The Dynamism of Civil Procedure - Global Trends and Developments

Preface.- About the Authors.- Part I The Context.- Chapter 1 Comparative Civil Procedure; by Guy Seidman.- Chapter 2 The New Comparative Civil Procedure; Guy Seidman.- Chapter 3 Comparative Law as an Engine of Change for Civil Procedure; Colin B. Picker.- Part II Dynamism of Specific Countries & Regions.- Chapter 4 Sources and Destiny of French Civil Procedure in a Globalized World; Loïc Cadiet.- Chapter 5 The U.S. Federal Rules at 75: Dispute Resolution, Private Enforcement or Decisions According to Law?; James R. Maxeiner.- Chapter 6 Dynamism in China's Civil Procedure Law: Civil Justice with Chinese Characteristics; Kristie Thomas.- Chapter 7 Justice under China's Civil Litigation System; Margaret Woo.- Part III Dynamism of Civil Procedure Devices & Instruments.- Chapter 8 Responding to Cost and Delay Through Overriding Objectives - Successful Innovation?; Michael Legg.- Chapter 9 Towards Proportionality - the "Quick, Cheap and Just" Balance in Civil Litigation; Brenda Tronson.- Chapter 10 Group Actions à la Mode Européenne: A Kinder, Gentler Class Action for Europe?; Elisabetta Silvestri.- Chapter 11 Class Action Procedure in Australia - Issues and Challenges; Lang Thai.- Chapter 12 Australian Statutory Derivative Action - Defects, Alternative Approaches and Potential for Law Reform; Lang Thai.- Chapter 13 Dynamism in U.S. Pleading Standards: Rules, Interpretation, & Implementation; Jeffrey Thomas.- Chapter 14 What is "Covered" by Res Judicata in Brazilian Civil Procedural Law: the current law & Perspectives of Change; Teresa Arruda Alvim Wambier.- Index.