“Just in case”: Too much litigation?

This Onati Socio-Legal Series publication is the product of an Onati workshop on Too much litigation , held June 2019. This is the third and final part of a trilogy of workshops held in Onati; the first two parts dealt with the legal professionals: lawyers (Onati workshop 2012, titled Too Many Lawyers? ); and judges (Onati workshop 2016, titled Too Few Judges? ). In this final workshop, we focused on litigants and litigation – the “clients” of both judges and lawyers. The overall finding is that too much/not enough litigation might endanger access to justice. In a wider context, putting the three themes together creates a better understanding of the importance of access to justice and the role of the legal profession and the professionals in ensuring this basic right. Este numero de Onati Socio-Legal Series es producto de un seminario celebrado en junio de 2019 en Onati sobre el exceso de litigios. Es la tercera parte de una trilogia de seminarios celebrados en Onati; las dos primeras partes trataron sobre las profesiones juridicas: abogados (seminario de 2012, titulado Too many lawyers? ) y jueces (seminario de 2016, titulado Too few judges? ). En este ultimo seminario, nos centramos en los litigantes y el litigio -los "clientes" tanto de jueces como de abogados. El hallazgo general es que un exceso o un defecto de actividad litigante puede poner en peligro el acceso a la justicia. En un contexto mas amplio, reunir los tres elementos procura un mejor entendimiento de la importancia del acceso a la justicia y el papel de la profesion y los profesionales de la judicatura para garantizar ese derecho basico. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1186