The book compares inter alia how civil courts in the United States and Germany balance the burdens on the plaintiff and defendant during the pleading and information-disclosure stages by focusing on pleading requirements, accommodations made to the plaintiff to account for information asymmetry and an examination of testimonial privileges. The initial pleading stage of a civil case addresses important threshold questions before the court proceeds to collecting and evaluating evidence. Access to evidence in the United States through discovery procedures is much broader than in Germany and the...
The book compares inter alia how civil courts in the United States and Germany balance the burdens on the plaintiff and defendant during the pleading ...
