Publications

Scholarly publications

• X.E. Kramer & J. Sorabji (eds.), International Business Courts: A European and Global Perspective, Eleven International Publishing 2019 (296 pages) (open access).
• J. Sorabji & X.E. Kramer, Introduction - The International Business of Courts, in X.E. Kramer & J. Sorabji (eds.), International Business Courts: A European and Global Perspective, Eleven International Publishing 2019, p. 1-20 (full text);
• E. Themeli, International Commercial Courts Competition in Europe: A Litigation Experience Approach, in X.E. Kramer & J. Sorabji (eds.), International Business Courts: A European and Global Perspective, Eleven International Publishing 2019, p. 273-296. (full text);
• A. Biard ‘Justice en ligne ou Far Www.est? La difficile régulation des plat
• eformes en ligne de règlement extrajudiciaire des litiges’, Revue Internationale de Droit Économique 2019/2, p. 165-191;
• X.E. Kramer & J. Sorabji (eds.), International Business Courts in Europe and Beyond, Erasmus Law Review 2019/1 (special issue, full text);
• E. Themeli, Matchmaking International Commercial Courts and Lawyers’ Preferences in Europe’, Erasmus Law Review 2019, p. 70-81. (full text)
• X.E. Kramer & J. Sorabji, International Business Courts in Europe and Beyond: A Global Competition for Justice?, Erasmus Law Review 2019, p. 1-9 (full text);
• A. Biard, ‘International commercial courts in France: innovations without revolution?’, Erasmus Law Review 2019, p. 24-32 (full text);
• G. Antonopoulou, 'Requirements upon agreements in favour of the NCC and the German Chambers - Crashing with the Brussels Ibis Regulation?', Erasmus Law Review 2019, p. 56-69 (full text); 
• A. Biard, S. Voet, K. Hanemaaijer & E.M. van Gelder, Expériences et attentes des consommateurs vis-à-vis du Service de Médiation pour le Consommateur - enquête sur les dossiers incomplets // Ervaringen en verwachtingen van consumenten over de Consumentenombudsdienst - onderzoek naar onvolledige dossiers, Juli/juillet 2019, in French and in Dutch;
• A. Biard & B. Javaux, ‘Les recours collectifs à l'heure de la Legaltech - l'initiative européenne serait-elle déjà obsolète?', Revue Lamy Droit Civil, September 2019, n°173;
• A. Biard, 'Towards high-quality consumer ADR: the Belgian experience', in: L. Cadiet, B. Hess, M. Requejo Isidro (eds.), Privatising Dispute Resolution - Trends and Limits, Nomos 2019, vol.18 (author copy);
• X.E. Kramer, A Common Discourse in European Private International Law? A View from the Court System, in Jan von Hein, Eva-Maria Kieninger and Giesela Rühl (eds.), How European is European Private International Law, Intersentia 2019, p. 211-230 (draft author copy);
• G. Antonopoulou, Code-sharing agreements under the Brussels Ibis Regulation and the notion of matters relating to a contract ‒ Case note on flightright – CJEU joined cases C-274/16, C-447/16 and C-448/16, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law 2019(2), p. 89-92;
• A. Biard & C. Hodges, Médiation de la consommation: un bilan, des défis, des pistes de réflexion pour l'avenir, Contrats Concurrence Consommation, février 2019, étude, n°2;
• X.E. Kramer, Strengthening Civil Justice Cooperation: The Quest for Model Rules and Common Minimum Standards of Civil Procedure in Europe, in: Marco Antonio Rodrigues & Hermes Zaneti Jr, Coleção Grandes Temas do Novo CPC - v.13 - Cooperação Internacional, Editora Juspodivm 2019, p. 591-607 (author copy);
• A. Biard & X.E. Kramer, The EU directive on representative actions for consumers: a milestone or another missed opportunity?, Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP) 2019, p. 249-259;
• G. Antonopoulou, Defining International Disputes - Reflections ont he Netherlands Commercial Court Proposal, NIPR 2018, issue 4, p. 740-755 (full text);
• A. Biard, Impact of Directive 2013/11/EU on Consumer ADR: Evidence from France and the UK, Journal of Consumer Policy 2018, p. 1-39 (full text);
• E.M. van Gelder & A. Brenninkmeijer, The Rule of Law in the European Union: Standards of the Ombudsman, Judge, and Auditor, in: M. Hertogh & R. Kirkman (eds.), Research Handbook of the Ombudsman, Edward Elgar 2018;
• X.E. Kramer, Challenges of Electronic Taking of Evidence: Old Problems in a New Guise and New Problems in Disguise, in: La Prueba en el Proceso/Evidence in the process (Il Conferencia Internacional & XXVI Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Derecho Procesal IIDP & IAPL), Atelier 2018, p. 391-410 (author copy);
• A. Biard, contribution on France for the study Collective Redress in the Member States of the European Union, European Parliament, September 2018;
• X.E. Kramer, E. Themeli & E.M. van Gelder, e-Justice in the Netherlands: The Rocky Road to Digitised Justice, in: M. Weller & M. Wendland (eds.), Digital Single Market: Bausteine eines Rechts in der Digitalen Welt, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2018, p. 209-235 (author copy);
• E.M. van Gelder, Online Dispute Resolution: een veelbelovend initiatief voor toegang tot het recht?, Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht 2018, issue 7/8, p. 262-267.
