The Economics of Civil Justice

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Structural reforms to boost inclusive growth in Greece

“…Additional measures are needed to improve the efficiency of the judiciary. For example, the digitalisation of the judiciary tools generally raises the productivity of judges and reduces trial length (Palumbo et al, 2013). The new Civil Procedure Code includes some measures that go in this direction, for example by introducing electronic updates, the option of e-signatures and optional electronic submission of trial documentation.…”

“…Model trials -the extension of a particular trial to other cases with identical characteristics -could also reduce the caseload, costs and uncertainty about rulings as well as create a greater incentive for out-of-court settlements by reducing the uncertainty of the outcome in case of litigation and therefore favouring a negotiation among the parties (Papaioannou, 2011). Another area for reform is the liberalisation of lawyers' fees, as the international evidence shows that this leads on average towards a reduction in litigation (Palumbo et al, 2013).…”

Moving Towards a More Dynamic Business Sector in Spain

“…The judicial system is also an important source of costs for business and improving its efficiency is an important path for increasing cost-competitiveness and economic performance (Palumbo et al, 2013). More efficient judicial systems have a positive effect on the size of firms, both internationally (Kumar et al, 1999;Beck et al, 2006) and in Spain (García-Posada and Mora-Sanguinetti, 2013a).…”

“…Spain holds position 26 out of a total of 35 legal systems in its ability to resolve disputes before the first instance courts (Palumbo et al 2013). Spain ranks 21st out of 31 OECD countries in terms of enforcing contracts (World Bank and IFC, 2014).…”

¿está Justificada La Mala Imagen De La Administración De Justicia Española? ¿es Un Problema De Inversión?: Una Comparativa Europea Mediante El Análisis Dea

“…La importancia que la justicia tiene en la sociedad también es visible por las consecuencias económicas que su mal funcionamiento acarrea, como ya señalaron Ballbé y Padrós 2 (1997) y Santos Pastor 3 (2003) 4 . En este mismo sentido se pronuncian los trabajos de Nieto (2005), Iglesias y Arias (2006), Padilla, et al (2007), Ménard y Marais (2008), Palumbo et al (2013), Hayo y Voigt (2014), Ippoliti et al (2015) y, para el caso español, Fabbri (2010), García Posada y Mora Sanguinetti (2013), Jimeno et al (2015) y, más recientemente, Mora Sanguinetti et al (2016) 5 , entre otros.…”