The last sixty years of our civil procedural law

Abstract

In this study, I describe what I consider to be the most significant changes in civil procedural law over the last sixty years. This period has been extremely active from a procedural law perspective. Procedural law has been characterized by continuous legislation with the text of the law being subject to constant change. I began my examination from the period before the change of regime, in the mid-1960s, where the approach to procedural law following the hard-line Soviet model began to change. I examined a few specific aspects, such as the issue of court orders and the codification process which began in the 1980s. I then went on to analyse the moves surrounding the change of regime and legislation in the 2010s were highlighted, and further, the creation and entry into force of the new code of civil procedure, and its continuous changes to date.