CPLJ is envisaged as a comprehensive study of comparative civil procedural law and civil dispute resolution schemes in the contemporary world. It aims at understanding procedural rules in their cultural context, as well as at highlighting workable approaches to the resolution of civil disputes. It focuses on current developments in the field of comparative civil procedure from a global perspective. These include the influence of Information Technologies and Artificial Intelligence; the expansion of alternative dispute resolution; the most recent trends on access to justice; the challenges of collective litigation; and the growing needs for transparency and independence of the justice systems. The cultural dimensions and the methodology of comparative civil procedural law receive specific attention.

More than one hundred scholars from all over the world are actively involved in CPLJ. They are guided by a Board of General Editors, composed of Prof. Burkhard Hess, Prof. Margaret Woo, Prof. Loïc Cadiet and Prof. Enrique Vallines. An Advisory Board of twelve distinguished professors provides scientific support. Participants are organized into eighteen teams of authors. Every team is led by a coordinator, always a distinguished professor affiliated to a prestigious university or research institution. DECPL researchers are supporting the teams; some of them are also participating as authors. Overall, the team members come from different jurisdictions, in order to facilitate a global perspective. 

Every team of authors is responsible for a thematic segment. Particularly, the thematic segments are the following: