1 Civil Litigation in a Globalising World： An Introduction&Xandra E. Kramer and C. H. van Rhee 1
Part Ⅰ Different Perspectives on Globalisation and Harmonisation 19
2 Fundamental Principles of Civil Procedure：Order Out of Chaos&Neil Andrews 19
3 Harmonisation of Civil Procedure： An Historical and Comparative Perspective&C. H. van Rhee 39
4 A Law and Economics View on Harmonisation of Procedural Law&Louis Visscher 65
5 Harmonisation of Civil Procedure： Policy Perspectives&Gerhard Wagner 93
6 Harmonisation of Civil Procedure and the Interaction with Private International Law&Xandra E. Kramer 121
7 Harmonisation of Civil Procedure and the Interaction with Substantive Private Law&Matthias E. Storme 141
Part H Harmonisation in a European and Global Context 159
8 Procedural Harmonisation in a European Context&Burkhard Hess 159
9 Harmonised Civil Procedure in a World of Structural Divergences？ Lessons Learned from the CEPEJ Evaluations&Alan Uzelac 175
10 Harmonisation in a Global Context： The ALI/UNIDROIT Principles&Michele Taruffo 207
Part Ⅲ National Approaches to Globalisation and Harmonisation 223
11 United States： Harmonisation and Voluntarism.The Role of Elites in Creating an Influential National Model，the Federal Rules of Civil Procedur&EPaul R.Dubinsky 223
12 Switzerland： Between Cosmopolitanism and Parochialism in Civil Litigation&Tanja Domej 247
13 Globalisation and Scottish Law&Peter Beaton 263
14 A Dutch Perspective on Civil Litigation and Its Harmonisation&Paulien van der Grinten 277
15 The German Approach to the Globalisation and Harmonisation of Civil Procedure： Balancing National Particularities and International Open-Mindedness&Stefan Huber 291
16 Convergence of Civil Procedure Systems in Europe：Comments from a Belgian Perspective&Benoit Allemeersch and Els Vandensande 317
17 The French Approach to the Globalisation and Harmonisation of Civil Procedure&Frederique Ferrand 335
18 Romanian Civil Procedure： The Reform Cycles&Sebastian Spinei 363
19 Closing Comments： Harmonisation or Globalisation of Civil Procedure？&Marcel Storme 379