert systems on administrative normativity, on the decision-making process, and on the quality of decisions made. This …