Failures of American Civil Justice in International Perspective

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-107-00993-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

Civil justice in the United States is neither civil nor just. Instead it embodies a maxim that the American legal system is a paragon of legal process which assures its citizens a fair and equal treatment under the law. Long have critics recognized the system's failings while offering abundant criticism but few solutions. This book provides a comparative-critical introduction to civil justice systems in the United States, Germany and Korea. It shows the shortcomings of the American system and compares them with German and Korean successes in implementing the rule of law. The author argues that these shortcomings could easily be fixed if the American legal systems were open to seeing how other legal systems' civil justice processes handle cases more efficiently and fairly. Far from being a treatise for specialists, this book is an introductory text for civil justice in the three aforementioned legal systems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maxeiner, James R.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lee, Gyooho

Weber, Armin

Howard, Philip K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Civil justice: an introduction; 2. Legal method: thinking like a lawyer; 3. Lawyers and legal systems: access to justice; 4. The court: jurisdiction and applicable law; 5. Pleading: the matter in controversy; 6. Process: the right to be heard; 7. Judgments, appeals and outcomes; 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Maxeiner, James R.
James R. Maxeiner is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore. Before entering academia he spent more than two decades in the international practice of law, first with the United States Department of Justice and then as Vice President and Associated General Counsel of Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. He is a former Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and guest researcher of the Max Planck Institutes in Hamburg, Freiburg and Munich. He is a member of the American Law Institute.