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After the collapse of the state structure in the centre of Europe as a result of the »Great War«, the new nation states often initially adopted the law that had previously applied on their territory. However, they soon sought to create their own legal order by enacting codifications in the central areas of law. The standardisation of national court constitutions and procedural law played a central role in this. Two very different models were available. On the one hand, there was the liberal German 'Reichszivilprozessordnung' of 1877, on the other hand, there was the Austrian 'Zivilprozeßordnung' of 1895, which established the model of social civil procedure. It was not intended to be a code for Rudolf Ihering's »struggle for justice«, but to serve »as a state welfare institution« (Franz Klein) and a means of social policy. All Central European countries have embarked on the path towards a social civil process and have broken with the liberal tradition, albeit in very different ways.
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Martin LöhnigBattle Rule or Welfare Institution? German Civil Procedure Law in the Interwar PeriodKamila Staudigl-CiechowiczCivil Procedure Law in Austria in the Interwar PeriodEszter Cs. HergerIn the Service of »Truth«. Civil Procedure Law in Hungary in the Interwar PeriodAnna Stawarska-RippelThe Phenomenon of Departing from Legal Solutions of Expert Bodies in the Legislative Process - the Polish Interwar Experience. Historical or Current Dilemmas?Petra SkrejpkováThe Development of Civil Procedure in the Interwar PeriodMirela Kresic and Dunja MiloticCivil Procedure Law in Central Europe. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Yugoslavia (1918-1941)BibliographyList of Authors