• A. Biard, Collective redress in the EU: a rainbow behind the clouds?, ERA Forum May 2018, p. 1-16 (full text);
• X.E. Kramer, Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters, in: P.J. Kuijper, F. Amtenbrink, D. Curtin, B. De Witte, A. McDonnell & S. Van den Bogaert (Eds.), The Law of the European Union, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International 2018, p. 721-740 (author copy);
• E.M. van Gelder & A.B. Biard, The  Online Resolution Platform after one Year of Operation: A Work in Progress with Promising Potential, Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht & Handelspraktijken 2018(2), p. 77-82 (full text);
• A. Biard, Monitoring Consumer ADR in the EU - a Critical Perspective, European Review of Private Law 2 (2018), p. 171-196 (full text);
• A. Biard, Sale temps pour l'action de groupe...la nécessaire recherche d'outils alternatifs pour résoudre les litiges de masse, Revue Lamy Droit Civil 157 2018, p. 21-26 (full text).

Short papers, blogs and media

• S. Philipsen & E. Themeli, Een introductie op de robotrechter, Rechtreeks: Algoritmes in de rechtspraak. Wat artificiële intelligentie kan beteken voor de rechtspraak (2019) 2, p. 46-49;
• A. Biard, Ensuring the quality of ODR platforms: a new (voluntary) certification scheme in France, conflictoflaws.net, 13 November 2019; 
• G. Antonopoulou & E. Themeli, Seminar Report - Innovating International Business Courts, Rotterdam, European Review of Private Law (2019) 27(5), p. 1207-1214;
• J. Hoevenaars, Legal Aid Reform in the Netherlands: An Update, conflictoflaws.net, 18 September 2019;
• A. Biard & A. Pato, ‘Dancing cheek-to-cheek: Collective Redress and Data Protection’, Leuven Blog for Public Law, August 2019;
• X.E. Kramer, Updated European Small Claims Guides, conflictoflaws.net, 18 July 2019;
• G. Antonopoulou & X.E. Kramer, The International Business Courts saga continued: NCC First Judgment – BIBC Proposal unplugged, conflictoflaws.net, 27 March 2019;
• X.E. Kramer, Celebrating the Life of Professor Marcel Storme (1930-2018): A Cathedral Builder in Praise of Folly, International Journal of Procedural Law 2018, p. 224-228;
• G. Antonopoulou & X.E. Kramer, The Netherlands Commercial Court holds its first hearing!, conflictoflaws.net, 18 February 2019;
• G. Antonopoulou, E. Themeli & X.E. Kramer, No Fake News: The Netherlands Commercial Court proposal approved!, conflictoflaws.net, 11 December 2018;
• J. Hoevenaars, Legal Aid Reform in the Netherlands: LASPO 2.0?, conflictoflaws.net, 14 November 2018;
• A. Biard, Current policy discussions on ADR/ODR in France: towards greater regulation for the Legaltech?, conflictoflaws.net, 13 November 2018;
• E. Themeli, X.E. Kramer & G. Antonopoulou, International Commercial Courts: Should the EU Be Next? – EP Study Building Competence in Commercial Law, conflictoflaws.net, 23 September 2018;
• E.M. van Gelder & X.E. Kramer, The deadlock in the digitisation of the Dutch judiciary, European Civil Procedure (EUCP), 25 April 2018;
• X.E Kramer, Update on ‘This one is next: the Netherlands Commercial Court!’, conflictoflaws.net, 14 March 2018;
• G. Antonopoulou, E. Themeli & X.E. Kramer, Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC) expected to open its doors on 1 July 2018, European Civil Procedure (EUCP), 9 March 2018;
