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Belgium

Matthias E. Storme

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Evelyne Terryn

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Belgium illustrates the traditional European civil law tradition of emphasis on principles of civil litigation based on individual rights and standing. That tradition, requiring legislative rather than judicial authorization, has blocked general reform of collective representation and led to gradual recognition of individual and rather complex exceptions, overlaid by EU measures. No innovative reforms have yet crystallized.

Key Words: flexibility of civil procedure • actions in the collective interest • reflection on further possibilities for collective action

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 622, No. 1, 95-104 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208328282
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