Bart Krans is full professor at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, where he holds the chair of private law and civil procedure law. His research mainly concerns civil procedure law and contract law. Among his publications are books on the influence of EU law on Dutch civil procedure law, on the law of evidence and on the law of obligations. Anna Nylund is a professor at the University of Troms - The Arctic University of Troms, Norway. Her research and teaching mainly concern national, comparative and European civil procedure and alternative dispute resolution. She is the chair of the research group of procedural law and dispute resolution.

• Table of Contents and preliminary matter (p. 0) Aspects of Procedural Autonomy (p. 1) Procedural Autonomy and Belgian Civil Procedure Law: A Turbulent Cohabitation (p. 13) The English Approach to Procedural Autonomy (p. 37) The Finnish Way of Understanding Procedural Autonomy: A Practical Approach to Implementing EU Civil Procedural Law (p. 57) A German Perspective on the Waning Procedural Autonomy in Civil Matters: Who is Afraid of European Civil Procedure? (p. 81) Procedural Autonomy in the Netherlands: A Fading Relic? (p. 101) Procedural Autonomy, the EEA Agreement and Norwegian Law: The Art of Bridging a Gap and Maintaining it Too (p. 119) A Polish Perspective on Collective Civil Proceedings: Reluctance to Follow EU Recommendations? (p. 139) Procedural Autonomy between EU Law and the Slovenian Law of Civil Procedure (p. 165) Autonomy of the Spanish Legislator in the Regulation of Procedural: The Borders of European Case Law (p. 183) Procedural Autonomy in Sweden: Is Materielle Prozessleitung the Answer? (p. 203) Comparative Insights on Procedural Autonomy (p. 227)