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ArticleFrontiers in artificial intelligence2025

Evaluating AI decision tools in Ecuador's courts: efficiency, consistency, and uncertainty in legal judgments.

Eliana Rodríguez-Salcedo, Carlos Martínez-Bonilla, Betty Pérez-Mayorga, Mónica Salame-Ortiz, Pamela Armas-Freire, Anita Espín-Miniguano, Eulalia Pino-Loza

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Article in Frontiers in artificial intelligence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Eliana Rodríguez-SalcedoFaculty of Law, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador.
Carlos Martínez-BonillaFaculty of Law, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador.
Betty Pérez-MayorgaFaculty of Law, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador.
Mónica Salame-OrtizFaculty of Law, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador.
Pamela Armas-FreireFaculty of Law, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador.
Anita Espín-MiniguanoFaculty of Law, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador.
Eulalia Pino-LozaFaculty of Law, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explores the impact of AI-based decision support tools on judicial performance in Ecuador, a context characterized by institutional uncertainty and procedural inefficiencies. It assesses whether such tools improve efficiency, consistency, and the normative quality of legal reasoning in judicial decisions. A mixed-methods approach was applied to analyze fifty court cases before and after AI implementation. Quantitative analysis used

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advanced analytical methodsalgorithmic governanceartificial intelligencejudicial decision-makingnatural language processingprocedural efficiencyuncertainty in legal systems

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PMID41280876
PMCPMC12631628

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