The contributions in this book cover a wide range of topics within
modern disputeresolution, which can be summarised as follows:
harmonisation, enforcement andalternative dispute resolution. In
particular, it looks into the impact of harmonisedEU law on national
rules of civil procedure and addresses the lack of harmonisationin the
US regarding the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Furthermore, the law on enforcement is examined, not only by focusing on
US law, but also onhow to attach assets in order to enforce a judgment.
Finally, it addresses certain typesof alternative dispute resolution. In
addition, the book looks into the systems andcultures of dispute
resolution in several regions of the world, such as the EU, the US
andChina, that have a high impact on globalisation. Hence, the book is
diverse in the senseof dealing with multiple issues in the field of
modern dispute resolution.
The book offers explorations of the impact of international rules and EU
law on domesticcivil procedure, through case studies from, among others,
the US, China, Belgium andthe Netherlands. The relevance of EU law for
the national debate and its impact on theregulation of civil procedure
is also considered. Furthermore, several contributions discussthe
necessity and possibility of harmonisation in the emergency arbitrator
mechanisms inthe EU. The harmonisation of private international law
rules within the EU, particularlythose of a procedural nature, is
juxtaposed to the lack thereof in the US. Also, the bookoffers an
overview of the current dispute settlement mechanisms in China.
The publication is primarily meant for legal academics in private
international law andcivil procedure. It will also prove useful to
practitioners regularly engaged in cross-borderdispute resolution and
will be of added value to advanced students, as well as to those withan
interest in international litigation and more generally in the area of
dispute resolution.
Vesna Lazic is Senior Researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Institute,
Associate Professor ofPrivate Law at Utrecht University and Professor of
European Civil Procedure at theUniversity of Rijeka.
Steven Stuij is an expert in Private International Law and a PhD
Candidate/GuestResearcher at the Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam.
Ton Jongbloed is Guest Editor on this volume.
