The article outlines the ideas of Edoardo Garbagnati in the modern civil procedural doctrine and in the context of the various currents of thought. The Author remarks in particular that E.G. belongs to the "middle" generation of Italian doctrine who completes the building laid down by the founding fathers of Italian civil procedural system. Thanks to the continuous and transparent dialogue with the Deutch Doctrine, Edoardo Garbagnati attends to the fundamentals and emphasizes the relationship between substantial and procedural law.