Civil Litigation in Comparative Context

by Oscar G. Chase

Civil Litigation in Comparative Context opens with a treatment of the principal differences among the major civil litigation systems. Subsequent chapters Organization of the courts and the legal profession Roles of the attorney and judge Processes of learning and proving facts Short cuts to judgment and provisional remedies Appellate process Enforcement of judgments Prospects for convergence and harmonization The book can be used as an adjunct to an introductory civil procedure course, the text for an upper-class seminar in comparative procedure, and a supplement to the existing general comparative law casebooks.

639 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 2007