Austerity in Civil Procedure

Austerity in Civil Procedure and the Role of Simplified Procedures

The civil justice system has been in a constant flux in the past decades due to changes in society and litigants’ behaviour, as well as the increased factual and legal complexity of cases. The number of cases has been steadily increasing in many countries while the available budget required for more judicial staff, improving judicial case management, digitalisation of processes, and the require...

Simplified Civil Procedure in Japan

Japanese civil procedure covers four types of simplified procedures: ordinary proceedings in summary courts; actions on bills, notes, and checks; actions on small claims; and payment orders. Actions on small claims were newly introduced as civil procedure in 1996 to promote public access to justice. Summary courts have jurisdiction over these actions. The use of actions on small claims once inc...

The German Advantage in Civil Procedure

Book Review: Cases on Civil Procedure

Two Valuable Treatises on Civil Procedure

These two works present technically accurate, clearly written, and very illuminating analyses of civil procedure in two leading legal systems, those of England and Germany. Both books no doubt will soon be found in all substantial law school libraries. Both should be found in libraries of law firms whose practice involves more than occasional disputes in European courts. These two studies refle...