This book examines a burgeoning policy area of the EU - the regulation of cross border civil and commercial litigation. The book analyses the EU's specific legislative measures and assesses their impact on litigation procedure, particularly due process rights. The wider policy is then analysed in the context of key themes of European integration.

Eva Storskrubb is an Associate Lawyer at Dittmar & Indrenuis, Helsinki

• 1: Introduction


• I. Setting the Scene - Background Developments


• 2: Introduction


• 3: The Doctrine of the ECJ - National Procedural Autonomy v Harmonization


• 4: Substantive Regulation - Ad hoc Creation of European Procedural Rules


• 5: Rome, Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice - The Evolution of a Legal Basis


• 6: The Broader Context


• 7: Conclusion


• II. Current Regulation and Initiatives - Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters


• 8: Political Impetus


• 9: Institutional and Structural Characteristics


• 10: Categories of Measures


• 11: Transnational Litigation


• 12: Further Measures


• 13: General Structures


• III. The Legitimacy of a Policy Area and Rethinking the Procedural Landscape


• 14: Brave New World


• 15: The Inside Perspective - "How" and "Why" Regulate?


• 16: Looking Outward - Interaction with Procedural and International Development


• 17: The Way Forward


• 18: Conclusion