1. Introduction: Research Aims and Methodology Paul Beaumont and Mihail Danov Part I: Shaping the Development of the Private International Law Framework 2. EU Competence to Legislate in the Area of Private International Law and Law Reforms at the EU Level Jan von Hein 3. An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the EU Institutions in Making and Interpreting EU Private International Law Regulations Burcu Yüksel 4. Unharmonised Procedural Rules: Is there a Case for Further Harmonisation at EU Level? Jonathan Fitchen Part II: Cross-border Litigation Pattern-Empirical Data and Analysis 5. Great Britain Paul Beaumont, Mihail Danov, Katarina Trimmings and Burcu Yüksel 6. Belgium Thalia Kruger and Eline Ulrix 7. Germany Jan von Hein and Hannah Dittmers 8. Italy Stefania Bariatti, Ilaria Viarengo, Francesca C Villata, Sara Bernasconi and Filippo Marchetti 9. Spain Carmen Otero García-Castrillón 10. Poland Agnieszka Frackowiak-Adamska, Agnieszka Guzewicz and Lukasz Petelski 11. Austria Florian Heindler and Bea Verschraegen 12. Bulgaria Teodora Tsenova and Anton Petrov 13. Croatia Ivana Kunda 14. Cyprus Nikitas E Hatzimihail 15. Czech Republic Monika Pauknerová, Marta Zavadilová and Jirí Grygar 16. Finland Gustaf Möller 17. France Horatia Muir Watt, Sabine Corneloup, Laurence Usunier, Didier Boden,Jeremy Heymann and David Sindres 18. Greece Aspasia Archontaki and Paata Simsive 19. Hungary Csongor István Nagy 20. Ireland Maebh Harding 21. Latvia Irena Kucina 22. Lithuania Kristina Praneviciene 23. Luxembourg Céline Camara 24. Malta Antoine G Cremona, Clement Mifsud-Bonnici and Calvin Calleja 25. The Netherlands Aukje Van Hoek, Ian Sumner and Cathalijne van der Plas 26. Portugal Elsa Dias Oliveira, João Gomes de Almeida, Eugénia Galvão Teles, Susana Maltez and Raquel Correia 27. Romania Ileana M Smeureanu, Lucian Ilie and Alexandra Ema Dobre 28. Slovakia Miroslava Vozáryová and Katarína Burdová 29. Slovenia Suzana Kraljic 30. Sweden Michael Bogdan and Ulf Maunsbach 31. Promoting Efficient Litigation? Stephen Dnes 32. Data Analysis: Important Issues to be Considered in a Cross-border Context Mihail Danov Part III: Litigating Cross-border Civil and Commercial Disputes-A Europe of Law and Justice 33. Cross-border Civil and Commercial Disputes Before the Court of Justice of the European Union Paul Beaumont and Burcu Yüksel 34. Legal Certainty and Predictability in the EUPILLAR Project's Regulations: An Assessment Carmen Otero García-Castrillón 35. Effective Remedies in Cross-border Civil and Commercial Law Disputes: A Case for an Institutional Reform at EU Level Mihail Danov and Paul Beaumont 36. Cross-border Contract Litigation in the EU Zheng Sophia Tang 37. Cross-border Non-contractual Disputes: The Legislative Framework and Court Practice Michael Wilderspin 38. Litigating Cross-border Intellectual Property Disputes in the EU Private International Law Framework Paul Torremans 39. Private Enforcement of Competition Law Jonathan Fitchen 40. The Relationship Between Litigation and ADR: Evaluating the Effect of the EU PIL Framework on ADR/Settlements in Cross-border Cases Mihail Danov and Stefania Bariatti Part IV: Litigating Cross-border Family Law Disputes-A Europe of Law and Justice 41. Court of Justice of the European Union's Case Law on Family Law Matters Under Brussels IIa and Maintenance Paul Beaumont and Katarina Trimmings 42. Habitual Residence: The Factors that Courts Consider Thalia Kruger 43. No Deal Better than a Bad Deal-Child Abduction and the Brussels IIa Regulation Agnieszka Frackowiak-Adamska 44. New (and Old) Problems for Maintenance Creditors Under the EU Maintenance Regulation Lara Walker 45. Mediation in EU Cross-border Family Law Ruth Lamont 46. Matrimonial Matters Under the Brussels IIa Regulation Katarina Trimmings Part V: Conclusion 47. Cross-border Litigation in Europe: Some Theoretical Issues and Some Practical Challenges Paul Beaumont, Mihail Danov, Katarina Trimmings and Burcu Yüksel