This book discusses the impact of EU law on selected national legal systems. The authors analyse how the civil procedure system of their country has reacted to increasing Europeanisation and influence of EU law.

Dit boek handelt over een bijzondere vorm van procesvertegenwoordiging, waarbij een (rechts)persoon als procespartij optreedt voor rekening van een ander. Deze vertegenwoordigingsrelatie staat in de juridische volksmond bekend als de procesvoering qualitate qua. Nauwkeuriger is het om te spreken over de vertegenwoordiging ad agendum, in contrast met die andere – en bekendere – procedurele vertegenwoordigingsfiguur, de vertegenwoordiging ad litem.

This rise of a particular kind of European Union legislation known as the ‘optional instrument’ is a novel trend in the context of EU law, and one that until now has not been comprehensively mapped or explored. This study examines and discusses existing and proposed EU Optional Instruments (OIs) in different fields of European law, including company law, intellectual property law and procedural law (such as the European Company, the Community ...

Public confidence in the justice system depends on the belief that decisions made in the judicial processes are reasonably correct and accurate. This book focuses on the systems of appellate control of court judgments. The editors explore the relationship between the different approaches to appeals in national civil justice systems and their impact on the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the legal protection of individual rights.

Deze uitgave is het eerste volwaardige onderzoek in België over class actions, of vertegenwoordigende collectieve rechtsvorderingen, en meteen de referentie voor iedereen in ons taalgebied die zich wil verdiepen in dit onderwerp.

In dit verslagboek wordt getracht de best bewaarde geheimen in het recht voor u te ontrafelen, gaande van de parlementaire toegang tot informatie van de uitvoerende macht tot het bankgeheim bij de zoektocht naar financiële informatie tijdens de gerechtelijke vereffeningsprocedure.

The Yearbook aims at taking up recent trends in international arbitration and leading them in scholarly debate. Volume I comprises contributions by 25 renowned scholars and practitioners from around the world who impart their knowledge and thoughts on the basis of their wide experience in the various domains of arbitration and related areas.

This book provides a comparative analysis of the process of fact-finding in the litigation process. It offers theoretical insights on the distinctive features of the fact-finding arrangements in civil cases andt also examines the empirical data that shed light on the operation of procedural rules in legal practice.

In a time when an ever growing demand for justice meets economic crisis and shrinking resources, innovative approaches to access to justice are urgently needed. The present volume discusses a variety of such approaches from across Europe (and beyond), all united by their significance in contemporary trends in legal and judicial reform.