Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- I The litigation process
- II Protection of diffuse, fragmented and collective interests
- III Procedural modes
- IV The parties and the judge
- V Recourse against judgments
- VI Procedural reform
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUIDES IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- I The litigation process
- II Protection of diffuse, fragmented and collective interests
- III Procedural modes
- IV The parties and the judge
- V Recourse against judgments
- VI Procedural reform
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUIDES IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
Summary
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
And how and Where amd Who.
I sent them over land and sea,
I sent them East and West;
But after they have worked for me
I give them all a rest.
I let them rest from nine till five,
for I am busy then,
as well as breakfast, lunch and tea,
For they are hungry men;
But different folk have different views;
I know a person small
She keeps ten million serving men,
Who get no rest at all!
She sends 'em abroad on her own affairs,
From the second she opens her eyes
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!
The usual moral of Kipling's poem is ‘Dont't ask too many questions.’ An equally important moral, however, is that reasonable use of all six questions should be made on occasion, and especially if an institution of our society is to be understood, let alone reformed. No doubt different emphases on the different questions are appropriate to different endeavours, and it is natural enough that our procedural reformers, who are today more active than at any time since the Judicature Acts, should concentrate on ‘How?’
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- On Civil Procedure , pp. 1 - 8Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000