Foundations of Civil Justice Toward a Value-Based Framework for Reform /

• Main Authors: Gélinas, Fabien (Author), Camion, Clément (Author), Bates, Karine (Author), Anstis, Siena (Author), Piché, Catherine (Author), Khan, Mariko (Author), Grant, Emily (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Anthropology.; Psychology.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Law and Psychology.; Philosophy of Law.

This book reviews the knowledge corpus about access to civil justice across disciplines and legal traditions and proposes a new research framework for civil justice reform. This framework is intended to foster further critical analysis of the justice system in a systematic and organized way. In part...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Judicial Architecture and Rituals
• Chapter 2: The Need to Reform Civil Justice
• Chapter 3: Converging Adversarial and Inquisitorial Traditions
• Chapter 4: The Challenges of Participatory Justice for Public Adjudication
• Chapter 5: A New Research Framework.