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Reforming civil procedure : the hardest path / Dominic De Saulles

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De Saulles, Dominic
Published
Oxford ; New York : Hart, 2019.
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Contents
Purposes and functions -- What is civil procedure for? -- Intention, action and outcome in Anglo-American civil procedure -- Voyages in a new world : the unanticipated consequences of civil justice reform -- Defending the civil justice system : the function of sanctions -- Process costs and error costs : the reform of civil appeals in Anglo-American perspective.
Summary
"Drawing on political, social and economic theory, this book focuses on the English civil justice system, looking at its history and its processes. It considers its objectives and how it operates for and against particular societal groups, and what ideas and behaviours impact it. The reform of civil procedure has been beset with difficulties. Some are caused by questions of culture and mind-sets resistant to the changes, some by a confusion and conflict of values, some by overambitious reform efforts, some by a failure to follow through on purpose clauses, and some by swinging from laxity to rigidity with insufficient analysis. This book makes a strong contribution to the field by synthesising the work of English writers with different views, extending the work in England on the role of philosophy, values, process, and culture in litigation and engaging extensively with American writers who have not previously been the subject of much attention in English civil procedural studies"--
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ISBN
1509925929
9781509925926 (electronic bk.)
9781509925902 (hardback)
9781509925919 (ePub ebook)
1509925910
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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