Access to Evidence in Civil Procedure

Edited by Fernando Gascón Inchausti, Professor and Chair in Procedural Law, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, Astrid Stadler, Professor and Chair of Private Law, Civil Procedure Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law, University of Konstanz, Germany and Magne Strandberg, Professor and Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway

• Co�n�t�e�n�t�s� �Introduction 1 1 Access to evidence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland 5 A�s�t�r�i�d� �S�t�a�d�l�e�r� �2 Evidence-gathering in England and Wales 30 J�o�h�n� �S�o�r�a�b�j�i� �3 Access to evidence in France 49 E�m�m�a�n�u�e�l� �J�e�u�l�a�n�d� �4 Access to evidence in Italy 75 E�l�i�s�a�b�e�t�t�a� �S�i�l�v�e�s�t�r�i� �5 Access to evidence in Spain 88 F�e�r�n�a�n�d�o� �G�a�s�c�ón� �I�n�c�h�a�u�s�t�i� �6 Access to evidence in the Netherlands 117 B�a�r�t� �K�r�a�n�s� �a�n�d� �N�i�e�k� �Z�o�n�d�a�g� �7 Access to evidence in Scandinavia 152 M�a�g�n�e� �S�t�r�a�n�d�b�e�r�g� �8 The application of U.S. discovery for European disputes 181 N�i�c�o�l�ò �T�r�o�c�k�e�r� �9 Taking of evidence by arbitral tribunals 224 M�i�c�h�a�e�l� �S�t�ür�n�e�r� �a�n�d� �J�o�h�a�n�n�e�s� �L�a�n�d�b�r�e�c�h�t� �10 Comparative analysis and concluding remarks 251 F�e�r�n�a�n�d�o� �G�a�s�c�ón� �I�n�c�h�a�u�s�t�i�,� �A�s�t�r�i�d� �S�t�a�d�l�e�r� �a�n�d� �M�a�g�n�e� �S�t�r�a�n�d�b�e�r�g� �