Rozbor správního řádu z pohledu digitalizace procesů ve veřejné správě

The aim of this master’s thesis is to analyse Act No. 500/2004 Coll., the Administrative Procedure Code, as amended, and, where applicable, other procedural legal regulations, from the perspective of the digitization of public administration processes in the Czech Republic. The thesis focuses primarily on the legal concepts of service of process, filing, access to case files, evidence, representation, and the certification of finality or enforceability. The thesis further assesses the current level of their digitization, evaluates the findings, and formulates recommendations aimed at further developing digitization, increasing the efficiency of these procedural acts, and reducing costs for both participants and administrative authorities. In the author’s view, the added value of this thesis lies in the systematic identification of specific shortcomings in the legal framework, their critical evaluation, and the formulation of expert-based recommendations that can contribute to the further development of digitization in administrative proceedings. The originality of this thesis lies primarily in its detailed analysis of six selected procedural institutions in the context of e-Government, a critical evaluation of relevant case law, and proposals for practically feasible measures, such as mandatory electronic case file management, the elimination of the presumption of a signature for data messages from legal entities, and the broader use of electronic seals and electronic time stamps. The thesis thus enriches existing knowledge with proposals that are feasible from both a legislative and technical perspective, which should lead to a reduction in the administrative and time costs for parties to proceedings and administrative authorities alike, thereby increasing the efficiency of administrative proceedings.