1 Civil Litigation in a Globalising World： An Introduction&Xandra E. Kramer and C. H. van Rhee

Part Ⅰ Different Perspectives on Globalisation and Harmonisation

2 Fundamental Principles of Civil Procedure：Order Out of Chaos&Neil Andrews

3 Harmonisation of Civil Procedure： An Historical and Comparative Perspective&C. H. van Rhee

4 A Law and Economics View on Harmonisation of Procedural Law&Louis Visscher

5 Harmonisation of Civil Procedure： Policy Perspectives&Gerhard Wagner

6 Harmonisation of Civil Procedure and the Interaction with Private International Law&Xandra E. Kramer

7 Harmonisation of Civil Procedure and the Interaction with Substantive Private Law&Matthias E. Storme

Part H Harmonisation in a European and Global Context

8 Procedural Harmonisation in a European Context&Burkhard Hess

9 Harmonised Civil Procedure in a World of Structural Divergences？ Lessons Learned from the CEPEJ Evaluations&Alan Uzelac

10 Harmonisation in a Global Context： The ALI/UNIDROIT Principles&Michele Taruffo

Part Ⅲ National Approaches to Globalisation and Harmonisation

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

12 Switzerland： Between Cosmopolitanism and Parochialism in Civil Litigation&Tanja Domej

13 Globalisation and Scottish Law&Peter Beaton

14 A Dutch Perspective on Civil Litigation and Its Harmonisation&Paulien van der Grinten

15 The German Approach to the Globalisation and Harmonisation of Civil Procedure： Balancing National Particularities and International Open-Mindedness&Stefan Huber

16 Convergence of Civil Procedure Systems in Europe：Comments from a Belgian Perspective&Benoit Allemeersch and Els Vandensande

17 The French Approach to the Globalisation and Harmonisation of Civil Procedure&Frederique Ferrand

18 Romanian Civil Procedure： The Reform Cycles&Sebastian Spinei

19 Closing Comments： Harmonisation or Globalisation of Civil Procedure？&Marcel Storme