Civil Judicial Experts in Cross-Border Litigation: The Common Law Perspective
In-Depth Analysis
29-05-2015
ÀUpon request by the JURI Committee, this in-depth analysis examines the use of expert witness evidence and testimony in cross border legal actions and the comparison of the differing systems of law in which such litigation might take place. It further analyses how the common law system has successfully evolved to facilitate the employment of civil expert witnesses across the Member States of the European Union.
In-Depth Analysis
External author
Barry Turner
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- America
- Asia and Oceania
- Australia
- Canada
- civil law
- civil law
- civil procedure
- comparative law
- court of civil jurisdiction
- customary law
- economic geography
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- Europe
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- evidence
- expert's report ordered by a court
- GEOGRAPHY
- judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU
- justice
- labour market
- LAW
- organisation of the legal system
- political geography
- professional qualifications
- sources and branches of the law
- United Kingdom