Definition

Judgement (procedural law) (See also: holding, passing of sentence, ruling, Gr.: δικαστική απόφαση, Cz.: rozsudek(Ro.: sentinţă, Fr.: jugement, n.m.) (Court of First Instance) = the trial court’s decision regarding the litigation pending before the court.

(Ro.: decizie, Fr.: arrêt, n.m.) (Higher Court) = the appellate court’s final decision regarding the rights of the parties, the court’s response to a party’s appeal. The appellate court can affirm, reverse, or reverse with instructions.

 

Useful links

Legislation

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part40 - The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Part 40, UK [English]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Title VII, US [English]

http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070716 – Code de procédure civile, Titre XIV, France [French]

http://legeaz.net/noul-cod-de-procedura-civila/art-424 - Civil Procedure Code, Art. 424, Romania [Romanian]

Organisations and associations

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court/about_judgments.aspx - About Judgments, The Courts of British Columbia (Canada)

http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/enforce_judgement/enforce_judgement_ger_en.htm - Enforcement of judgements - Germany, European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters, European Commission

Online Publications

https://www.law.kuleuven.be/jura/art/21n3/vong.pdf - Vong, David, Binding precedent and English judicial law-making, kuleuven.be

http://litigation.findlaw.com/filing-a-lawsuit/appealing-a-court-decision-or-judgment.html - Appealing a Court Decision or Judgment, findlaw.com

http://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=903006029020064070124004126076103029024042049020026087093008114026067014125088112112098012030034041017014080095110124127115028040081009023072026124017099103088124067064018114117090126071092026125127103108119081003113014095065123126073000085111084120&EXT=pdf – Marseille, A.T., Boekema, I.M., 2013, Administrative Decision-Making in Reaction to a Court Judgment: Can the Administrative Judge Guide the Decision-Making Process?, Utrecht Law Review, Social Science Research Network

Publications

Born, Gary, 1996, International Civil Litigation in United States Courts: Commentary & Materials, 3rd edition, The Hague, Kluwer Law International, pp. 935-985

Lambert-Abdelgawad, Elisabeth, 2008, The Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, Volume 88, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing

Paterson, Alan, 2014, Final Judgment: The Last Law Lords and the Supreme Court, UK, A & C Black

 

By Oana Gligan