Truth and efficiency in civil litigation
Subtitle: fundamental aspects of fact-finding and evidence-taking in a comparative context
By: editors : C.H. van Rhee, Alan Uzelac
Series: Ius commune Europaeum -- v. 111; Ius commune europaeum -- 111.
Publisher: Intersentia; Hart [distributor]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mortsel; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781780681337
Subjects: Civil procedure; Evidence (Law); Truth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction :; title: The pursuit of truth in contemporary civil procedure : revival of accuracy or a new balance in favour of effectiveness?  -- C.H. van Rhee & A. Uzelac; title: More facts, less evidence : the growing importance of fact-gathering and the demise of the traditional presentation of evidence in courts in the Netherlands  -- R.R. Verkerk; title: The relevance of truth : the case of mediation versus litigation  -- A. de Roo & R. Jagtenberg; title: The antique shop of Italian civil procedure : oath and confession as evidence --; title: The judgment on facts in Italian summary proceedings  -- E. Ferrari; title: Expert testimony in the Italian judicial system : characteristics, questions and comparative views  -- F. Ferraris; title: Inspection by the court as a means of evidence in Italy and the notorium facti permanentis : a balance between efficiency and due process of law  -- M. Bina; title: The demise of trial in American civil procedure : how it happened, is it convergence with European civil procedure?  -- J.H. Langbein; title: Extremism in the pursuit of truth is our "virtue" : the American infatuation with broad discovery  -- R.L. Marcus; title: Fact- and truth-finding in South African civil procedure  -- M. Paleker; title: Efficiency and truth in civil fact-finding : the evolving role of the judge in mainland China and Hong Kong and the effect of the policy preference for court mediation on fact-finding in the People's Courts  -- P.C.H. Chan; title: Rules of evidence in Romanian civil procedure and their impact on truth and efficiency  -- S. Spinei; title: Efficiency versus fairness in civil procedure in Slovenia  -- V. Rijavec; title: The jurisdiction of Russian courts in civil matters  -- D.Kh. Valeev, L.V. Fatkhullina & A. Valeeva; title: Truth and efficiency in Russian civil procedure  -- V. Abolonin & G. Abolonin; title: Taking and administering evidence beyond the state : some reflections on procedural issues before the Court of Justice of the European Union  -- J. Sladič; title: The pursuit of truth and efficiency in Roman arbitration proceedings  -- I. Milotić; title: Propter celeritatem dirimendarum litium : presumptions and stipulatio in Roman law  -- T. Karlović; title: Immediate judgments in civil proceedings in the Netherlands : an experiment -- R. Bloemink, S.P.W. van Dooren, L.I.M. Entjes, S.A.H. van Gompel & F. Fernhout.