Overview

The Netherlands are a small country, but they have many laws. In handling them, Dutch lawyers tend to be pragmatic: they use them to solve problems, not to create additional ones. If they do create problems, they try to find a way around them. If must be, they ignore them. Only if even that meets with resistance, they change them. Because of its non-legalistic learnings, Dutch legal culture favoured a pragmatic public administration, a mild penal climate and an informal civil justice. This book contains a `journey' through selected aspects of Dutch legal culture which is presented by comparing, the Court System, the Legal Profession, Informal Justice in Civil Courts, Criminal Policy and a very Dutch legal term `beleid'.

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Author:   E. Blankenburg ,  Freek Bruinsma
Publisher:   Kluwer Law International
Imprint:   Kluwer Law International
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.175kg
ISBN:  

9789065447661

ISBN 10:   9065447660
Pages:   84
Publication Date:   15 July 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Dutch legal culture compared: law in action on a small scale; comparing the legal cultures of the Netherlands and Germany; supply side of legal culture; legal politics; summary - the concept of legal culture. Part 2 The court system: civil and criminal courts; the long way to comprehensive judicial review; ombuds institutions. Part 3 The legal profession: jurists - their work and training; judges; judges in the High Court; attorneys and notaries; social advocacy; mega law firms; competition among legal services. Part 4 Informal justice in Civil Courts: two models of civil justice; Kadi justice; summary proceedings in Amsterdam. Part 5 Criminal policy: contrasts in criminal policy; the pedagogical model in criminal justice; the end of tolerance; public opinion and criminal policy. Part 6 Beleid - a very Dutch legal term: going Dutch on crimes without victims; the Dutch welfare state in crisis; soft law. Part 7 Dutch legal culture in transition.

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