Courts in Evolving Societies : Sino-European Dialogue Between Judges and Academics.

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Part 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 Courts and Judicial Reforms -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Aims and Structure of the Dialogue in This Volume -- 1.3 Methodological Considerations -- 1.3.1 The Three-Step Approach -- 1.3.2 The Selection of Countries and Country-Representatives -- 1.3.3 Concepts, Terms and Models for Comparison of Court Systems -- 1.3.4 The Questionnaire -- 1.3.5 Use of Available European Data Collections -- 1.4 Hopes for the Future -- Part 2 Views from within: Country Reports by Judges -- Chapter 2 China -- 2.1 The Court System and Most Recent Reform -- 2.1.1 Introduction -- 2.1.2 The Court Structure -- 2.1.3 Court Administration -- 2.2 The Role and Working Conditions of the Judge -- 2.2.1 General -- 2.2.2 The Judicial Career -- 2.2.3 Case Assignment -- 2.2.4 Judicial Performance and Training -- 2.2.5 Codes of Professional Conduct -- 2.2.6 Evaluation of Conduct and Measures against Misconduct -- 2.2.7 Assistance and Salary -- 2.3 The Court in a Social Context -- 2.3.1 The Parties, Lawyers and Public -- 2.3.2 The Fight against Corruption -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 3 Germany -- 3.1 The Court System and Most Recent Reform -- 3.1.1 Introduction -- 3.1.2 The Court Structure -- 3.1.3 Court Administration -- 3.2 The Role and Working Conditions of the Judge -- 3.2.1 General -- 3.2.2 The Judicial Career -- 3.2.3 Case Assignment -- 3.2.4 Judicial Performance -- 3.2.5 Codes of Professional Conduct -- 3.2.6 Evaluation of Conduct and Measures against Misconduct -- 3.2.7 Assistance and Salary -- 3.3 The Court in Social and International Context -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 4 Slovenia -- 4.1 The Court System and Last Reform -- 4.1.1 Introduction -- 4.1.2 The Court Structure -- 4.1.3 Court Administration.

4.2 The Role and Working Conditions of the Judge -- 4.2.1 General -- 4.2.2 The Judicial Career -- 4.2.3 Case Assignment -- 4.2.4 Judicial Performance -- 4.2.5 Codes of Professional Conduct -- 4.2.6 Evaluation of Conduct and Measures against Misconduct -- 4.2.7 Assistance and Salary -- 4.3 The Court in Social and International Context -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 5 UK - England and Wales -- 5.1 The Court System and Most Recent Reform -- 5.1.1 Introduction -- 5.1.2 The Court Structure -- 5.1.3 Court Administration -- 5.2 The Role and Working Conditions of the Judge -- 5.2.1 General -- 5.2.2 The Judicial Career -- 5.2.3 Case Assignment -- 5.2.4 Judicial Performance -- 5.2.5 Codes of Professional Conduct -- 5.2.6 Evaluation of Conduct and Measures against Misconduct -- 5.2.7 Assistance and Salary -- 5.3 The Court in Social and International Context -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 6 Norway -- 6.1 The Court System and Most Recent Reform -- 6.1.1 Introduction -- 6.1.2 The Court Structure -- 6.1.3 Court Administration -- 6.2 The Role and Working Conditions of the Judge -- 6.2.1 General -- 6.2.2 The Judicial Career -- 6.2.3 Case Assignment -- 6.2.4 Judicial Performance and Training -- 6.2.5 Codes of Professional Conduct -- 6.2.6 Evaluation of Conduct and Measures against Misconduct -- 6.2.7 Assistance and Salary -- 6.3 The Court in Social and International Context -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 7 Comparative Reflections: The Role of the Judge in the Melting Pot -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Organisational Perspectives on Courts -- 7.3 Targets and Performance Indicators for Court Management14 -- 7.4 Two European Versions of Judicial Powers -- 7.5 Professional Judiciaries' Receptiveness towards Court Management -- 7.6 Court Management and the Bureaucratisation of the Judiciary -- 7.7 Summing Up and the Way Forward.

