TY - BOOK ID - 46180715 TI - Civil procedure and harmonisation of law AU - Nylund, Anna AU - Strandberg, Magne PY - 2019 SN - 9781780686936 1780686935 9781780688305 178068830X PB - Cambridge Intersentia DB - UniCat KW - Europees recht KW - Verdragsrecht KW - Burgerlijk recht KW - Droit international et droit interne. KW - Procédure civile (droit européen) KW - Droit européen et droit interne. KW - Procédure civile KW - Droit KW - Procédure civile (droit international) KW - Unification européenne. KW - European law KW - Law of treaties KW - Private law KW - International and municipal law KW - Civil procedure KW - Treaties. KW - International unification. KW - Droit international et droit interne KW - Traités KW - Procédure civile KW - Unification internationale KW - Civil procedure (International law) KW - Procédure civile (Droit international) KW - Law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46180715 AB - A range of international and European Union legal instruments exert influence on the national civil procedure rules of European Union member states. Some specifically aim for the harmonisation of national procedural law across Europe, while others primarily focus on facilitating cross-border litigation, enforcing rights or setting minimum standards. However, often the same time instruments cause fragmentation, reduce coherence and challenge prevailing concepts and doctrines of national civil procedure law. With a view to carefully selected North Western jurisdiction (EU and EEA member states) this book explores how EU, EEA, and international legislation, judicial activism on EU and national level, and new soft law instruments affect national civil procedure law and how, in turn, national rules may impact the development of international instruments. How are the respective countries affected by a particular (EU) regulation? Has the regulation generated changes of the national law? Are European rules, or national rules following from them, applied in court practice? Are there differences in the approach towards implementation and application of EU law, and if so why and with what consequences? Do international influences serve as an impetus for national reforms, or are they implemented mechanically? Do hard law approaches produce more harmonisation or convergence than soft law approaches? Anna Nylund is Professor of Law at the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, where she leads the Research Group for Procedural Law and Dispute Resolution. She is a member of the board of the Nordic Association of Procedural Law. Magne Strandberg is Professor of Law at the University of Bergen where he leads the Research Group for Civil Procedure Law. He also is a member of the ELI-UNIDROIT working groups on 'From Transnational Principles to European Rules of Civil Procedure'. ER -