Chapter I
Procedural law and social peace
PhD. María Leticia Fontestad Portalés

1. From self-tutelage to self-composition: conciliation and mediation
2. Heterocomposition: jurisdiction and arbitration
3. Reintroduction of mediation in the spanish judicial system

Chapter II
Procedural law and its sources
Laura A. Flórez Álvarez

1. Procedural law: definition and content
2. Some clarifications about procedural law and substantive law
3. The nature of procedural rules
4. Application of procedural rules in time and space
5. Sources of procedural law

Chapter III
Jurisdiction
PhD. Milagros López Gil

1. Abstract
2. Constitutional perspective
3. Administrative perspective: the governance of the judiciary
4. Procedural perspective: the jurisdictional function

Chapter IV
The action
PhD. Salvador Guerrero Palomares

1. Introductory remarks. Theories about the concept of action
2. The action in civil proceedings and the right to a favourable jurisdictional answer
3. The action in criminal proceedings
4. The right to the effective protection of judges and courts (Art. 24.1 Spanish Constitution)

Chapter V
The process
PhD. María de las Nieves Jiménez López

1. The process as an instrument of the jurisdictional function
2. Process, procedure and trial
3. Typology of proceedings

Chapter VI
Principles of proceedings
PhD. Salvador Guerrero Palomares

1. General notions about the principles of proceedings
2. Principles which define our legal and procedural system
3. Principles of our proceedings

Chapter VII
Organization of justice. System of courts
PhD. Yolanda De Lucchi López-Tapia

1. Types of courts
2. Customary courts
3. Constitutional Court
4. Supranational courts

Chapter VIII
Conflicts of jurisdiction and competence
PhD. Yolanda De Lucchi López-Tapia

1. Introduction
2. Conflicts of “jurisdiction” between administration and jurisdiction
3. Conflicts of jurisdiction between ordinary jurisdiction and military jurisdiction
4. Conflicts of competence (so-called competence disputes)
5. Conflicts of territorial competence (also known as questions of competence)

Chapter IX
Staff in the service of the courts and tribunals
PhD. Francesc Pérez Tortosa

1. Jurisdictional staff
2. Non-jurisdictional staff129
3. Persons and institutions cooperating with the administration of justice

Chapter X
Facts and procedural acts
PhD. Francesc Pérez Tortosa

1. Concept and classification
2. Requirements for procedural acts
3. Full nullity and annulment of procedural acts
4. Procedural decisions
5. Acts of communication by the jurisdictional body

Chapter XI
Legal costs
PhD. Paulo Ramón Suárez Xavier

1. Concept of expenses and legal costs
2. Legal costs in civil proceedings
3. The different categories of legal costs

Chapter XII
The right to free legal assistance
PhD. Paulo Ramón Suárez Xavier

1. The right to free legal assistance as a constitutional law
2. Concept and foundation
3. Requirements and content
4. Application procedure
5. Some peculiarities on the right to free legal aid in the criminal field

Chapter XIII
Methods of conflict resolution: self-composition
PhD. María de las Nieves Jiménez López

1. Mediation
2. Conciliation

Chapter XIV
Appropriate methods of conflict resolution: heterocomposition
Laura A. Flórez Álvarez

1. Some considerations regarding heterocomposition
2. Arbitration as a heterocompository mechanism
3. Types of arbitration
4. The arbitration agreement
5. The arbitral award

Chapter XV
Voluntary jurisdiction proceedings
PhD. María Leticia Fontestad Portalés

1. Concept and nature
2. Legal regulation
3. General provisions
4. Common procedural rules
5. Classification

Chapter XVI
The preparation of the process: on preliminary proceedings
PhD. María Leticia Fontestad Portalés

1. Concept and scope
2. Types of preliminary proceedings
3. Procedure