Under the auspices of the International Association of Legal Science. The Responsible Editors for the Encyclopedia as a whole are Professors U. Drobnig and K. Zweigert † of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg. Each of the seventeen volumes has a Chief Editor or Editors, whose primary duty is to organize and coordinate the work on the major topic of that volume. The final responsibility for specific chapters is assumed by about 400 reporters.

V. 16 : 1. Introduction – Policies, Trends and Ideas in Civil Procedure - - 2. History of European Civil Procedure - - 3. The Organization of Lawyers and Judges - - 4. Types of Relief Available (Judicial Remedies) - - 5. Parties - - 6. Ordinary Proceedings in First Instance - - 8. Attacks on Judicial Decisions - - 10. Enforcement Proceedings - - 12. Arbitration - - 13. State Arbitration in Socialist Countries.