The Heroes of the Judicial Periphery

1. Unknown is Unloved: The Heroes of Judicial Periphery, Stefaan Voet (Zagreb University, Croatia) and Alan Uzelac (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Part One: Court Staff
2. Law Clerks: A Solution for Delays in Civil Litigation, Nicolas Kyriakides (University of Nicosia, Cyprus) and Athina Katsiantoni (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
3. The Italian Path to Judicial Clerkship, Elisabetta Silvestri (University of Pavia, Italy)
4. If She Acts as a Judge, Earns as a Judge, Then She Must be a Judge! The Case of Judicial Advisors in Croatia, Juraj Brozovic (Zagreb University, Croatia)
5. The Role of Judicial Secretaries in Spain: The Story of a Collective Frustration? Fernando Gasc³n Inchausti (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
6. A Brief Overview of Some Aspects of Court Staff Training from a Belgian and European Perspective, Raf Van Ransbeeck (KU Leuven â" IGO, Belgium)
7. The Clerkship Between Decision-making Assistance to Judicial Periphery Adjudication: A View from South America, lvaro P©rez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Cat³lica, Peru)
8. The Landscape of Chinese Judiciary: Assisting Personnel in PR of China, Yulin Fu (University of Peking, China)

Part Two: Court Experts
9. Expert Evidence: Independency and Access to Justice: Values at Stake, Eduardo Oteiza (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)
10. Experts on Foreign Law in German Civil Procedure, Michael St¼rner (University of Konstanz, Germany)
11. Treatment of Foreign Law in Slovenian and Comparative Law, Aleš Galic (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
12. Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Party Appointed Experts in Serbian Litigation Proceedings, Branka Babovic Vuksanovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
13. Party-appointed vs. Court-appointed Experts: Considerations in Light of the Macedonian Experience, Tatjana Zoroska Kamilovsk (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia)
14. Appointment of Experts in Norwegian Civil Proceedings, Magne Strandberg (University of Bergen, Norway)
15. Expert Evidence in Custody Disputes and Child Protection Cases: Much Debate and Limited Research, Camilla Bernt (University of Bergen, Norway)
16. Court Experts and Shadow Actors: A View from South Africa, Danie van Loggerenberg (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Part 3: Other Actors
17. Beyond Wooden Desks: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Reshaping the Role of Court Staff, Gina Gioia (Tuscia University, Italy) and Seyedeh Sajedeh Salehi (University of Brussels, Belgium)
18. Supporting Actors in International Child Abduction Cases before Brazilian, Maur­cio Magalh£es Lamha (Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil)
19. Public Prosecutors, Ombudsmen and Similar Institutions in Latin, Hermes Zaneti Jr (Federal University of Esp­rito Santo, Brazil)
20. Funding Collective Sctions in the Netherlands: The Role of Funders in the Shadow of the Procedure, Xandra Kramer (Erasmus University, the Netherlands)
21. Judicial Assistants in UK Courts, John Sorabji (University College London, UK)