Civil Litigation in China and Europe: Essays on the Role of the Judge and the Parties

356 Pages·2014·2.76 MB·English

by  C. H. (Remco) van Rhee

Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 31
C.H. (Remco) van Rhee
Fu Yulin Editors
Civil Litigation
in China and
Europe
Essays on the Role of the Judge and the
Parties
Civil Litigation in China and Europe
IUS GENTIUM
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON LAW AND JUSTICE
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Civil Litigation in China
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Essays on the Role of the Judge
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The Work was fi rst published in Chinese in 2013 by Huazhong University of Science and
Technology Press with the following title: “Role of the Judge and the Parties in Civil
Litigation in China and Europe”.
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Contents
1 The Role of the Judge and the Parties in Civil Litigation
in China and Europe: An Introduction ................................................. 1
C.H. (Remco) van Rhee and Fu Yulin
Part I China: Mainland
2 China: Mainland. Effi ciency at the Expense of Quality? .................... 11
Wang Yaxin and Fu Yulin
3 Case Management in China’s Civil Justice System ............................. 39
Cai Yanmin
4 From ‘Trial Management’ to ‘Case Management’ .............................. 59
Wang Fuhua
Part II China: Hong Kong
5 China: Hong Kong. Selective Adoption of the English
Woolf Reforms ......................................................................................... 71
Peter C.H. Chan, David Chan, and Chen Lei
6 Impact of Civil Justice Reform on Alternative Dispute
Resolution: A Hong Kong Perspective .................................................. 127
Christopher To
Part III Austria & Germany
7 Austria & Germany: A History of Successful Reforms ....................... 141
Andrea Wall
8 The Austrian Model of Cooperation Between the Judges
and the Parties ......................................................................................... 179
Irmgard Griss
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9 ‘Mediation Judges’ in Germany: Mutual Interference
of EU Standards and National Developments ...................................... 185
Burkhard Hess
Part IV Croatia
10 Croatia: Omnipotent Judges as the Cause of Procedural
Ineffi ciency and Impotence .................................................................... 197
Alan Uzelac
11 Commercial Courts in Croatia and Case Management ...................... 223
Mario Vukelić
Part V Italy
12 Italy: Civil Procedure in Crisis .............................................................. 235
Elisabetta Silvestri
Part VI The Netherlands
13 The Netherlands: A No-Nonsense Approach to Civil
Procedure Reform ................................................................................... 259
C.H. (Remco) van Rhee and Remme Verkerk
14 Mediation: A Desirable Case Management Tool
for the Courts? ........................................................................................ 281
Rob Jagtenberg
Part VII Romania
15 Romania: Procedural Reforms: Plus Ça Change, Plus
C’est La Meme Chose ............................................................................. 299
Serban S. Vacarelu and Adela O. Ognean
Part VIII Annex
16 Case Management and Procedural Discipline in England
& Wales: Fundamentals of an Essential New Technique .................... 335
Neil Andrews
17 Case Management in France .................................................................. 349
Emmanuel Jeuland
About the Authors ........................................................................................... 359
List of Abbreviations
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
AOS Acknowledgement of Service
CA Court of Appeal
CEPEJ European Commission for the Effi ciency of Justice
CFA Court of Final Appeal
CFI Court of First Instance
CJR Civil Justice Reform
CMC Case-Management Conference
CMS Case-Management Summons
CPC Code of Civil Procedure
CPL Civil Procedure Law
CPR Civil Procedure Rules
DC District Court
ECJ European Court of Justice
ECHR European Court of Human Rights
EMS Express Mail Service
EU European Union
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GNP Gross National Product
HC High Court
HCO High Court Ordinance
HKIAC Hong Kong International Arbitration Court
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
IMF International Monetary Fund
IP Intellectual Property
JORC Judicial Offi cers Recommendation Commission
KWO Klantwaarderingsonderzoek
LAD Legal Aid Department
LOD List of Documents
LQ Listing Questionnaire
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