New Pathways to Civil Justice in Europe

Introduction: The Future of Access to Justice - Beyond Science Fiction by Alexandre Biard, Jos Hoevenaars, Xandra Kramer & Erlis Themeli.- Part I - Digitalisation and AI: The Human Control over Autonomous Robotic Systems: What Ethical and Legal Lessons for Judicial Uses of AI? by Daniele Amoroso & Guglielmo Tamburrini.- Court Information Technology: Hypes, Hopes and Dreams by Dory Reiling.- The Computer as the Courtroom: How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Judicial Processes? by Nicolas Vermeys.- Part II - Privatisation and ADR: Delivering Justice by Christopher Hodges.- Trust and Transparency and the Ombuds: Justice Behind Closed Doors? by Lewis Shand Smith.- CDR in Belgium: The Special Place of the Belgian Residual ADR Body by Pieter-Jan de Koning.- How to Avoid a Trial: In Praise of ADR and Ombudsmen by Frédérique Coffre & Pierre-Laurent Holleville.- Analysis - Defiances - Reflections in Germany by Stefan Weiser & Felix Braun.- Part III - Self Representation: Self-representation and the Courts: Some Policy Observations from the Netherlands by Paulien van der Grinten.- With and Without Lawyers: Empirical Research on Legal Representation in Dutch Civil Court Cases by Roland Eshuis.- Justice Without Lawyers by John Sorabji.- Part IV - Court Specialisation: The Pros and Cons of Judicial Specialization by Elisabetta Silvestri.- International Commercial Courts: Specialised Courts? by Marta Requejo Isidro.- Anti-Specialisation Trends in Dispute Resolution or a Shift Towards a New Paradigm? An Initial Exploratory Analysis of Dispute Resolution in the Global Village by Ianika Tzankova.- Part V - Concluding Remarks: Constituting a Civil Legal System Called "Just": Law, Money, Power, and Publicity by Judith Resnik.