• G. Antonopoulou, E. Themeli & X.E. Kramer, This one is next: the Netherlands Commercial Court!, conflictoflaws.net, 8 March 2018;
• G. Antonopoulou & E. Themeli, The domino effect of international commercial courts in Europe – Who’s next?, conflictoflaws.net, 20 February 2018;
• E.M. van Gelder, Reactie op Nieuwsuur uitzending over e-Court, KEIduidelijk.nl, 29 January 2018;
• E.M. van Gelder & A. Biard, Functioning of the ODR Platform: EU Commission Publishes First Results, conflictoflaws.net, 15 December 2017;
• E.M. van Gelder, Digitalisering in buitengerechtelijke geschiloplossing, KEIduidelijk.nl, 10 December 2017;
• X.E. Kramer & E. Bauw, ‘Commercial Court’ is uitkomst voor complexe internationale handelszaken, Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), 10 October 2017;
• A. Biard, X.E. Kramer & I. Tillema, Dutch collective redress dangerous? A call for a more nuanced approach, conflictoflaws.net, 3 October 2017;
• A. Biard, Mandatory Mediation Procedures v Effective Access to Courts: CJEU Sets Down Criteria, conflictoflaws.net, 11 July 2017.

Selected earlier publications relevant to the project

• B. Kas, ‘Transforming the European ‘Legal Field’ by strategic litigation’ in L. de Almeida, M. Cantero Gamito, M. Djurovic, K. Purnhagen, The Transformation of Economic Law, Hart Publishing (2019), pp. 347-366;
• B. Kas, P. Hacker, European Union Litigation, 15 European Review of Contract Law 3 (2019), pp. 340-363.
• B. Kas, H.W. Micklitz, Rechtsprechungsübersicht zum Europäischen Vertrags- und Deliktsrecht (2014–2018) – Teil II, Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (2018), 241-300;
• B. Kas, H.W. Micklitz, Rechtsprechungsübersicht zum Europäischen Vertrags- und Deliktsrecht (2008–2013) – Teil I, Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (2018), 181-220;
• B. Kas, F. Esposito, European Union Litigation, 14 European Review of Contract Law 3 (2018), 273-291;
• J. Hoevenaars, A People's Court? A Bottom-Up Approach to Litigation before the European Court of Justice (doctoral thesis), 2018;
• X.E. Kramer & B. Hess, From Common Rules to Best Practices in European Civil Procedure, Baden-Baden/Oxford: Nomos/Hart 2017;
• X.E. Kramer, Legal Aid, in: J. Basedow, G. Rühl, F. Ferrari & P.A. de Miguel Asensio (eds.), Encyclopedia of Private International Law, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2017, p. 1089-1094;
• X.E. Kramer & E. Themeli, The Party Autonomy Paradigm: European and Global Developments on Choice of Forum, in: V. Lazić & S. Stuij, Brussels Ibis Regulation: Changes and Challenges of the Renewed Procedural Scheme, The Hague/Heidelberg: Asser Press/Springer 2017, p. 27-49 (full text);
• X.E. Kramer, Access to Justice and Technology: Transforming the Face of Cross-Border Civil Litigation and Adjudication in the EU, in: Karim Benyekhlef, Jane Bailey, Jacquie Burkell & Fabien Gélinas (eds.), E-Access to Justice, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press 2016, p. 351-375 (full text);
• E. Themeli, Sculpturing Adjudication as a Public Good: Competition between Jurisdictions as a Modeling Factor, in: M. Duchateau, S. Fikkers, L. Lane & E. van Schagen (eds.), Evolution in Dispute Resolution: From Adjudication to ADR, The Hague: Eleven International Publishing 2016, p. 15-34 (full text).
