International Dispute Resolution

Selected Issues in International Litigation and Arbitration

The contributions in this book cover a wide range of topics within modern dispute

resolution, which can be summarised as follows: harmonisation, enforcement and

alternative dispute resolution. In particular, it looks into the impact of harmonised

EU law on national rules of civil procedure and addresses the lack of harmonisation

in 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 on

how to attach assets in order to enforce a judgment. Finally, it addresses certain types

of alternative dispute resolution. In addition, the book looks into the systems and

cultures of dispute resolution in several regions of the world, such as the EU, the US and

China, that have a high impact on globalisation. Hence, the book is diverse in the sense

of 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 domestic

civil procedure, through case studies from, among others, the US, China, Belgium and

the Netherlands. The relevance of EU law for the national debate and its impact on the

regulation of civil procedure is also considered. Furthermore, several contributions discuss

the necessity and possibility of harmonisation in the emergency arbitrator mechanisms in

the EU. The harmonisation of private international law rules within the EU, particularly

those of a procedural nature, is juxtaposed to the lack thereof in the US. Also, the book

offers an overview of the current dispute settlement mechanisms in China.

The publication is primarily meant for legal academics in private international law and

civil procedure. It will also prove useful to practitioners regularly engaged in cross-border

dispute resolution and will be of added value to advanced students, as well as to those with

an interest in international litigation and more generally in the area of dispute resolution.

Vesna Lazić is Senior Researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Institute, Associate Professor of

Private Law at Utrecht University and Professor of European Civil Procedure at the

University of Rijeka.

Steven Stuij is an expert in Private International Law and a PhD Candidate/Guest

Researcher at the Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam.

Ton Jongbloed is Guest Editor on this volume.