This seventh volume in the Swedish Studies in European Law series brings together some of the most prominent scholars working within the fast-evolving field of EU civil justice. Civil justice has an impact on matters involving, inter alia, family relationships, consumers, entrepreneurs, employees, small and medium-sized businesses and large multinational corporations. It therefore has great power and potential. Over the past 15 years a wealth of EU measures have been enacted in this field. Issues arising from the implementation thereof and practice in relation to these measures are now emerging. Hence, this volume will explore the benefits as well as the challenges of these measures. The particular themes covered include forum shopping, alternative dispute resolution, simplified procedures and debt collection, family matters and collective redress. In addition, the deepening of the field that continues post-Lisbon has occasioned a new level of regulatory and policy challenges. These are discussed in the final part of the volume which focuses on mutual recognition also in the broader European law context of integration in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.

The book also discusses the new level of regulatory and policy challenges post-Lisbon, focusing on mutual recognition also in the broader European law context of integration in the area of freedom, security and justice.

1. The State of the Civil Justice UnionBurkhard HessPart I: Avoiding 'Torpedoes' and Forum Shopping2. Lis Pendens and Jurisdiction Clauses: Open IssuesGilles 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 ProcedureCarla Crifò6. European Procedures on Debt Collection: Nothing or Noting? Experiences and Future ProspectsXandra 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 LawBjörn LaukemannPart V: Collective Redress10. 'Opt-In is Out and Opt-Out is In' : Dimensions Based on Nordic Options and the Commission's RecommendationLaura Ervo11. The Crux of the Matter: Funding and Financing Collective Redress MechanismsStefaan 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 ExequaturMarta Requejo Isidro15. Mutual Recognition as a Governance Strategy for Civil JusticeEva Storskrubb16. Mutual Recognition in Civil and Criminal Justice: Towards Order and Method?Maria Bergström