Making European Private Law: Governance Design

The debate concerning the desirability and modes of harmonization of European Private Law (EPL) has, until now, been mainly concerned with substantive rules. The link between rules and institutions suggests that governance of both the process of harmonization and its outcome is necessary. This book covers various perspectives on the challenge of designing governance for EPL: the implications of a multi-level system in terms of competences, the interplay between market integration and regulation, the legitimacy of private law making, the importance of self-regulation, the usefulness of conflict of law rules, the role of intergovernmental institutions, and the aftermath of enlargement. In addressing these, the book's achievements are to successfully link two areas of scholarship that have so far remained separate, EPL and new modes of governance, and to address institutional reforms. The contributions offer different proposals to improve governance: the creation of a European Law institute, the improvement of judicial cooperation among national courts, the use of committees for implementation of EPL. Suggesting practical institutional reforms that can improve the process of Europeanization of private law, this book will be of great interest to scholars of law, politics, political science, sociology and economics. It will also appeal to policymakers, and members of both European institutions and national institutions dealing with European matters.Contents: Part I: Different Facets of Market Integration; Part II: Private Law-Making; Part III: Governance in European Private Law; Part IV: Conclusions; Index Contributors: G. Amato, A. Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, F. Cafaggi, H. Collins, K.J. Cseres, M. Freedland, W. Kerber, L. Liebman, H. Muir Watt, T. Prosser, C. Scott, M. Taruffo, H. Van Loon

Fabrizio Cafaggi

Horatia Muir Watt

Foreign & International Law

Edward Elgar Publishing

Global Private International Law: Adjudication without Frontiers

Global Private International Law is a groundbreaking casebook, combining the expertise of over sixty international and interdisciplinary contributors who analyze key legal proceedings in order to provide a comprehensive study of the impact of globalisation on the law.Providing a unique and clearly structured tool, this book presents an authoritative collection of carefully selected global case studies. Some of these are considered global due to their internationally relevant subject matter, whilst others demonstrate the blurring of traditional legal categories in an age of accelerated cross-border movement. The study of the selected cases in their political, cultural, social and economic contexts sheds light on the contemporary transformation of law through its encounter with conflicting forms of normativity and the multiplication of potential fora.
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<li>the specific global scope allows the reader to gain a contextualised understanding of legal transformation</li>
<li>each case has two commentaries from different viewpoints, ensuring a nuanced perspective on the implications of the global turn in private international law and its importance for adjudication</li>
<li>an astute combination of theory and practice ensures readers gain an understanding of the relevance of innovative legal theories in interpreting concrete cases in a changing world</li>
<li>comparative material and ground-breaking analysis make this book eminently suitable for use with students and a useful tool for researchers and courts confronted with novel topics or issues.</li>
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Lucia Bíziková

Agatha Brandão De Oliveira

Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo

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