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8 - Conclusion

Ten Insights for Civil Justice Reform

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2011

James R. Maxeiner
With
Gyooho Lee  and
Armin Weber
Foreword by
Philip K. Howard
James R. Maxeiner
Affiliation:
University of Baltimore
Gyooho Lee
Affiliation:
University School of Law, Seoul
Armin Weber
Affiliation:
Court of Appeals, Munich
Philip K. Howard
Affiliation:
Covington & Burling, LLP
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Summary

[I]t is by comparison of our rules and practice with those of foreigners, that we become fully sensible of what is defective or excellent, and therefore of what is to be cherished and upheld, or to be disapproved and abolished in our institutions.

Caleb Cushing (1820)Later United States Attorney General, declined nomination to be Chief Justice of the United States

There is no country on earth, which has more to gain than ours by the thorough study of foreign jurisprudence…. Let us not vainly imagine that we have unlocked and exhausted all the stores of juridical wisdom and policy.

Joseph StoryJustice of the United States Supreme Court,founder of American law (1821)

Civil justice comes from the heart of mankind. It can fulfill expectations and it can disappoint them. It can justify hopes and – in the best of cases – it can resolve disputes for once and for all. Often it is the last place to which people can turn for clarity about what is right.

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Failures of American Civil Justice in International Perspective , pp. 249 - 259
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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