Conclusion

The Future of Civil Litigation

“…This paper will focus only on the Swedish general court system (allm€ an domstol). 29 The modern Swedish civil justice system is based on a Code of Judicial Procedure that was enacted in 1942 and entered into force in 1948. This code replaced the old code of judicial procedure that was part of the historic Code of 1734 (1734 å rs lag).…”

“…32 In particular, the Swedish legislature enacted significant reforms in 1987 (district courts) and 1989 (courts of appeal), which were based on recommendations from a law committee established in 1977 (R€ attegå ngsutredningen). 33 Within the past decade, the Swedish civil justice system has also been subject to significant changes. In 1999, the Swedish government set up a law committee to look at the needs for reform of the Code of Judicial Procedure (1999 å rs 27 See report NOU 2001:32, (Rett på sak).…”

“…28 See Act no 90 of 17 June 2005 (Lov om mekling og rettergang i sivile tvister). 29 For an overview of the Swedish court system in English, see, inter alia, Unknown (2007). An older comprehensive account in English of Swedish civil procedure can be found in Ginsburg and Bruzelius (1965).…”

“…32 See, e.g., Gullnäs (1999). 33 See, in particular, prop. 1986/87:89 (Ett reformerat tingsr€ attsfo¨rfarande) and prop.…”

“…legislative and adjudicative bodies, legislation and case law. 28 Other researchers such as H. Patrick Glenn 29 have focused on legal culture as legal tradition, i.e. more of the historic, societal, cultural and intellectual aspects of law.…”