Civil litigation in a globalising world
By: X.E. Kramer, C.H. van Rhee, editors
Contributors: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid; Universiteit Maastricht. Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press; Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: The Hague; Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9789067048163
Subjects: Congresses; Civil procedure; Law and globalization
Description: "This book is an important contribution to the discussion about globalisation of civil procedure. Globalisation of legal matters 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 jeopardise access to justice. As a result, the debate on the need for the harmonisation of civil procedure becomes ever more prominent. The book discusses the globalisation and harmonisation of civil procedure from various angles, including fundamental (international) principles of civil justice, legal history, private international law, law and economics and (European) policy. It offers important theoretical and practical perspectives and is valuable reading for, amongst others, academic researchers, policy makers, judges, legal practitioners and court bailiffs"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Papers from a conference held in Rotterdam on July 17-18, 2010, as a joint project of the Erasmus School of Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Faculty of Law of the University of Maastricht.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Civil litigation in a globalising world : an introduction / Xandra E. Kramer and C.H. van Rhee; title: Part I. Different perspectives on globalisation and harmonisation; title: Fundamental principles of civil procedure : order out of chaos / Neil Andrews; title: Harmonisation of civil procedure : an historical and comparative perspective / C.H. van Rhee; title: A law and economics view on harmonisation of procedural law / Louis Visscher; title: Harmonisation of civil procedure : policy perspectives / Gerhard Wagner; title: Harmonisation of civil procedure and the interaction with private international law / Xandra E. Kramer; title: Harmonisation of civil procedure and the interaction with substantive private law / Matthias E. Storme; title: Part II. Harmonisation in a European and Global context; title: Procedural harmonisation in a European context / Burkhard Hess; title: Harmonised civil procedure in a world of structural divergences? : lessons learned from the CEPEJ evaluations / Alan Uzelac; title: Harmonisation in a global context : the ALI/UNIDROIT principles / Michele Taruffo.; title: Part III. National approaches to globalisation and harmonisation; title: United States : harmonisation and voluntarism : the role of elites in creating an influential national model, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure / Paul R. Dubinsky; title: Switzerland : between cosmopolitanism and parochialism in civil litigation / Tanja Domej; title: Globalisation and Scottish law / Peter Beaton; title: A Dutch perspective on civil litigation and its harmonization / Paulien van der Grinten; title: The German approach to the globalisation and harmonisation of civil procedure : balancing national particularities and international open-mindedness / Stefan Huber; title: Convergence of civil procedure systems in Europe : comments from a Belgian perspective / Benoît Allermeesch and Els Vandensande; title: The French approach to the globalisation and harmonisation of civil procedure / Frédérique Ferrand; title: Romanian civil procedure : the reform cycles / Sebastian Spinei; title: Closing comments : harmonisation or globalisation of civil procedure? / Marcel Storme.