"The work was first published in Chinese in 2013 by Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press with the following title: 'Role of the judge and the parties in civil litigation in China and Europe'"--Verso of title page.
Includes bibliographical references.
The role of the judge and the parties in civil litigation in China and Europe : an introduction / C.H. (Remco) van Rhee and Fu Yulin -- China : mainland : efficiency at the expense of quality? / Wang Yaxin and Fu Yulin -- Case management in China's civil justice system / Cai Yanmin -- From "trial management" to "case management" / Wang Fuhua -- China : Hong Kong : selective adoption of the English Woolf reforms / Peter C.H. Chan, David Chan and Chen Lei -- Impact of civil justice reform on alternative dispute resolution : a Hong Kong perspective / Christopher To -- Austria & Germany : a history of successful reforms / Andrea Wall -- The Austrian model of cooperation between the judges and the parties / Irmgard Griss -- "Mediation judges" in Germany : mutual interference of EU standards and national developments / Burkhard -- Croatia : omnipotent judges as the cause of procedural inefficiency and impotence / Alan Uzelac -- Commercial courts in Croatia and case management / Mario Vukelić -- Italy : civil procedure in crisis / Elisabetta Silvestri -- The Netherlands : a no-nonsense approach to civil procedure reform / C.H. (Remco) van Rhee and Remme Verkerk -- Mediation : a desirable case management tool for the courts? / Rob Jagtenberg -- Romania : procedural reforms : plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose / Serban S. Vacarelu and Adelo O. Ognean -- Case management and procedural discipline in England & Wales : fundamentals of an essential new technique / Neil Andrews -- Case management in France / Emmanuel Jeuland