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The development of information technology has an impact on every aspect of civil proceedings. Technology of our days can provide more than we could ever need during the electronification of judicial proceedings or what could lay the foundations for more effective and up-to-date litigious and non-litigious proceedings still ensuring the required guarantees. Therefore, the task of the experts of procedural law is to find the limits of applicability instead of integrating all technical possibilities into the proceedings without criticism. When establishing these limits, attention should be paid to numerous theoretical and practical aspects and one should find the “core” of the procedural rules according to the aim of proceedings, the basic values the continuity of which must be ensured. This does not necessarily mean the traditional interpretation and “untouchability” of basic principles; however, it is obvious that it is within this circle that the above-mentioned stabile core is to be looked for. For this very reason, when analysing this problem, it is necessary to carry out a thorough review of basic principles, to be open to modern solutions, but applying criticism and searching for equilibrium at the same time.
The essay was written within the framework of OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund) research (registration number K-67951).
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Harsági, V. (2012). Digital Technology and the Character of Civil Procedure. In: Kengyel, M., Nemessányi, Z. (eds) Electronic Technology and Civil Procedure. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4072-3_7
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