Abstract
Caseflow Management Handbook – Guide for Enhanced Court Administration in Civil Proceedings
The aim of the handbook is to provide a practical facilitation guide and source of ideas for improvement, as well as provide general analysis, guidelines and advices for carrying out improvement work in courts. The handbook focuses on civil proceedings.
The handbook consists of five main chapters:
• Legislative measures for timeliness in civil proceedings
• Judicial case management
• Performance management
• Use of ICT in court proceedings
• EU cross-border disputes.
Each main chapter is divided to several improvement areas. Each of the improvement areas contains analysis and description of the general improvement needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as practical improvement examples from different European countries. More examples of European practices can be found from the site Inventory of Caseflow Management practices.
The handbook is based on literature, interviews and expert workshops. Literature reviews has been used to formulate the subjects and improvement areas and to conduct general analysis of them. The examples presented in the handbook are collected and formulated based on individual interviews (judges, clerks, court administrators and court managers) and available court improvement material.
At the moment the handbook includes examples altogether from 12 different European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden). The role of the examples is to give a short and enliven overview of practical experiences related to the subject at hand. Examples are formulated diversely: including both broader descriptions of procedures, as well as more detailed practice explanations and individual opinions. Expert workshops have been arranged to analyze, refine and summarize the results from literature reviews and interviews. Court operation experts (both practitioners and academics) have participated to the workshops.
The aim of the handbook is to provide a practical facilitation guide and source of ideas for improvement, as well as provide general analysis, guidelines and advices for carrying out improvement work in courts. The handbook focuses on civil proceedings.
The handbook consists of five main chapters:
• Legislative measures for timeliness in civil proceedings
• Judicial case management
• Performance management
• Use of ICT in court proceedings
• EU cross-border disputes.
Each main chapter is divided to several improvement areas. Each of the improvement areas contains analysis and description of the general improvement needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as practical improvement examples from different European countries. More examples of European practices can be found from the site Inventory of Caseflow Management practices.
The handbook is based on literature, interviews and expert workshops. Literature reviews has been used to formulate the subjects and improvement areas and to conduct general analysis of them. The examples presented in the handbook are collected and formulated based on individual interviews (judges, clerks, court administrators and court managers) and available court improvement material.
At the moment the handbook includes examples altogether from 12 different European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden). The role of the examples is to give a short and enliven overview of practical experiences related to the subject at hand. Examples are formulated diversely: including both broader descriptions of procedures, as well as more detailed practice explanations and individual opinions. Expert workshops have been arranged to analyze, refine and summarize the results from literature reviews and interviews. Court operation experts (both practitioners and academics) have participated to the workshops.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Lappeenranta University of Technology |
| Number of pages | 39 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2016 |
Keywords
- Civil Procedure
- Case flow management
- Court Administartion
- Timeliness
- Europe