Cross-border litigation in Europe
In: Studies in private international law 20
1. Introduction: Research Aims and Methodology -- Paul Beaumont and Mihail Danov -- Part I: Shaping the Development of the Private International -- Law Framework -- 2. EU Competence to Legislate in the Area of Private International Law and Law Reforms at the EU Level -- Jan von Hein -- 3. An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the EU Institutions in Making and Interpreting EU Private International Law Regulations -- Burcu Yüksel -- 4. Unharmonised Procedural Rules: Is there a Case for Further Harmonisation at EU Level? -- Jonathan Fitchen -- Part II: Cross-border Litigation Pattern-Empirical Data and Analysis -- 5. Great Britain -- Paul Beaumont, Mihail Danov, Katarina Trimmings and Burcu Yüksel -- 6. Belgium -- Thalia Kruger and Eline Ulrix -- 7. Germany -- Jan von Hein and Hannah Dittmers -- 8. Italy -- Stefania Bariatti, Ilaria Viarengo, Francesca C Villata, Sara Bernasconi and Filippo Marchetti -- 9. Spain -- Carmen Otero García-Castrillón -- 10. Poland -- Agnieszka Frackowiak-Adamska, Agnieszka Guzewicz and Lukasz Petelski -- 11. Austria -- Florian Heindler and Bea Verschraegen -- 12. Bulgaria -- Teodora Tsenova and Anton Petrov -- 13. Croatia -- Ivana Kunda -- 14. Cyprus -- Nikitas E Hatzimihail -- 15. Czech Republic -- Monika Pauknerová, Marta Zavadilová and Jirí Grygar -- 16. Finland -- Gustaf Möller -- 17. France -- Horatia Muir Watt, Sabine Corneloup, Laurence Usunier, Didier Boden,Jeremy Heymann and David Sindres -- 18. Greece -- Aspasia Archontaki and Paata Simsive -- 19. Hungary -- Csongor István Nagy -- 20. Ireland -- Maebh Harding -- 21. Latvia -- Irena Kucina -- 22. Lithuania -- Kristina Praneviciene -- 23. Luxembourg -- Céline Camara -- 24. Malta -- Antoine G Cremona, Clement Mifsud-Bonnici and Calvin Calleja -- 25. The Netherlands -- Aukje Van Hoek, Ian Sumner and Cathalijne van der Plas -- 26. Portugal -- Elsa Dias Oliveira, João Gomes de Almeida, Eugénia Galvão Teles, Susana Maltez and Raquel Correia -- 27. Romania -- Ileana M Smeureanu, Lucian Ilie and Alexandra Ema Dobre -- 28. Slovakia -- Miroslava Vozáryová and Katarína Burdová -- 29. Slovenia -- Suzana Kraljic -- 30. Sweden -- Michael Bogdan and Ulf Maunsbach -- 31. Promoting Efficient Litigation? -- Stephen Dnes -- 32. Data Analysis: Important Issues to be Considered in a Cross-border Context -- Mihail Danov -- Part III: Litigating Cross-border Civil and Commercial Disputes-A Europe of Law and Justice -- 33. Cross-border Civil and Commercial Disputes Before the Court of Justice of the European Union -- Paul Beaumont and Burcu Yüksel -- 34. Legal Certainty and Predictability in the EUPILLAR Project's Regulations: An Assessment -- Carmen Otero García-Castrillón -- 35. Effective Remedies in Cross-border Civil and Commercial Law Disputes: A Case for an Institutional Reform at EU Level -- Mihail Danov and Paul Beaumont -- 36. Cross-border Contract Litigation in the EU -- Zheng Sophia Tang -- 37. Cross-border Non-contractual Disputes: The Legislative Framework and Court Practice -- Michael Wilderspin -- 38. Litigating Cross-border Intellectual Property Disputes in the EU Private International Law Framework -- Paul Torremans -- 39. Private Enforcement of Competition Law -- Jonathan Fitchen -- 40. The Relationship Between Litigation and ADR: Evaluating the Effect of the EU PIL Framework on ADR -- Settlements in Cross-border Cases -- Mihail Danov and Stefania Bariatti -- Part IV: Litigating Cross-border Family Law Disputes-A Europe of Law and Justice -- 41. Court of Justice of the European Union's Case Law on Family Law Matters Under Brussels IIa and Maintenance -- Paul Beaumont and Katarina Trimmings -- 42. Habitual Residence: The Factors that Courts Consider -- Thalia Kruger -- 43. No Deal Better than a Bad Deal-Child Abduction and the Brussels IIa Regulation -- Agnieszka Frackowiak-Adamska -- 44. New (and Old) Problems for Maintenance Creditors Under the EU Maintenance Regulation -- Lara Walker -- 45. Mediation in EU Cross-border Family Law -- Ruth Lamont -- 46. Matrimonial Matters Under the Brussels IIa Regulation -- Katarina Trimmings -- Part V: Conclusion -- 47. Cross-border Litigation in Europe: Some Theoretical Issues and Some Practical Challenges -- Paul Beaumont, Mihail Danov, Katarina Trimmings and Burcu Yüksel