Globally, judiciaries, prosecution services, and other specialised judicial authorities are investigating the potential of AI in the court system. For instance, several legal systems worldwide have already adopted AI technologies to aid in investigations and automate the decision-making process.

The emergence of AI-based IT systems has increased interest in these concerns among lawyers. As a result, regulations that address AI have been developed due to the application of AI in several legal sectors. Attorneys' interest in AI for the judicial application of the law has primarily been in the scholarly debate. However, some nations deploy AI-based IT systems in their courts.

One could argue that implementing AI in the law will usher in a technological and conceptual revolution. But, on the other hand, it's an obvious next step in digitising and networking the judicial system. 

AI models

There are some AI models used in the development of substantive court decisions. It could be an advising model or, first, a completely automated system. For example, it is developing an AI-based system that would take the role of a human judge. The system would thoroughly analyse the available information and make all the logical deductions required to render a decision binding on both parties to the proceedings. Without the involvement of a human, this would happen completely automatically. The advisory paradigm is predicated on assisting the human judge rather than taking his place. The computer would do an initial examination of the case and recommend a decision to a human judge.

Potentiality

AI has a massive amount of potential to help people and help reach Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, even though it is being used to help solve many of the world's most critical social problems, there are worries that it will violate human rights like 

• the right to free speech, 
• privacy, 
• data protection, and 
• not being mistreated. 

AI-based technologies can be beneficial if they are built with universal norms, ethics, and standards in mind and based on human rights and sustainable development.

Conclusion

As AI technologies grow, the legal system has to deal with questions about how AI affects human rights, surveillance, and liability, among other things. Also, AI is being used in the judicial system to make decisions, which has raised concerns about fairness, accountability, and transparency in decisions made by automated or AI-enabled systems.

Many judicial systems worldwide, including the judiciary, prosecution services, and other domain-specific judicial bodies, are already looking into AI's potential in the criminal justice field, where it could help with investigations and automate or make it easier to make decisions. Still, using AI brings up many problems that need to be solved. These problems include pattern recognition, ethics, bias in AI-based algorithms, transparency, and accountability.