Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies to Evidentiary Standards

Čuveljak, Jelena

doi:10.65342/door.1.1.8

DOOR, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2025.

Review article

https://doi.org/10.65342/door.1.1.8

Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies to Evidentiary Standards

Jelena Čuveljak ; High Commercial Court of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia

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APA 6th Edition

Čuveljak, J. (2025). Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies to Evidentiary Standards. Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, 1 (1). https://doi.org/10.65342/door.1.1.8

MLA 8th Edition

Čuveljak, Jelena. "Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies to Evidentiary Standards." Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, vol. 1, no. 1, 2025 https://doi.org/10.65342/door.1.1.8. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Čuveljak, Jelena. "Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies to Evidentiary Standards." Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor 1, no. 1 https://doi.org/10.65342/door.1.1.8

Harvard

Čuveljak, J. (2025). 'Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies to Evidentiary Standards', Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.65342/door.1.1.8

Vancouver

Čuveljak J. Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies to Evidentiary Standards. Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2026 July 26];1(1). https://doi.org/10.65342/door.1.1.8

IEEE

J. Čuveljak, "Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies to Evidentiary Standards", Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, vol.1, no. 1, 2025. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.65342/door.1.1.8

Abstract

The advancement and growing use of new technology for daily and legal purposes posesignificant challenges to traditional concepts of civil procedural law, especially regarding the taking and presenting of evidence. This paper examines the impact of digitalisation and electronic communication on evidentiary procedures in Croatian civil litigation law, with a particular focus on documents as evidence, electronic registrations in land records, and the legitimacy of electronic documents. The existing legal framework is comprehensively analysed, and de lege ferenda recommendations are presented to guarantee legal certainty and efficiency in evidentiary procedures. The increasing reliance on electronic documents and the lack of physical originals have increased the possibility of litigation, where the key role will be the proper distribution of the burden of proof and the possibility of a valid expert analysis. This article contributes to the discourse on essential modifications to the legal system in the digital era.