Overview

This book is a collection of papers that address a fundamental question: What is the role of civil justice and civil procedure in the various national traditions in the contemporary world? The book presents striking differences among a range of countries and legal traditions, but also points to common trends and open issues. It brings together prominent experts, professionals and scholars from both civil and common law jurisdictions. It represents all main legal traditions ranging from Europe (Germanic and Romanic countries, Scandinavia, ex-Socialist countries) and Russia to the Americas (North and South) and China (Mainland and Hong Kong). While addressing the main issue – the goals of civil justice – the book discusses the most topical concerns regarding the functioning and efficiency of national systems of civil justice. These include concerns such as finding the appropriate balance between accurate fact-finding and the right to a fair trial within a reasonable time, the processing of hard cases and the function of civil justice as a specific public service. In the mosaic of contrasts and oppositions special place is devoted to the continuing battle between the individualistic/liberal approach and the collectivist/paternalistic approach – the battle in which, seemingly, paternalistic tendencies regain momentum in a number of contemporary justice systems.

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Author:   Alan Uzelac
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Volume:   34
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.219kg
ISBN:  

9783319347707

ISBN 10:   3319347705
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   27 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Table of Contents.- Part I General Synthesis.- Chapter 1 Goals of Civil Justice and Civil Procedure in the Contemporary World  Global Developments – Towards Harmonisation (and Back); Alan Uzelac.- Part II National Perspectives.- Chapter 2 Civil Justice in Austrian-German Tradition; Christian Koller.- Chapter 3 Civil Justice in Pursuit of Efficiency; C.H. van Rhee.- Chapter 4 Goals of Civil Justice When Nothing Works: The Case of Italy; Elisabetta Silvestri.- Chapter 5 Goals of Civil Justice in Norway: Readiness for a Pragmatic Reform; Inge Lorange Backer.- Chapter 6 ‘American Exceptionalism’ in Goals for Civil Litigation; Richard Marcus.- Chapter 7 Civil Justice with Multiple Objectives The Unique Path of Hong Kong’s Civil Justice Reform; Peter C.H. Chan and David Chan.- Chapter 8 Social Harmony at the Cost of Trust Crisis: Goals of Civil Justice in China’; Yulin Fu.- Chapter 9 Civil Litigation in Russia: ‘Guided Justice’ and Revival of Public Interest; Dmitry Heroldovich Nokhrin.- Chapter 10 Battle between Individual Rights and Public Interest in Hungarian Civil Procedure; Miklós Kengyel and Gergely Czoboly.- Chapter 11 (In)compatibility of Procedural Preclusions with the Goals of Civil Justice: An Ongoing Debate in Slovenia; Aleš Galič.- Chapter 12 Judicial Activism as Goals Setting – Civil Justice in Brazil; Teresa Arruda Alvim Wambier.- List of Contributors.

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