The Preparation of the Main Hearing in the Swiss Civil Procedure

Abstract

In most cases, the problem of litigation delays leads to structural changes in procedural codification. This has been no different in recent decades, which has led to the proliferation of the main hearing model. Following the adoption of the German simplification amendment of 1976, several procedural legislatures, including the Hungarian legislature, decided to adopt this model. The Swiss legislation is of particular interest because, on the one hand, it was exemplary for Hungarian legislation and, on the other hand, the cantonal rules of the past centuries have also influenced the solutions of the unified Code of Civil Procedure. The study therefore examines these solutions from the point of view of the preparation of the main hearing.