Third-party litigation financing: rethinking foreign models in the context of increasing court fees in Russia
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https://doi.org/10.17308/law/1995-5502/2025/1/89-98Keywords:
civil proceedings, financing litigation, access to justice, justice, ethics of the judicial processAbstract
The phenomenon of «litigation financing», which originally arose and is widespread in common law countries, is increasingly penetrating the continental process. At the same time, the accumulated experience of the functioning of this legal institution is already leading to its rethinking in countries that actively apply it. To this end, it is necessary to consider the validity of using this mechanism not only from the point of view of expanding access to justice, but also from the point of view of the problems and ethical dilemmas arising from its application.
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