The reforms of civil procedure in comparative perspective
Subtitle: an international conference dedicated to Mauro Cappelletti, Florence, 12-13 December, 2003
By: edited by Nicolò Trocker, Vincenzo Varano ; with the assistance of Alessandra De Luca ; original contributions by Frédérique Ferrand ... [et al.].
Series: Quaderni CESIFIN -- nuova ser., 21
Publisher: G. Giappichelli
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Torino
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Civil procedure; Congresses; Law reform
Notes: At head of title: Fondazione CESIFIN Alberto Predieri.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Giuseppe Morbidelli; title: Opening remarks / Nicolò Trocker and Vincenzo Varano; title: [1] The respective role of the judge and the parties in the preparation of the case in France / Fred́eŕique Ferrand; title: [2] The principal innovations of Spain's recent civil procedure reform / Ignacio Diéz-Picazo Gimeńez; title: [3] The German Civil Procedure Reform Act 2002: much ado about nothing? / Gerhard Walter; title: [4] Japan's recent civil procedure reform: its seeming success and left problems / Yasuhei Taniguchi; title: [5] Civil procedure for Austria revisited: an outline of recent Austrian civil procedure reforms / Ena-Marlis Bajons; title: [6] Reform of the Code of Civil Procedure in the Netherlands / G. Robert Rutgers and Jacobien W. Rutgers; title: [7] Court control and party compliance: the quest for effective litigation management / Adrian A.S. Zuckerman; title: [8] Reflections on civil procedure reform in the United States: what has been learned? what has been accomplished / Oscar G. Chase; title: [9] The quiet revolution in Australia: the changing role of the judge in civil proceedings / Judd A. Epstein; title: [10] Recent and current reforms of civil procedure in Italy / Michele Taruffo; title: [11] Minimum, adequate or excessive protection?: the impact of EC law on national procedural law / Andrea Biondi; title: Concluding remarks / Nicolò Trocker and Vincenzo Varano.