Judicial Cooperation in European Private Law

Edited by Fabrizio Cafaggi, Judge at the Italian Council of State, Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Public Administration, LUISS University, Italy and Stephanie Law, University of Southampton, UK

• Contents: 1. Judicial dialogue in European private law: introductory remarksFabrizio Cafaggi and Stephanie Law2. Looking Behind the Scene of Judicial Cooperation in Preliminary ProceduresChristiaan Timmermans3. Fields of Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Dialogues in the European Union Marak Safjan4. The Structure of US Federal and State Courts and Mechanisms for Formal and Informal Resolution of ConflictsAnthony J. Scirica5. Spanish Courts, the European Court and Consumer Law: Some Thoughts on their InteractionFernando Gómez Pomar and Karolina Lyczkowska6. The Methodology of Judicial Cooperation in Unfair Contract Terms LawMónika Józon7. The CJEU’s Interpretation of the Consumer: What Significance of Judicial Cooperation?Stephanie Law8. European fundamental rights and private litigations: judicial dialogue and judicial governanceAurelia Colombi Ciacchi9. On the Transformations of European Consumer Enforcement Law: Judicial and Administrative Trialogues, Instruments and EffectsFabrizio CafaggiIndex

‘This timely collection of essays deals with an important topic: the role of courts in the development of European private law. Not only the European courts - the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights - but also national courts have a significant influence on the form and substance of rules emerging in this field.’