Abstract
The chapter addresses case management in France. The author discusses the role of the French case management judge (juge de la mise en état), stating that the case management powers of this judge have been increased but that he does not often make use of these powers. In discussing the case management powers of the French judge, a distinction is made between ‘conventional case management’ and ‘intellectual case management’. The latter type of case management concerns the merits of the case, and its role in French civil procedure is on the rise.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
Van Rhee 2007, pp. 307–319.
- 2.
For example, this cause of action allowed illegitimate children to get an allowance from their natural parents.
- 3.
- 4.
It is interesting to note that the primary officium, which concerned the application of rules, involved the protection of one party (a poor party, for example). A hypothesis could be that European procedural law, which is developed for cross-border litigation, can to a certain extent be regarded as the successor of Roman-canonical law. Proceedings (in the small claims Regulation No. 861/2007 of 11 July 2007, for example) are quick, cheap, written (by way of new technologies), almost secret (if there is a video-conference) and the role of the judge is to protect the parties and to be interventionist (in the taking of evidence, for example).
- 5.
The great scholar who influenced the new Code of Civil Procedure of 1976 was educated in Germany where he practised law.
- 6.
Ménabé 2006, pp. 47–58.
- 7.
Miniato 2010, p. 42.
- 8.
Interview with the head of a civil high court in the Paris suburb.
- 9.
- 10.
This requirement takes into account the principle of concentration imposed by the famous Cesareo case (Cass. Ass. Plen., 7 July 2006, Bull. Civ. Ass. Plen., No. 8, Legifrance).
- 11.
This requirement takes into account the compulsory ‘recapitulating plea’ (Art. 954 CPC for appeal proceedings).
- 12.
- 13.
Bléry 2012, alerte 5.
- 14.
See advice of the Court of Cassation, 13 February 2012, No. 11–00008, Legifrance.
References
Bléry C (2012) De la contractualisation à la règlementation unilatérale: dérive des protocoles de la mise en état. Procédures (2) alerte 5
Lataste S (2012) Le protocole sur la mise en œuvre des principes de concentration et de structuration des écritures est un guide de bonnes pratiques pour les avocats: Gaz. Pal. 2–3 mars 2012, p 5
Lefebvre C (1953) L’officium iudicis d’après les canonistes du Moyen Age, L’Année canonique, vol II. Société internationale de droit canonique et de législations religieuses comparées, Paris, pp 115–120
Ménabé JP (2006) Plaidoyer pour un bel outil. In: Foyer J, Puigelier C (eds) Le Nouveau Code de Procédure Civile. Economica, Paris, pp 47–58
Miniato L (2010) L’évolution du role du juge de la mise en état. IFR actes de colloques No. 14, journées des 22 et 23 Nov 2010
Ourliac P (1981) L’office du juge dans le droit canonique classique. In: Mélanges offerts à P. Hébraud. Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, pp 627–644
Salati O (2009) Après le décret du 28 déc. 2005, trois ans de mise en état dans la jurisprudence de la cour de cassation. Droit et procédures 7(4):192–199
Travier B, Guichard R (2012) Les protocoles sur les écritures judiciaires, justice coutumière ou justice moderne? JCP(692)
Van Rhee CH (2007) Civil litigation in twentieth-century Europe. Leg Hist Rev 75:307–319
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Jeuland, E. (2014). Case Management in France. In: van Rhee, C., Yulin, F. (eds) Civil Litigation in China and Europe. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7666-1_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7666-1_17
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-007-7665-4
Online ISBN: 978-94-007-7666-1
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawLaw and Criminology (R0)