Civil Procedure and EU Law

• Provides the first thorough analysis of the EU's growing activity in the regulation of civil procedure
• Offers a detailed, practical examination of the specific legislative measures, analysing their impact on principles of civil procedure, including due process rights
• Situates the policy in the broader contexts of EU intergration and the international codification of civil procedure

Readership: Academics and advanced students in EU law, practising lawyers involved in civil and commercial dispute resolution, judges and civil servants working in European civil law

Eva Storskrubb, Associate Lawyer, 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 & 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