PART IV PART III PART II PART I STATISTICS OF PROCEEDINGS Figure 12. Distribution of cases by respondents on local government level 4. Distribution of cases by areas of law Similarly to previous years, in 2013 the largest number of cases was opened in connection with criminal enforcement procedure and imprisonment law. The number of cases relating to social welfare law and family law has also increased. At the same time, the number of proceedings relating to financial law and law of obligations has dropped by 16 cases in comparison to the previous year (by 26 and 20 cases respectively) Table 5. Cases opened by areas of law Area of law 82 Number of cases Criminal enforcement procedure and imprisonment law 287 Social welfare law 82 Civil court procedure law 77 Family law 67 Criminal and misdemeanour court procedure 62 Education and research law 60 Health law 56 Financial law (incl. tax and customs law, state budget, state property) 56 Other public law 52 Social insurance law 51 Enforcement procedure 48