Civil Litigation in Belgium : the Reconstruction of the Pyramid of Legal Disputes — a preliminary report

摘要

The aim of the article is to reconstruct the pyramid of legal disputes in Belgium. The data for the study are gathered by means of a representative sample of 506 households. First, the article explores the theoretical and conceptual aspects of the dispute pyramid model. Then, the pyramid has been reconstructed empirically. We found a pyramid showing high percentages of informal dispute resolution an a high drop-out rate before the stage of the court filing.