Big Data in the Legislative Process
https://doi.org/10.17803/1994-1471.2020.118.9.019-031
Abstract
The paper elucidates possible directions of the use of the big data technology in the framework of legislative activities. The authors determine essential characteristics of the big data technology, which act as a prerequisite for its implementation in the field of public administration. The authors describe the existing practices of implementation of this technology in the field of jurisprudence. Taking into account the well-established processes of using big data in the private sector, the authors evaluate the prospects of using this experience in the process of developing regulatory legal acts, including their correlation with specific stages of the legislative process. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of individualized regulation and granular norms, as well as to the grounds and features of the use of microdirectives as a result of the use of big data in rules of law formation. In conclusion, the authors enumerate a number of problematic aspects (the problem of legal certainty, ensuring the principle of equality), which are exacerbated by the use of the big data technology in legislative activities, and substantiate application of a number of additional requirements that help to minimize these threats.
Keywords
legislative process,
big data,
database,
granular norms,
personalized legal regulation,
microdirectives
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project № 18-29-16214
About the Authors
S. S. Zenin
Kutafin University Research Institute (MSAL)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey S. Zenin, Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, Head
ul. Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, d. 9, Moscow, Russia, 125993
D. L. Kuteynikov
Kutafin University Research Institute (MSAL)
Dmitriy L. Kuteynikov, Cand. Sci. (Law), Senior Lecturer, Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law
ul. Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, d. 9, Moscow, Russia, 125993
I. M. Yapryntsev
Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
Ivan M. Yapryntsev, Cand. Sci. (Law), Advisor to the Judge
pl. Senatskaya, d. 1, St. Petersburg, Russia, 190000
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Zenin S.S., Kuteynikov D.L., Yapryntsev I.M. Big Data in the Legislative Process. Actual Problems of Russian Law. 2020;15(9):19-31. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17803/1994-1471.2020.118.9.019-031
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