Mateja Durovic is Professor of Law at King's College London, UK.Cristina Poncibò is Professor of Comparative Private Law at the Law Department of the University of Turin, Italy.

• Section 1 - Private Law and Rule of Law - Theoretical Frameworks1. Private Law, Rule of Law and ECtHR: An Introduction2. The ECtHR and Private Law3. The ECtHR and Transition Democracies Section 2 - Comparative Perspectives from South-Eastern Europe 4. ECtHR and the Derogation in Time of Emergency – the Case of Republic of North Macedonia 5. Consumer Law and Fundamental Rights – the Case of Western Balkans 6. Montenegro 7. Serbia 8. Croatia 9. ECtHR and Property Right: Comparative Perspectives 10. Property Right and Religion: The Lake Ohrid Case 11. Albania 12. Slovenia Section 3 – Comparative Analysis and Future Directions of Research 13. Fundamental Rights and Private Law 14. The ECtHR and Next Generation EU 15. Comparative Analysis and Conclusions