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Author | : Damian Bernard Grave |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1212 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Class actions (Civil procedure) |
ISBN | : 9780455228693 |
This highly practical text offers complete and comprehensive coverage of class action law in Australia. Addressing the wide ranging developments since the first edition published in 2005, the authors continue to cover class action litigation fully, from commencement through choice of forum, opting-out, conduct, trial, settlement, costs and funding.
Author | : Rachael Mulheron |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2004-11-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1847310966 |
Multi-party litigation is a world-wide legal process, and the class action device is one of its best-known manifestations. As a means of providing access to justice and achieving judicial economies, the class action is gaining increasing endorsement - particularly given the prevalence of mass consumerism of goods and services, and the extent to which the activities and decisions of corporations and government bodies can affect large numbers of people. The primary purpose of this book is to compare and contrast the class action models that apply under the federal regimes of Australia and the United States and the provincial regimes of Ontario and British Columbia in Canada. While the United States model is the most longstanding, there have now been sufficient judicial determinations under each of the studied jurisdictions to provide a constructive basis for comparison. In the context of the drafting and application of a workable class action framework, it is apparent that similar problems have been confronted across these jurisdictions, which in turn promotes a search for assistance in the experience and legal analysis of others. The book is presented in three Parts. The first Part deals with the class action concept and its alternatives, and also discusses and critiques the stance of England where the introduction of the opt-out class action model has been opposed. The second Part focuses upon the various criteria and factors governing commencement of a class action (encompassing matters such as commonality, superiority, suitability, and the class representative). Part 3 examines matters pertaining to conduct of the action itself (such as becoming a class member, notice requirements, settlement, judgments, and costs and fees). The book is written to have practical utility for a wide range of legal practitioners and professionals, such as: academics and students of comparative civil procedure and multi-party litigation; litigation lawyers who may use the reference materials cited to the benefit of their own class action clients; and those charged with law reform who look to adopt the most workable (and avoid the unworkable) features in class action models elsewhere.
Author | : Rachael Mulheron |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 475 |
Release | : 2020-04-02 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107043972 |
Government, in all of its guises, plays a significant, controversial, and sometimes hidden, role in class actions reform and litigation.
Author | : Damian Bernard Grave |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Class actions (Civil procedure) |
ISBN | : 9780646967158 |
Author | : John C. Coffee |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2015-06-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674736796 |
In class actions, attorneys effectively hire clients rather than act as their agent. Lawyer-financed, lawyer-controlled, and lawyer-settled, this entrepreneurial litigation invites lawyers to act in their own interest. John Coffee’s goal is to save class action, not discard it, and to make private enforcement of law more democratically accountable.
Author | : Michael Legg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Actions and defenses |
ISBN | : 9780455229508 |
While litigation is often considered a last resort for achieving regulatory objectives, its use can have significant impacts on the regulator and regulated entity, and a consequential impact on industry, government and the public. REGULATION, LITIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT examines the procedural aspects of litigation in the regulatory context from the perspective of theory, policy and practice. It considers litigation issues common to all regulatory schemes, such as investigation and information gathering powers, and criminal law aspects of regulatory litigation. The different regulatory regimes are considered together so that they can be compared and contrasted. REGULATION, LITIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT reviews the need for regulation, forms of regulation and techniques of regulation. Pre-litigation steps are covered; coercive investigatory powers examined; and the limitations imposed by privilege discussed.
Author | : David Bamford |
Publisher | : Lawbook Company |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Actions and defenses |
ISBN | : 9780455224930 |
Contents: 1 The civil justice system; 2 Commencing proceedings: Jurisdiction and parties; 3 Commencing proceedings: The practicalities; 4 How courts manage cases and make procedural decisions; 5 Defining the issues; 6 Pre-trial termination of proceedings; 7 Protecting positions until trial; 8 Gathering information; 9 Court-annexed alternative dispute resolution; 10 Offers to settle and offers to compromise; 11 Costs; 12 Appeals; 13 Enforcement and execution
Author | : Suzanne Chiodo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2018-10-05 |
Genre | : LAW |
ISBN | : 9781552214763 |
"The Ontario Class Proceedings Act, 1992 represented a major innovation in civil procedure. Suzanne Chiodo’s book ... looks at the origins of representative proceedings in equity, the rise of modern-day class actions around the world (particularly in the United States and Quebec), and at the debates about the Ontario legislation. The book presents an ... analysis of the political and social influences that shaped this momentous legal change. It explains for the first time how the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee Report in 1990 pulled together so many divergent interests where previous attempts had failed."--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Bernard Hanotiau |
Publisher | : Kluwer Law International B.V. |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 904112442X |
Provides an analysis of the issues arising from multiparty-multicontract arbitrations, including those involving States and groups of companies. This work analyses theories on the basis of which courts and arbitral tribunals determine who are parties to the arbitration clause; and whether an arbitration clause may be extended to non-signatories.
Author | : Deborah R. Hensler |
Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2016-05-27 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1783470445 |
In recent years collective litigation procedures have spread across the globe, accompanied by hot controversy and normative debate. Yet virtually nothing is known about how these procedures operate in practice. Based on extensive documentary and interview research, this volume presents the results of the first comparative investigation of class actions and group litigation 'in action'. Produced by a multinational team of legal scholars, this book spans research from ten different countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, including common law and civil law jurisdictions. The contributors conclude that to understand how class actions work in practice, one needs to know the cultural factors that shape claiming, the financial arrangements that enable or impede litigation, and how political actors react when mass claims erupt. Substantive law and procedural rules matter, but culture, economics and politics matter at least as much. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of law, business and politics. It will also be of use to public policy makers looking to respond to mass claims; financial analysts looking to understanding the potential impact of new legal instruments; and global lawyers who litigate transnationally. Contributors:A. Barroilhet, C. Cameron, N. Creutzfeldt, M.A. Gómez, A. Halfmeier, D.R. Hensler, C. Hodges, K.-C. Huang, J. Kalajdzic, A. Klement, B. Stier, E. Thornburg, I. Tzankova, S. Voet