In an op-ed piece in today’s Handelsblatt, Reinhard Gaier, a judge at the Federal Consitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), calls for a fundamental review of the entire system of civil litigation (Shaky Foundation – Unsicheres Fundament; paywalled). Last month, Gaier published a similar piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine in March, and started the year with an interview in the legal press on the topic (Ist die Zivilprozessordnung noch ein modernes Verfahrensrecht?, ZRP 2013, 27) so he is on the campaing trail. For what it’s worth, he does have my full support.
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