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Published: March 28, 2018

On 23 March, Erlis Themeli defended his thesis "The Great Race of Courts, Civil Justice System Competition in the European Union" at the Erasmus School of Law. His study focuses on the civil justice system competition in the EU, a form of regulatory competition in which states try to attract parties to litigate in their jurisdictions. Building on an interdisciplinary methodology, his study offers an in-depth theoretical and empirical research analysing the competition currently taking place between civil justice systems. It focuses in particular on the motivations and attitudes of governments and litigants, and presents the findings of a survey conducted with lawyers from the largest law firms in Europe. Erlis Themeli is working on the postdoc project Digitalisation of Civil Justice (eJustice).