A Lawsuit Chronology
Erin teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in Political Science, Public Policy, and Public Administration and has a PhD in Political Science. In civil-law procedure, this is less critical, as the case is handled more than a series of hearings by professional judges. Anglo-American process traditionally divides lawsuits into two stages: the pretrial stage and the trial stage. Pleadings in modern day civil-law systems thus execute the activity that frequent-law pleadings have only lately assumed—to inform the court and parties regarding their respective claims.
The process facilitated growth and change in the law: by adapting existing formulas, or modifying them, the praetors were, in effect, in a position to adjust substantive rules of law. Pleadings contain Statements of Claim, Statements of Defence, Civil Claims, Dispute Notes, Counterclaims, Originating Notices. Civil law judges constitute a separately trained skilled elite, whose entire careers involve judicial service.
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