• X.E. Kramer & S. Kakiuchi, Relief in Small and Simple Matters in an Age of Austerity, in: H. Pekcanitez, N. Bolayir & C. Simil (eds.), XVth International Association of Procedural Law World Congress Istanbul: Oniki Levha Yayıncılık 2016, p. 121-225 (full text);
• X.E. Kramer, Towards ELI-Unidroit Model Rules of Civil Procedure: Basic Premises and Challenges (working paper 2016; full text);
• X.E. Kramer, European Procedures on Debt Collection: Nothing or Noting? Experiences and Future Prospects, in: B. Hess & E. Storskrubb (eds.), Oxford: Hart Publishing 2016, p. 97-121 (full text);
• A. Biard & R. Amaro, Resolving Mass Claims in France, report for the project Empirical Evidence on Collective Redress in Europe, BACT-RILE Working Papers Series No 2016-5;
• A. Biard, Class Action Developments in France, Global Class Action Exchange, August 2016;
• B. Kas, European Union Litigation, 11 European Review of Contract Law 3 (2015), 256-280;
• B. Kas, European Union Litigation, 11 European Review of Contract Law 1 (2015), 51-75;
• A. Biard & D. Fairgrieve, Collective Redress Proceedings – France, report for the project: 'Focus on Collective Redress', British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), June 2015;
• A. Biard, Iudex Non Calculat? Judges and the Magnitude of Mass Litigation from a Behavioural Perspective, European Journal of Risk Regulation 6(4) 2015, p. 597-612;
• J. Hoevenaars, The Preliminary Reference Procedure: Challenge or Opportunity, Recht der Werkelijkheid 3 2015 (Special Issue on Access to Justice), p. 83-97 (full text);
• B. Kas, European Union Litigation, 10 European Review of Contract Law 3 (2014), 427-443;
• B. Kas, European Union Litigation, 10 European Review of Contract Law 2 (2014), 285-311;
• B. Kas, H.W. Micklitz, Overview of cases before the CJEU on European Consumer Contract Law (2008–2013) – Part II, 10 European Review of Contract Law 2 (2014), 189-257;
• A. Biard, Judges and Mass Litigation - a (Behavioural) Law & Economics Perspective (doctoral thesis), 2014;
• L. Visscher & A. Biard, Dutch Mass Litigation from a Legal and Economic Perspective and its Relevance for France, RILE Working Paper Series 2014/02;
• X.E. Kramer, The Structure of Civil Proceedings and Why It Matters: Exploratory Observations on Future ELI-UNIDROIT European Rules of Civil Procedure, Uniform Law Review 2014, p. 218-238 (full text);
• X.E. Kramer, Competitie in de Europese Civiele Rechtsruimte. Een spanningsveld in de Grensoverschrijdende geschillenbeslechting, Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht 51(4) 2014, p. 1745-1806;
• B. Kas, H.W. Micklitz, Rechtsprechungsübersicht zum Europäischen Vertrags- und Deliktsrecht (2008–2013) – Teil II, Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht 10 (2013), 353-380;
• B. Kas, H.W. Micklitz, Rechtsprechungsübersicht zum Europäischen Vertrags- und Deliktsrecht (2008–2013) – Teil I, Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht 9 (2013), 314-334;
• Xandra Kramer, Procedure Matters: Construction and Deconstructivism in European Civil Procedure, Erasmus Law Lectures 33 (inaugural lecture Erasmus School of Law 2012), The Hague: Eleven International Publishing 2013 (full text);
• X.E. Kramer, Enforcing Mass Settlements in the European Judicial Area: EU Policy and the Strange Case of Dutch Collective Settlements (WCAM), in: C. Hodges & A. Stadler (Eds.), Resolving Mass Disputes: ADR and Settlement of Mass Claims, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2013, p. 63-90 (full text).
• T. Havinga & J. Hoevenaars, Het Hof van justitie van de Europese Unie en de rechtsbescherming van burgers. Over actieve, afwachtende en afwezige particuliere procespartijen, in: C.A. Groenendijk, E. Guild, S. Mantu, A. Terlouw, P. Minderhoud & K. Zwaan (Eds.), Issues that matter. Mensenrechten, minderheden en migranten, Oisterwijk: Wolf Legal Publishers 2013, p. 201-210.