The Author
List of Abbreviations
General Introduction
Part I. Judicial Organization
Chapter 1. The Courts and Their Members
Chapter 2. The Bar
Chapter 3. Other Court Officials
Part II. Jurisdiction
Chapter 1. Domestic Jurisdiction
Chapter 2. International Jurisdiction
Part III. Actions and Claims
Chapter 1. Actions
Chapter 2. Claims and Defences
Chapter 3. Sanctions on Procedural Irregularities
Part IV. Proceedings
Chapter 1. Pre-trial Proceedings
Chapter 2. Proceedings in First Instance
Chapter 3. Review Proceedings
Part V. Incidents
Chapter 1. Preliminary Injunctions
Chapter 2. Withdrawal and Discontinuance of Action
Chapter 3. Challenge of Judges
Part VI. Legal Aid and Legal Costs
Chapter 1. Legal Aid
Chapter 2. Legal Costs
Part VII. Evidence
Chapter 1. In General
Chapter 2. The Free Evaluation of the Evidence
Chapter 3. Burden of Proof
Chapter 4. Admissibility of Evidence
Chapter 5. Administration of Evidence
Part VIII. Particular Proceedings
Chapter 1. Labour and Social Cases
Chapter 2. Family Law Cases
Chapter 3. Tenancy Cases (Bestandverfahren)
Chapter 4. Public Liability (Amtshaftungsverfahren)
Part IX. Preliminary Seizure and Enforcement of Judgments
Chapter 1. Preliminary Seizure for Security (Exekution zur Sicherstellung)
Chapter 2. Enforcement of Judgments
Part X. Arbitration
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Arbitration Proceedings
Part XI. Mediation
Chapter 1. Legislation/Definitions
Chapter 2. Rights That Can Be Subject to Mediation
Chapter 3. Mediation Agreement
Chapter 4. Persons/Institutions That Can Act as Mediator
Chapter 5. Mediation Procedure
Chapter 6. Settlement Agreement
Chapter 7. Setting Aside a Settlement Agreement
Chapter 8. International Mediation
Selected Bibliography
Index
