000133288 001__ 133288 000133288 005__ 20240410085329.0 000133288 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.21202/jdtl.2024.3 000133288 0248_ $$2sideral$$a137895 000133288 037__ $$aART-2024-137895 000133288 041__ $$aeng 000133288 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8339-1788$$aGalindo Ayuda, Fernando 000133288 245__ $$aAlgorithms, sociology of law and justice 000133288 260__ $$c2024 000133288 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000133288 5203_ $$aObjective: to determine the possibility of professional legal activity automation and to identify the limitations that in a democratic society are associated with the use of software capable of generating effective legal solutions in conflict situations. Methods: the conducted empirical research is based on the methodology of social sciences, sociology of law, principles of communicative and communicational theories of law, and formal-legal analysis of legal documents. Results: the paper presents examples of functioning of computer systems that imitate some specific aspects of human intelligence in decision-making. The concept of algorithm and the main characteristics of tasks performed by artificial intelligence systems are defined. The relevance, methods and achievements of sociology of law are outlined, which underlie the systems or computer programs helping to resolve legal conflicts. It is found that there search tools developed as a methodology within the sociology of law since its emergence will be more widely used in the future, due to the growing use of information and communication technologies in legal activities. It is shown that in the administration of justice it is impossible to generate solutions only on the basis of artificial intelligence, since law and the process of making legal decisions on its basis has more complex characteristics in a democratic society. It is emphasized that obtaining the desired legal result is not limited to the processes of algorithmization, categorization or formal exegetics of legal texts. It rather consists in understanding and thinking in accordance with the accepted values, meanings, evaluative criteria, strategies, perspectives, etc.6FLHQWLͤF QRYHOW\ : the article reveals the significance of the principles of communicative and communicational theories of law under the development of information and communication technologies in legal activity. The main limitations of the use of artificial intelligence in legal activity and, in particular, in justice are identified 000133288 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000133288 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000133288 773__ $$g2 , 1 (2024), 34-45$$pJ. digit. technol. law$$tJournal of digital technologies and law$$x2949-2483 000133288 8564_ $$s277454$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133288/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000133288 8564_ $$s2212779$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133288/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000133288 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:133288$$particulos$$pdriver 000133288 951__ $$a2024-04-10-08:38:49 000133288 980__ $$aARTICLE