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The new paradigm of Justice towards which we are heading responds to various keys, the emergence of new technologies being one of them. This context of change is plagued with new challenges that dot the very foundations on which the criminal process is based, altering its foundations and principles. The appearance of new risk assessment tools in the hands of Artificial Intelligence systems is highly disturbing, as their incorporation into the criminal process must be preceded by an exhaustive study of the impact that their use has on fundamental rights, avoiding unwanted Criminal Law from author. In this work we will analyze some of these predictive justice tools, specifically, those that are aimed at determining the risk factors in precautionary measures, in the execution phase of sentences or those that determine the risk of criminal recidivism in crimes by gender violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brexit will entail various regulatory changes in connection with the recognition and enforcement of United Kingdom court judgments outside the United Kingdom as from 1 January 2021 (on which date the transition period stipulated in the Withdrawal Agreement ends). The purpose of this article is to analyse how recognition and enforcement will be regulated in the European Union (and, in particular, in Spain) with regard to United Kingdom court judgments on civil and commercial matters following the end of the transition period, in view of the current regulations in this area: the Brussels I-BIS Convention, the 2005 Hague Convention, domestic recognition and enforcement regimes, and even the 1968 Brussels Convention. The article also examines other future options in light of the ongoing negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union, such as the application of the 2007 Lugano Convention or the 2019 Hague Convention, and the potential conclusion of a bilateral agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union to apply the Brussels I-BIS Convention to judgments issued in proceedings that have started after the end of the transition period (similar to the agreement currently in force between the European Union and Denmark). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The International Judicial Assistance in Civil Matters Act (Ley de cooperación jurídica internacional en materia civil) was published in the Spanish Official Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado) on 31 July 2015. This Act considers international judicial assistance as an essential part of the right to access to justice and, for that reason, envisages a modern and flexible regulation. The Act also regulates other matters that, strictly speaking, are not related to international judicial assistance, such as international lis pendes or, more significantly, the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, the regulation of which is updated to match the most recent case law and doctrine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]