This book explores the surprising dynamism of the fi eld of civil procedure – that civil procedure is not static, that it is ever changing. This book provides a series of chapters that explore a cross selection of recent developments in civil procedure from around the world. In doing so, the collection conveys the dynamism and innovations of modern civil procedure – by fi eld, method, and system. In addition, the introductory chapters lay out the context within which the other examinations fi t. That context is comparative, with the introductory chapters providing detailed expositions of the world of comparative civil procedure. The substantive chapters thereafter build on that theoretical framework, with the result that this book provides a consideration of dynamism in civil procedure in comparative perspective.