This article provides an introduction for this issue of TCR, which is devoted to the establishment of the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC) and its international context.

This article provides an overview of the coming into being of the Netherlands Commercial Court and a perspective from a judge on the Netherlands Commercial Court.

This article discusses the Netherlands Commercial Court from the perspective of lawyers and examines whether the NCC will be an attractive venue for international commercial discputes.

This article provides an overview of the coming into being and functioning of the Commercial Court in England and Wales.

This article describes the procedure at the Commercial Court in England and Wales and gives an overview of the applied innovations.

This article provides an overview of the Paris Commercial Court and its international division.

This article discusses the role of the German civil justice system in changing times. It describes the challenges the civil justice system faces.

This article provides an overview regarding the Singapore International Commercial Court (the ‘SICC’). It describes the scope and services of the SICC and discusses amongst other things the relation between the SICC and mediation / international arbitration.

This article provides a brief overview of Delaware’s two business courts – the Court of Chancery and the Superior Court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division – as well as its business-friendly Rapid Arbitration Act.