Civil Litigation in China and Europe

1. The Role of the Judge and the Parties in Civil Litigation in China and Europe: An Introduction
C. H. (Remco) Rhee, Fu Yulin

Part I. China: Mainland

2. China: Mainland. Efficiency at the Expense of Quality?
Wang Yaxin, Fu Yulin

3. Case Management in China’s Civil Justice System
Cai Yanmin

4. From ‘Trial Management’ to ‘Case Management’
Wang Fuhua

Part II. China: Hong Kong

5. China: Hong Kong. Selective Adoption of the English Woolf Reforms
Peter C. H. Chan, David Chan, Chen Lei

6. Impact of Civil Justice Reform on Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Hong Kong Perspective
Christopher To

Part III. Austria & Germany

7. Austria & Germany: A History of Successful Reforms
Andrea Wall

8. The Austrian Model of Cooperation Between the Judges and the Parties
Irmgard Griss

9. ‘Mediation Judges’ in Germany: Mutual Interference of EU Standards and National Developments
Burkhard Hess

Part IV. Croatia

10. Croatia: Omnipotent Judges as the Cause of Procedural Inefficiency and Impotence
Alan Uzelac

11. Commercial Courts in Croatia and Case Management
Mario Vukelić

Part V. Italy

12. Italy: Civil Procedure in Crisis
Elisabetta Silvestri

Part VI. The Netherlands

13. The Netherlands: A No-Nonsense Approach to Civil Procedure Reform
C. H. (Remco) Rhee, Remme Verkerk

14. Mediation: A Desirable Case Management Tool for the Courts?
Rob Jagtenberg

Part VII. Romania

15. Romania: Procedural Reforms: Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est La Meme Chose
Serban S. Vacarelu, Adela O. Ognean

Part VIII. Annex

16. Case Management and Procedural Discipline in England & Wales: Fundamentals of an Essential New Technique
Neil Andrews

17. Case Management in France
Emmanuel Jeuland

Avainsanat: Law, Civil Procedure Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Civil Law