Part 3 Reflections on Courts and Judicial Reforms Research Essays -- Chapter 8 Litigation Explosion and Reactions from Courts in China -- 8.1 The Issue -- 8.2 The Phenomenon of Litigation Explosion and Its Causes -- 8.2.1 The Phenomenon of Litigation Explosion in China -- 8.2.2 Causes of Litigation Explosion -- 8.3 Courts' Reactions to Litigation Explosion -- 8.3.1 Two Channels of Towering Case Pressure -- 8.3.2 Reforms in Personnel Quota System -- 8.3.3 Reforms in Judicial Accountability -- 8.3.4 Case Triage According to Complexity -- 8.3.5 Use of Technologies Such as Big Data in the Judiciary -- 8.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 A Study of the Tripartite Powers in Reforms to the Judicial Power Operation System -- 9.1 The New Wave of Reforms to the Chinese Judicial System -- 9.2 Demarcations among Judicial Powers, Case Management Powers and Trial Supervision Powers -- 9.2.1 Judicial Powers -- 9.2.2 Case Management Powers -- 9.2.3 Trial Supervision Powers -- 9.2.4 Conclusion -- 9.3 Distinctions between Tripartite and Traditional Administrative Approval-Based Judicial Power Operation Systems -- 9.4 Major Disputes in Reforms to the Judicial Power Operation Mechanism -- 9.4.1 Sorting out the Disputes -- 9.4.2 Two Lines of Thought in Reforms: Complete Independence of Judges vs. Micro-Level Judicial Power Operation Mechanism -- 9.4.3 Completely Abolishing the Administrative Approval System vs. Establishing a Judgment Review System -- 9.4.4 Not Establishing Chief Judges' and Court Presidents' Case Management and Trial Supervision Powers vs. Establishing Chief Judges' and Court Presidents' Case Management and Trial Supervision Powers -- 9.5 Towards a Balance in Powers and Duties? An Analysis of the Reforms to China's Tripartite Judicial Power Operation System.

Chapter 10 A Law Love Triangle? The German Federal Constitutional Court and Its Two European Neighbours -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Introducing the Three Corner Players -- 10.2.1 The German Federal Constitutional Court (fcc) -- 10.2.2 The European Court of Justice (ecj) -- 10.2.3 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) -- 10.3 The Relationships between the Three Courts -- 10.3.1 The Federal Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights -- 10.3.2 The Federal Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice -- 10.3.2.1 The European Court of Justice and the Primacy of EU Law -- 10.3.2.2 The Federal Constitutional Court and the Limitations to the Primacy of EU Law -- 10.3.2.2.1 National Law Approving the Ratification of Primary EU Law -- 10.3.2.2.2 Acts of German Public Authority on the Grounds of Secondary EU law -- 10.3.3 The European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice -- 10.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Judicial Case Management and Loyal Cooperation: Towards Harmonized European Rules of Civil Procedure -- 11.1 Introduction* -- 11.2 Modern Attempts to Harmonize Rules of Civil Procedure in Europe -- 11.3 Draft Rules on Obligations -- 11.3.1 General Part: Overriding Objective -- 11.3.2 Management of the Procedure -- 11.3.3 Determination of Facts -- 11.3.4 Findings of Law -- 11.3.5 Obligations of the Parties to Promote Consensual Dispute Resolution -- 11.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Court Management for Sustainable Judiciary - The Case of Switzerland -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 The Judicial System of Switzerland -- 12.3 The Research Project -- 12.4 General Findings of the Research Project -- 12.4.1 Current Challenges Facing the Judiciary -- 12.4.2 Court Management in a Constitutional Context -- 12.4.3 Specific Research Results -- 12.5 Main Consequences for Court Management -- 12.6 Need for Further Research.

Acknowledgements -- Chapter 13 Conclusions and Outlook -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Reform Trends in the Organisation of Court Systems -- 13.3 Themes of Challenges and Means to Deal with Them -- 13.4 The Subordinate Role of Efficiency -- 13.5 The Future Role of the Judge -- 13.6 Continued International Convergence or Future Reverse -- Annex - Questionnaire For the Conference on the Role of Courts in -- Index.

The challenges courts face today all over the world can only be solved in close cooperation between judges and academics. The anthology brings judges from China, Germany, Slovenia, England and Wales and Norway and academics together for a cross-border dialogue.

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