EU Civil Justice

The field of EU civil justice is fast evolving ... The ongoing rapid developments surely demand academic reflection. Fortunately, this need is soundly provided for in this analytical and synthesizing book. -- Veerle Van Den Eeckhout, Leiden * Common Market Law Review *

Burkhard Hess is Director at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law. Maria Bergstroem is Associate Professor of European Law and Senior Lecturer in EU law at the Faculty of Law, Uppsala University. Eva Storskrubb is Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law, Uppsala University.

1. The State of the Civil Justice Union Burkhard Hess Part I: Avoiding 'Torpedoes' and Forum Shopping 2. Lis Pendens and Jurisdiction Clauses: Open Issues Gilles Cuniberti Part II: Alternative Dispute Resolution 3. ADR/ODR: Too Much Optimism in the Promotion of Cross-Border Trade? Jim Davies 4. Top-Level Domains and ADR: What Protection of Consumer Interests Under ICANN's New gTLD Program? Cristina M Mariottini Part III: Simplified Procedures and Debt Collection: Much Ado About Nothing? 5. 'Trusted with a Muzzle and Enfranchised with a Clog': The British Approach to European Civil Procedure Carla Crifo 6. European Procedures on Debt Collection: Nothing or Noting? Experiences and Future Prospects Xandra E Kramer 7. The Small Claims Regulation: On the Way to an Improved European Procedure? Cristian Oro Martinez Part IV: Family Law 8. The Nordic Input on the EU's Cooperation in Family and Succession Law: Exporting Union Law Through 'Nordic Exceptions' Maarit Janter a -Jareborg 9. The European Certificate of Succession: Portrait of a New Instrument in European Private International Law Bjoern Laukemann Part V: Collective Redress 10. 'Opt-In is Out and Opt-Out is In' : Dimensions Based on Nordic Options and the Commission's Recommendation Laura Ervo 11. The Crux of the Matter: Funding and Financing Collective Redress Mechanisms Stefaan Voet 12. Legal Standing in Collective Redress Actions for Breach of EU Rights: Facilitating or Frustrating Common Standards and Access to Justice? Rebecca Money-Kyrle Part VI: The Quest for Mutual Recognition 13. Abolition of Exequatur , All in the Name of Mutual Trust! Marie Linton 14. On the Abolition of Exequatur Marta Requejo Isidro 15. Mutual Recognition as a Governance Strategy for Civil Justice Eva Storskrubb 16. Mutual Recognition in Civil and Criminal Justice: Towards Order and Method? Maria Bergstroem