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Timiryasov</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21202/jdtl.2023.47</article-id><article-id custom-type="edn" pub-id-type="custom">dtiann</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">digitallaw-313</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Digital Transformations of the South African Legal Landscape</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Цифровые преобразования южноафриканского правового ландшафта</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5170-1304</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мокофе</surname><given-names>У. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Mokofe</surname><given-names>W. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Мокофе Уильям Манга - PhD в области права, адвокат Верховного Суда Южно-Африканской Республики.</p><p>Ист-Лондон, Стюарт Драйв Береа, 12</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>William M. Mokofe - PhD (Law), Advocate of the High Court of South Africa.</p><p>12 Stewart Drive Berea, East London</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">william.mokofe@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Верховный Суд Южно-Африканской Республики</institution><country>Южно-Африканская Республика</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>High Court of South Africa</institution><country>South Africa</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>1087</fpage><lpage>1104</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Mokofe W.M., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Мокофе У.М.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Mokofe W.M.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.lawjournal.digital/jour/article/view/313">https://www.lawjournal.digital/jour/article/view/313</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Objective</title><p>Objective: South Africa is a country with great potential for intensive development due to the active growth and adoption of digital technologies. The rapidly emerging digital landscape is transforming the legal framework, which in turn influences the digital environment. This transformative relationship determined the focus of the research, which is to identify the legal system adaptability under dynamic changes, as well as the legal landscape evolution under digitalization and technological progress.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Methods: the study of the changing legal landscape required an interdisciplinary approach that combines legal analysis with ideas from sociology, economics, etc. In doing so, the formal-legal method was used to examine the key legal instruments shaping South Africa's digital environment and providing the opportunities and challenges of the interaction between digital technologies and South African law.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results: the paper provides insights into how the South African legal system is addressing digital challenges; assesses the integration of digital innovations into the legal system; highlights the transformative impact of digital technologies on traditional legal processes, including collecting evidence, dispute resolution and access to justice. Finally, it evaluates the role of digital technologies in making legal processes more efficient.</p></sec><sec><title>Scientific novelty</title><p>Scientific novelty: the study contributes to the ongoing debate on the complex relationship between digital technologies and South African law. It shows how South African law is coping with digital complexities and substantiates new insights into the transformation of the traditional legal paradigm as a result of digitalization, as well as its implications for legal proceedings and access to justice. By delving into the adaptations, challenges and innovations arising at the intersection of law, technologies and digitalization, insights are gained into how South African law navigates the dynamic digital landscape.</p></sec><sec><title>Practical significance</title><p>Practical significance: adapting the legal landscape to digitalization and technological advances is critical to ensure rapid technological progress. It also requires collaboration between government agencies, civil society, experts in law and technology. The study provides valuable recommendations and suggestions for policymakers, legal practitioners and stakeholders shaping South Africa's legal ecosystem. The author addresses the challenges of ensuring personal data privacy, enhancing electronic interactions, and countering cybercrime. The importance of introducing technological achievements while maintaining robust legal safeguards is emphasized.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель: Южная Африка является страной с большим потенциалом интенсивного развития благодаря стремительному росту и внедрению цифровых технологий. Активно формирующаяся цифровая среда трансформирует законодательную базу, которая в свою очередь оказывает влияние на цифровую среду. Это преобразующее взаимоотношение обусловило направленность исследования на выявление адаптивности правовой системы перед лицом динамичных изменений и путей эволюции правового ландшафта в условиях цифровизации и технологического прогресса.</p></sec><sec><title>Методы</title><p>Методы: изучение изменяющегося правового ландшафта требует междисциплинарного подхода, сочетающего юридический анализ с идеями из областей социологии, экономики и др. При этом с помощью формально-юридического метода исследуются ключевые правовые акты, формирующие цифровую среду Южной Африки и определяющие возможности и проблемы взаимодействия цифровых технологий и южноафриканского права.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты: в работе дается представление о том, как правовая система Южной Африки решает цифровые проблемы; оценивается интеграция цифровых новаций в правовую систему; подчеркивается преобразующее влияние цифровых технологий на традиционные юридические процессы, охватывающие сбор доказательств, разрешение споров и доступ к правосудию; оценивается роль цифровых технологий в повышении эффективности юридических процессов.</p></sec><sec><title>Научная новизна</title><p>Научная новизна: исследование вносит вклад в продолжающуюся дискуссию о сложной взаимосвязи между цифровыми технологиями и законодательством Южной Африки; показано, как южноафриканское право справляется с цифровыми сложностями; обосновываются новые идеи о трансформации традиционной правовой парадигмы в результате цифровизации, ее последствий для судопроизводства и доступа к правосудию. При углублении в адаптацию, проблемы и инновации, возникающие на пересечении права, технологий и цифровизации, происходит понимание того, как южноафриканское право ориентируется в динамичной цифровой среде.</p></sec><sec><title>Практическая значимость</title><p>Практическая значимость: адаптация правового ландшафта к цифровизации и технологическим достижениям имеет решающее значение для обеспечения быстрого технологического прогресса и требует сотрудничества между государственными органами, гражданским обществом, экспертами в области права и технологий. Исследование содержит ценные рекомендации и предложения для политиков, юристов-практиков и заинтересованных сторон, формирующих правовую экосистему Южно-Африканской Республики, решающих проблемы обеспечения конфиденциальности персональных данных, повышения эффективности электронных взаимодействий и противодействия киберпреступности. Подчеркивается важность внедрения технологического прогресса при одновременном соблюдении надежных правовых гарантий.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>законодательство</kwd><kwd>защита персональных данных</kwd><kwd>искусственный интеллект</kwd><kwd>киберпреступность</kwd><kwd>онлайн-разрешение споров</kwd><kwd>право интеллектуальной собственности</kwd><kwd>право</kwd><kwd>судебная практика</kwd><kwd>цифровые технологии</kwd><kwd>Южная Африка</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>artificial intelligence</kwd><kwd>cybercrime</kwd><kwd>digital technologies</kwd><kwd>intellectual property right</kwd><kwd>judicial practice</kwd><kwd>law</kwd><kwd>legislation</kwd><kwd>online dispute resolution</kwd><kwd>personal data protection</kwd><kwd>South Africa</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Adams, R., &amp; Adeleke, F. (2020). 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