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Reform of Civil Procedure in Japan

American Journal of Comparative Law, 2001
When a personal computer system is equipped with a slow CPU and small memory, whatever improvements may be added to the software will not significantly improve the overall performance of the system. The same can be said of the judicial system. When the numbers of courts, judges, and practicing attorneys are kept small, improvements to the civil ...
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Civil Procedure Reform in Germany

American Journal of Comparative Law, 1997
The Reunification of Germany in 1990 and ongoing European integration have in recent years led to an increasingly difficult economic situation in Germany, to empty public purses and to the Finance Minister pressuring the Minister of Justice,' in the hope of gaining additional funds from the relatively small justice budget to help cover the costs of ...
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Romanian Civil Procedure: The Reform Cycles

2012
Modern procedural rules in Romania go back to the 1830s. A modern Code of Civil Procedure was adopted in 1865. Its source was the Civil Procedure Law of Geneva. The French-inspired Court of Cassation Law (1861) also regulated proceedings. During the early 1900s civil procedure was modified on several occasions.
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A Reform of Civil Procedure: Rationing Procedure Rather Than Access to Justice

Journal of Law and Society, 1995
The cost and delay involved in civil litigation have been a source of concern for some time now. One of the main purposes of the Civil Justice Review in 1988 was to seek ways of redressing these ills and some measures were taken as a result. Witness statements now take the place of examination in chief and skeleton arguments and written materials tend ...
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The Need for Reform in the California Civil Commitment Procedure

Stanford Law Review, 1967
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Civil Procedure Reform in Italy

The American Journal of Comparative Law, 1997
Throughout the years, it has become almost commonplace among Italian as well as foreign commentators, that the Italian system of civil procedure introduced by the code (CPC) of 1940, effective since 1942, amended in 1950,1 is at best inefficient. In fact, although delay seems to characterize, to a greater or lesser extent, most contemporary legal ...
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The Netherlands: A No-Nonsense Approach to Civil Procedure Reform

2013
In the netherlands, significant changes to the procedural regulations and other policy reforms have thoroughly reshaped the legal system over the past decades. Much more attention than before is directed to gathering data and to conducting empirical research in order to assess some of these changes. The role of the judge regarding case management seems
van Rhee, C.H., Verkerk, R.R.
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Reform of Civil Procedure

1996
Abstract This collection of essays by leading commentators on civil justice is an attempt to assess the present state of civil procedure in the UK and the possible impact of proposals recently put forward by Lord Woolf. In addition, the essays deal with the fundamental problems that are encountered today in the administration of civil
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‘General ideas’ and the reform of civil procedure

Legal Studies, 1983
It was not within the terms of reference of the Royal Commission on Legal Services to bring under review either procedure or the administration of justice. Nevertheless, the Commission received so much evidence on these subjects that it saw fit to publish a summary of that evidence and to recommend that ‘a full appraisal of procedure and the operation ...
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Comments on a Reform of the Rules of Civil Procedure

Israel Law Review, 1990
The central proposals of the Advisory Committee on Civil Procedure cover five areas: the use of affidavits in the support of pleas; witness lists; document lists; alternative pleas; and a redefinition of causes of action. I have reservations about the Committee's proposals both on grounds of principle and on specific grounds.(a) The committee's ...
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