reform

As in the United Kingdom, Portugal has a recent Code of Civil Procedure. Therefore, the trend is that, in the coming years, the reforms to be made will concern the cost of legal aid, as well as the prison system. It is worth remembering that the CEPEJ reports do not only deal with civil procedure, but with the law as a whole.

I still intend to develop this post, but What comes to mind today is that there is a cycle in reforms . Elsa presents themselves as a thickening of aspirations. It is a movement that affects the entire community of one country and the scientific community of several. Hence the existence of concomitant reforms.

After the renovation, there is a time of leveling expectations. Working groups are created to monitor the results and address persistent problems, such as the expansion of access to justice and its cost of administration.

Meanwhile, new cycles of expectation are emerging, as is the growing expectation about the potential application of artificial intelligence in Justice. This is a cycle that is currently at its peak, which is why it is most likely that a cycle of frustration and leveling expectations will begin. And so we continue in cycles, making reforms as experiments.