Burkhard Hess is Director at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law.Maria Bergström is Associate Professor of European Law and Senior Lecturer in EU law at the Faculty of Law, Uppsala University.Eva Storskrubb is Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law, Uppsala University.

• 1. The State of the Civil Justice Union Burkhard HessPart I: Avoiding ‘Torpedoes’ and Forum Shopping2. Lis Pendens and Jurisdiction Clauses: Open Issues Gilles CunibertiPart II: Alternative Dispute Resolution3. ADR/ODR: Too Much Optimism in the Promotion of Cross-Border Trade? Jim Davies4. Top-Level Domains and ADR: What Protection of Consumer Interests Under ICANN’s New gTLD Program? Cristina M MariottiniPart III: Simplified Procedures and Debt Collection: Much Ado About Nothing?5. ‘Trusted with a Muzzle and Enfranchised with a Clog’:The British Approach to European Civil Procedure Carla Crifò6. European Procedures on Debt Collection: Nothing or Noting? Experiences and Future Prospects Xandra E Kramer7. The Small Claims Regulation: On the Way to an Improved European Procedure? Cristian Oro MartinezPart IV: Family Law8. The Nordic Input on the EU’s Cooperation in Family and Succession Law: Exporting Union LawThrough ‘Nordic Exceptions’ Maarit Jänter ä -Jareborg9. The European Certificate of Succession: Portrait of a New Instrument in European Private International Law Björn LaukemannPart V: Collective Redress10. ‘Opt-In is Out and Opt-Out is In’ : Dimensions Based on Nordic Options and the Commission’s Recommendation Laura Ervo11. The Crux of the Matter: Funding and Financing Collective Redress Mechanisms Stefaan Voet12. Legal Standing in Collective Redress Actions for Breach of EU Rights: Facilitating or FrustratingCommon Standards and Access to Justice? Rebecca Money-KyrlePart VI: The Quest for Mutual Recognition13. Abolition of Exequatur , All in the Name of Mutual Trust! Marie Linton14. On the Abolition of Exequatur Marta Requejo Isidro15. Mutual Recognition as a Governance Strategy for Civil Justice Eva Storskrubb16. Mutual Recognition in Civil and Criminal Justice: Towards Order and Method? Maria Bergström

The field of EU civil justice is fast evolving ... The ongoing rapid developments surely demand academic reflection. Fortunately, this need is soundly provided for in this analytical and synthesizing book.