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The present paper begins with a report of the key questions on the debate about e-government in order to support the understanding of the phenomenon of informatization of the Brazilian courts. The central theme of the paper relies on the conclusion that it is the social use which determines the insertion of the technology in the daily life and not the other way around. In this way, the application of information and communication technologies is not merely marked by the neutral use of new working tools. Therefore, the way in which its social integration occurs will determine whether the consequences of its use will be beneficial or not. Following a theoretical review, the expansion on the period between 2004 and 2010, which clarifies the practical importance of the informatization to the participants of the Brazilian judicial system, is described. Then, the need of an evaluation method for the informatized systems is reasonably debated. In that way, after understanding its expansion, it becomes necessary to speculate a way to measure the integration of the informatized systems in the daily judiciary work. The final considerations indicate the need that this process is considered as a social change which should be primarily understood beginning with its actors.