OPTIMIZING ADVOCACY PRACTICE THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN UZBEKISTAN
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, advocacy, legal practice, access to justice, professional responsibility, Uzbekistan, legal technologyAbstract
This thesis examines the optimization of advocacy practice through artificial intelligence, with specific adaptation to the Uzbek context. The study situates these findings within Uzbekistan's rapidly constructed regulatory foundation and identifies four adaptation pathways. Comparative analysis of China's smart-court reform underscores a central caution: AI embedded in the justice system is never institutionally neutral, and the advocate's adversarial independence must be deliberately preserved. The thesis concludes that, where these conditions are met, AI augments rather than replaces the Uzbek advocate – returning time to the strategy, judgment, and responsibility no algorithm can assume.
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