Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have a Crisis, but What Is It? 1
5. Chapter 1. Civil Lawsuits in a Market Economy in a Democratic Federal Republic 8
6. Chapter 2. The Demography of Civil Litigation 18
7. Chapter 3. The Economics of Civil Litigation 35
8. Chapter 4. Privatizing Procedure, Restructuring the Bar 56
9. Chapter 5. The Politics of Civil Litigation 77
10. Chapter 6. Where We Are and Where We’re Going (and a Bit about Where We Should Go) 92
11. Notes 119
12. Index 129