Reforming the Foundations of Comparative Law in the Digital Era: New Principles and Approaches
Abstract
Rapid technological changes require new approaches to the study of legal theory that go beyond traditional comparative methods. The article examines the transformational methodology arising from the convergence of comparative law, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, computational jurisprudence and legal informatics, for the analysis of modern theories of state and law. Traditional comparative law has long relied on doctrinal analysis of legal texts and qualitative case studies to understand various national systems. However, the advent of large-scale digitization, big data analysis, machine learning, and global information networks makes traditional comparative techniques unsuitable for the task at hand. Legal systems are rapidly evolving under the influence of sociotechnical changes, which requires new tools for their study. The research is aimed at developing an updated methodological framework that will allow comparative law to critically consider the theory of state and law in the digital age. It provides a context for the emerging convergence between classical comparative law, artificial intelligence, legal informatics and computer technology. The thesis is put forward on the transformation of the traditional methodology in order to include new interdisciplinary approaches using advanced information systems and data analysis. The purpose of the study is to create a modern systematic methodology that allows comparativists to study theories of state and law with the capabilities of forecasting, empirical and multidimensional analysis.