Europe’s first apex court chatbot 🤖 The Czech Constitutional Court now offers AI-generated answers about its case law. For ONDŘEJ KADLEC, this raises more questions than it answers: about transparency, accountability, and the interpretative role of AI. verfassungsblog.de/chatbot-czec...
Ondřej Kadlec
@ondrejkadlec.bsky.social
Law & courts researcher at MUNI Brno (JUSTIN). Exploring judicial governance, grand chambers, and how digital tools are changing justice. Oxford & Charles University alum.
The Czech Constitutional Court has introduced Europe’s first apex court chatbot. It doesn’t just retrieve case law — it interprets it. This raises deeper questions about transparency, authority, and constitutional power. My take @verfassungsblog.de: tinyurl.com/yckyx8ju
Giving Answers, Raising Questions
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We kicked of the Unwritten Constitutionalism & Informality Conference today in Brno bettween JUSTIN and the UCNP project @ucnpproject.bsky.social organized also with Durham, EUI & uOttawa, within the ERC INFINITY & UCNP projects at Masaryk University.
🧑⚖️🤖 Who speaks for the Constitutional Court today? A new Respekt commentary by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social examines the AI chatbot on the Czech Constitutional Court’s website—and the institutional questions it raises about responsibility, limits, and court–public communication. 🔗Link below in Czech.
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📢Latest article by @ondrejkadlec.bsky.social is out in International & Comparative Law Quarterly! @iclq.bsky.social In this piece, Ondřej Kadlec explores two ways courts make use of their grand chambers — the Collective Control Model👥 and the Jurisprudential Model📚 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/43mm2DN