Civil justice reform in the UK

Author: Qi Shujie
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The civil judicial reforms carried out in the United Kingdom since the 1990s have caused great shock in Western countries. This is not only because of the pivotal role of British law in common law jurisdictions, but more importantly, the reforms in the UK have demonstrated an unprecedented breadth and depth from the very beginning. To achieve the reform goal of "access to justice," reformers were even willing to discard the original philosophical foundations of the judicial system that had been upheld for centuries, replacing them with new litigation philosophies and judicial concepts—distributive justice. This has had a profound impact on the judicial systems of many countries and regions deeply influenced by British law. Against the backdrop of global judicial reforms, this book discusses the social roots, theoretical foundations, guiding principles, main content, practical applications, and development trends of the UK's civil judicial reforms, analyzes its lessons, and explores its implications for the judicial reforms in China.