English civil justice after the Woolf and Jackson reforms : a critical analysis /

"John Sorabji examines the theoretical underpinnings of the Woolf and Jackson reforms to the English and Welsh civil justice system. He discusses how the Woolf reforms attempted, and failed, to effect a revolutionary change to the theory of justice that informed how the system operated. It eluc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sorabji, John, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Woolf, Harry, > Sir, > 1933-
Jackson, Rupert M.
Civil procedure > Great Britain.
Justice, Administration of > Great Britain > History.
Constitutional law > Great Britain.
Law reform > Great Britain.
Droit constitutionnel > Grande-Bretagne.
Droit > Réforme > Grande-Bretagne.
LAW > General.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Civil procedure.
Constitutional law.
Justice, Administration of.
Law reform.
Privatrecht
Rechtspflege
System
Rechtsvergleich
Great Britain.
England
Wales
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Theories of justice. 1. The crisis in civil justice ; 2. Substantive justice and the RSC ; 3. Bentham, substantive justice is no end in itself
  • Part II. Woolf's new theory of justice. 4. Woolf's new theory: a traditionalist view ; 5. The overriding objective: a new theory of justice (I) ; 6. The overriding objective: a new theory of justice (II)
  • Part III. Implementation. 7. Problems of proportionate justice.

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