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Justitia ex machina: The impact of an AI system on legal decision-making and discretionary authority

Governments increasingly use algorithms to inform or supplant decision-making. Artificial Intelligence systems in particular are considered objective, consistent and efficient decision-makers, but have also been shown to be fallible. Furthermore, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in government is fraught with challenges which are only partly understood and rarely studied in practice. In this paper, we draw on science and technology studies and human computer interaction and report on a critical case s…

Policy · The Trace — both readings · certified 2026-07-20 · v1 · article view · machine-readable

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AI system for traffic violation appeals at a Dutch court can best be applied in support of legal decision-making and its process design may mitigate some risks of algorithmic decision-making.

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Use of the AI system for traffic violation appeals impacts decisions made by legal experts and creates tensions between street-level bureaucrats, screen-level bureaucrats and street-level algorithms.

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Findings come from a single critical case study of traffic violation appeals at a Dutch court, limiting generalizability to other courts or case types.

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