Cost and Fee Allocation in Civil Procedure: A Synthesis

Abstract

This General Report provides a comparative study of the principles and rules governing costs and fees in civil litigation. It is based on the General Report written for the XVIIIth World Congress of Comparative Law held in Washington D.C. in the summer of 2010. It is thus draws heavily (albeit by no means exclusively, see infra Section 1.1.4) on the respective National Reports contributed to this Congress Most, though not all, National Reporters also contributed chapters to this book.