Publications

Scholarly publications

• Hoevenaars, J. & Krommendijk, J. (2021). Black box in Luxembourg: the bewildering experience of national court judges and lawyers in the context of the preliminary ruling procedure. European Law Review, 46 (1), 61-80.
• E. Themeli and S. Philipsen, AI as the Court: Assessing AI Deployment in Civil Cases, in K. Benyekhlef (ed), AI and Law. A Critical Overview, Éditions Thémis 2021, p. 213-232.
• Hoevenaars, J. (2020). Lawyering EU law: An Empirical Exploration into the Practice of Preliminary References. European Papers, 5 (2).
• X.E. Kramer, A. Biard, J. Hoevenaars & E. Themeli, New Pathways to Civil Justice in Europe, Springer 2021 (forthcoming);
• I.N. Tzankova & X.E. Kramer, From Injunction and Settlement to Action: Collective Redress and Funding in the Netherlands, in: AlanUzelac and Stefaan Voet, Class Actions in Europe: Holy Grail or a Wrong Trail?, Springer 2020 (forthcoming) (author copy)
• J. Hoevenaars & X.E. Kramer, ‘Improving Access to Information in European Civil Justice: a Mission (Im)Possible?’, in: J. von Hein & T. Kruger (eds.), Informed Choices in Cross-Border Enforcement, Intersentia 2020, p. 503-525 (author copy);
• X.E. Kramer & J. Hoevenaars, ‘European Civil Procedure and the Dialogue between National Courts and the European Court of Justice’, in B. Hess and K. Lenaerts (eds.), The Fiftieth Anniversary of the European Law of Civil Procedure, Nomos 2020, p. 175-201;
• J. Hoevenaars, ‘Advocaten in Europa: Vertegenwoordiging op het Hoogste Niveau?’, Recht der Werkelijkheid 2020/3, p. 7-29;
• J. Hoevenaars, ‘Procederen voor de hoogste rechter: Empowerment of Vervreemding?’, in A. Böcker & P. Minderhoud (eds.), Reguleren en Procederen. Bijdragen aan het seminar ter gelegenheid van de pensionering van Tetty Havinga, Wolf Legal Publishing 2020, p. 49-59;
• A. Biard & S. Voet, ‘Expériences et attitudes de consommateurs avec le Service de Médiation pour le Consommateur/Consumentenombudsdienst : enquête sur les dossiers incomplets’, Droit de la consommation/Consumentenrecht (D.C.C.R) 2020/126;
• E.M. van Gelder, ‘The European approach to Consumer ODR’, International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution 2019/2, p. 219-226;
• 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 plateformes 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 (full text);
• 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

• Hoevenaars, J. & Kas, B. (2021). Conference Report: ‘Frontiers in Civil Justice’, 16 and 17 November 2020, Erasmus University Rotterdam. In Frontiers in Civil Justice Vol. 1. European Review of Private Law (pp. 143-155). Wolters Kluwer
• X.E. Kramer, Adoption ELI-Unidroit Model European Rules of Civil Procedure, conflictoflaws.net, 2 November 2020;
• J. Hoevenaars & X.E. Kramer, Mass Litigation in Times of Corona and Developments in the Netherlands, conflictoflaws.net, 22 April 2020;
• E.M. van Gelder, X.E. Kramer & E. Themeli (with support of the ERC team), Access to Justice in Times of Corona, conflictoflaws.net, 7 April 2020;
• J. Hoevenaars, ‘Interview: Hof van Justitie? Ervaring gewenst!’, Het Advocatenblad, 27 February 2020;
• E.M. van Gelder & J. Hoevenaars, Conference Report: Challenge Accepted! Exploring Pathways to Civil Justice in Europe. in European Review of Private Law (2020) p. 771-782.
• J. Hoevenaars, ‘Bridging the Gap Between Communities: Creating a Common Vocabulary’, ‘e’ meets justice, p. 32-33;
• E.M. van Gelder, X.E. Kramer & E. Themeli, ‘Enhanced cooperation to provide citizens access to justice throughout the EU’, ‘e’ meets justice, p. 48-51;
• 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.