Civil Litigation in a Globalising World

1. Front Matter

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2. Civil Litigation in a Globalising World: An Introduction

   • Xandra E. Kramer, C. H. van Rhee

   Pages 1-16

3. Different Perspectives on Globalisation and Harmonisation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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4. DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALISATION AND HARMONISATION

   1. Fundamental Principles of Civil Procedure: Order Out of Chaos

      • Neil Andrews

      Pages 19-38

   2. Harmonisation of Civil Procedure: An Historical and Comparative Perspective

      • C. H. van Rhee

      Pages 39-63

   3. A Law and Economics View on Harmonisation of Procedural Law

      • Louis Visscher

      Pages 65-91

   4. Harmonisation of Civil Procedure: Policy Perspectives

      • Gerhard Wagner

      Pages 93-119

   5. Harmonisation of Civil Procedure and the Interaction with Private International Law

      • Xandra E. Kramer

      Pages 121-139

   6. Harmonisation of Civil Procedure and the Interaction with Substantive Private Law

      • Matthias E. Storme

      Pages 141-156

5. Harmonisation in a European and Global Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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6. HARMONISATION IN A EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL CONTEXT

   1. Procedural Harmonisation in a European Context

      • Burkhard Hess

      Pages 159-173

   2. Harmonised Civil Procedure in a World of Structural Divergences? Lessons Learned from the CEPEJ Evaluations

      • Alan Uzelac

      Pages 175-205

   3. Harmonisation in a Global Context: The ALI/UNIDROIT Principles

      • Michele Taruffo

      Pages 207-219

7. National Approaches to Globalisation and Harmonisation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

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8. NATIONAL APPROACHES TO GLOBALISATION AND HARMONISATION

   1. United States: Harmonisation and Voluntarism. The Role of Elites in Creating an Influential National Model, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

      • Paul R. Dubinsky

      Pages 223-245

   2. Switzerland: Between Cosmopolitanism and Parochialism in Civil Litigation

      • Tanja Domej

      Pages 247-261

   3. Globalisation and Scottish Law

      • Peter Beaton

      Pages 263-275

   4. A Dutch Perspective on Civil Litigation and Its Harmonisation

      • Paulien van der Grinten

      Pages 277-290

   5. The German Approach to the Globalisation and Harmonisation of Civil Procedure: Balancing National Particularities and International Open-Mindedness

      • Stefan Huber

      Pages 291-315

   6. Convergence of Civil Procedure Systems in Europe: Comments from a Belgian Perspective

      • Benoît Allemeersch, Els Vandensande

      Pages 317-334

Globalization of legal traffic and the inherent necessity of having to litigate in foreign courts or to enforce judgments in other countries considerably complicate civil proceedings due to great differences in civil procedure. This may consequently jeopardize access to justice. This triggers the debate on the need for harmonization of civil procedure. In recent years, this debate has gained in importance because of new legislative and practical developments both at the European and the global level. This book discusses the globalization and harmonization of civil procedure from the angles of legal history, law and economics and (European) policy. Attention is paid to the interaction with private law and private international law, and European and global projects that aim at the harmonization of civil procedure or providing guidelines for fair and efficient adjudication. It further includes contributions that focus on globalization and harmonization of civil procedure from the viewpoint of eight different jurisdictions. This book is an unique combination of theory and practice and valuable for academic researchers in the area of civil procedure, private international law, international law as well as policy makers (national and EU), lawyers, judges and bailiffs.

• Civil procedure
• Comparative civil procedure
• European civil procedure
• Globalization
• Harmonization of law

• , Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

  X.E. Kramer

• , Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

  C.H. Rhee

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