Legal and Organisational Issues in Courtroom Technology Implementation and Institutionalization

Information technologies in courtrooms have served systematic and speedy justice dispensation since the start of the last decade. They brought forward significant changes to court operation around the world. However, during this period a variety of technology implementation and institutionalisation issues also surfaced. This chapter aims to discuss the legal and organisational issues by focusing on the case of Malaysian courts. It is advanced with the presentation of growing phenomenon of courtroom technology implementation and institutionalisation in a big picture, followed by the current scenario of the case of technology implementation projects in Malaysian courts, the E-Court, and E-Shariah. This chapter also discusses the different perspectives in technology institutionalization through a five-step technology implementation/institutionalisation process.