New Directions in European Private Law

1. Political Disruption, Technological Disruption and the Future of EU Private Law Roger Brownsword, King’s College London, UK 2. Standardisation of Agreement in EU Law. An Adieu to the Contracting Parties? Francisco de Elizalde, IE University, Spain 3. Schools of Thought in European Private Law Cristina Poncibò, University of Turin, Italy, and Oscar Borgogno, University of Turin, Italy 4. The Geo-blocking Regulation and the Digital Single Market Strategy Valeria Falce, Universit à Europea di Roma, Italy, and Giusella Finocchiaro, University of Bologna, Italy 5. The Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on Directive 98/34/EC Laying Down a Procedure for the Provision of Information in the Field of Technical Standards and Regulations (Directive 2015/1535) and Its Impact on Private Law Relations Eileen Sheehan, Court of Justice of the European Union 6. Beyond Regulation: The Collaborative Economy in Need of New General Principles of EU Law? Vassilis Hatzopoulos, Panteion University, Athens, Greece 7. Activating EU Private Law in the Online Platform Economy Menno Cox, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission 8. Blockchain Law: Between Public and Private, Transnational and Domestic Georgios Dimitropoulos, HBKU College of Law, Qatar 9. Civil Liability and New Technologies Michel Cannarsa, Lyon Catholic University, France 10. Harmonising Private Law in Cyberspace: The New Directives in the Digital Single Market Context Andrej Savin, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark 11. Epilogue – New Directions, but Which Ones? Hans-W Micklitz, European University Institute, Italy