I think that it is connected with the harmonisation of different legal systems which have been brought together as the result of eu legislation and which sometimes seem to make strange bedfellows. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/facts/4_11_4_en.htm
http://www.era.int/web/en/html/nodes_main/4_1649_459/4_2153_462/events_0000_External_Press_Releases/5_2508_6193.htm
http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ524561&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ524561
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/12027/2008/00000009/00000001/00000051
http://www.bcjusticereview.org/working_groups/civil_justice/young_paper_02_06.pdf
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/6/6/0/6/p266064_index.html
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-7226044/Changes-In-Civil-Procedure-And.html