Intro; Contents; 1 Considerations on the Impact of EU Law on National Civil Procedure: Recent Examples from Belgium; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 EU Law Requirements for National Civil Procedure: The Overarching Framework; 1.2.1 The Concept of National Procedural Autonomy; 1.2.1.1 Origins; 1.2.1.2 The Issue of Autonomy; Member States Are Not Autonomous When Enacting Rules of Civil Procedure; The EU Has an Extensive Competence to Enact Rules of Civil Procedure; 1.2.1.3 The Relevance of Fundamental Rights; 1.2.2 EU Law as a Multiple Constraint on National Civil Procedure

1.3 Civil Procedure in EU Legislation and EU Case Law: Recent Examples and Impact on the Belgian Legal Order1.3.1 National Civil Procedure in the Case Law of the Court of Justice; 1.3.1.1 Introduction; 1.3.1.2 Ex Officio Application of the Unfair Contract Terms Directive; General; The 2015 Reform of Default Proceedings in Belgium; 1.3.1.3 Rules on the Reimbursement of Party-Appointed Expert Fees and the IP Enforcement Directive; 1.3.1.4 A Number of Brief Considerations Regarding the Influence of EU Case Law; 1.3.2 EU Rules on Civil Procedure; 1.3.2.1 Introduction

1.3.2.2 Private Damages DirectiveGeneral; Impact in Belgium; Rules on Prescription; Presumption of Harm; 1.3.2.3 Trade Secrets Directive; General; Impact in Belgium; Remedies and Their Scope; Protection of Confidentiality in the Course of Judicial Proceedings; 1.3.2.4 A Number of Brief Considerations Regarding the Influence of EU Legislation; 1.4 Different Approaches to Civil Procedure; 1.4.1 EU Approach to Civil Procedure: Sectoral and Functional; 1.4.2 Member State Approach to Civil Procedure: Horizontal and Autonomous; 1.5 Consequences for Civil Procedure at the Member State Level

1.5.1 The Issue of Fragmentation1.5.2 Competence for Regulation of Civil Procedure; 1.5.3 The Future of Civil Procedure Regulation in the EU; 1.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 2 The Internationalisation of Procedural Law: The Law on Execution and Attachment Orders; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Need for Internationalisation in The Netherlands and Particularly Europeanisation Within the European Union; 2.3 The Importance of the Council of Europe and CEPEJ; 2.4 An Area Suitable for Unification: Execution and Attachment Law; 2.5 What To Do Next?; 2.6 A Short-Term Solution

2.7 A Solution in the Longer TermReferences; 3 Harmonisation of Conflict of Law Rules in the US? The Example of Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Basis of Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the US; 3.2.1 Preliminary Remarks; 3.2.2 Federal v. State Law; 3.2.2.1 Hilton v Guyot: The Basis for Recognition of Foreign Judgments; 3.2.2.2 Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins; 3.3 The 1962 and 2005 Acts and the Third Restatement: An Attempt at Harmonisation?; 3.3.1 Preliminary Remarks