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Research Handbook on Civil Justice

Research Handbook on Civil Justice

Name: Research Handbook on Civil Justice
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035314577
Price: 2900.30 HKD
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Author: Anne Bloom; David M. Engel; Richard L. Jolly
ISBN: 9781035314577

Edited by Anne Bloom · David M. Engel · Richard L. Jolly

Edward Elgar Publishing December 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781035314577
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: December 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This comprehensive Research Handbook surveys the landscape of civil justice through a global and interdisciplinary lens. World-leading experts provide insight on law''s shortcomings, the gap between aspiration and achievement, and the unmet needs of those who have been failed by the legal system as well as a hopeful vision for attaining justice.

Chapters illustrate that the civil justice system is not a single entity but a multifaceted network of institutions and practices. They explore how civil justice is both a highly diverse and dynamic enterprise but also a broader social justice objective aimed at understanding, addressing and expanding the capacities of institutions to address civil wrongs. Presenting distinct perspectives on the field, contributors discuss theories and methods for studying civil justice and identify key avenues for future research.

The Research Handbook on Civil Justice is an essential resource for scholars of comparative law, law and society, as well as the law of obligations. It is also beneficial for civil justice practitioners, policymakers, and foundation and trade associations interested in civil justice.

Foreword x; Introduction – the emergence of civil justice as a legal field 1; Anne Bloom, David M. Engel and Richard L. Jolly; PART I. VIEWS OF JUSTICE AS A LEGAL FIELD; Introduction to Part I: Views of justice as a legal field; 1.
The politics of American civil justice in historical perspective 11: Anne Bloom and Michael McCann; 2.
The evolving political economy of access to justice: times and places 27: Bryant G. Garth; 3.
Empirical research on civil justice: a brief history 41: Herbert M. Kritzer; 4.
Access to civil justice in rural tribal and state courts 60: Michele Statz; 5.
Competing spheres of civil justice in South Africa 73: Roni Amit; PART II. CIVIL JUSTICE CLAIMING; Introduction to Part II: Civil justice claiming; 6.
The Japanese disputing process from a comparative perspective 90: Masayuki Murayama; 7.
Dispute resolution as civil justice: the evolution of process pluralism 113: Carrie Menkel-Meadow; 8.
Apologies, remorse, and amends: civil justice implications 132: Jennifer K. Robbennolt; 9.
Ghost claims lumping in the civil justice system 149: David M. Engel; 10.
Pastoral drowning: injuries of the unseen 164: Løchlann Jain; 11.
Legal consciousness and access to justice 180: Kathryne M. Young; 12.
Civil legal needs 198: Rebecca L. Sandefur; PART III. PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESS TO CIVIL JUSTICE; Introduction to Part III: Perspectives on access to justice; 13.
Legal capability and access to civil justice 212: Pascoe Pleasence and Nigel Balmer; 14.
Access to justice and social inequality: building a new agenda for social reform 231: Daniela Monteiro Gabbay and Maria Cecília de Araujo Asperti; 15.
Joining forces, pooling interests: the complicated consequences of collective civil action 243: Deborah R. Hensler; 16.
Scaling up smart: centering access to justice in the court technology evolution 267: Qudsiya Naqui; 17.
Access to courts and the vanishing trial continued 288: Sarah Staszak; 18.
The rule of law is fragile: the importance of legitimacy and access 304: Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin; PART IV. CIVIL JUSTICE AND THE STATE; Introduction to Part IV: Civil justice and the state; 19.
Bringing the state back in: dispute resolution and state-(re)making in the People’s Republic of China 326: Ke Li; 20.
Is ‘public interest lawyering’ intelligible across cultures? 349: Frank W. Munger; 21.
Civil juries and civil justice 368: Valerie P. Hans and Richard L. Jolly; 22.
Tort law and the role of courts in advancing disability awareness: a critical analysis 383: Sagit Mor; 23.
Chinese courts as embedded institutions 395: Kwai Hang Ng; 24.
Civil justice in mass tort litigation: Bhopal and beyond 409: Arpita Gupta; 25.
Transnational mass tort litigation: a proposal for an International Court of Civil Justice 426: Maya Steinitz; 26.
Civil justice in the European Union 444: Xandra Kramer and Adriani Dori; Afterword: Pursuing civil justice: Back to what future? 461; David Nelken