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This book explores the performance of compensation law in
addressing the needs of the injured. Compensation procedure can be
dangerous to your health and may fail to compensate without
aggravation/creating other problems. This book takes a refreshing
and insightful approach to the law of compensation considering,
from an interdisciplinary perspective, the actual effect of
compensation law on people seeking compensation. Tort law, workers'
compensation, medical law, industrial injury law and other schemes
are examined and unintended consequences for injured people are
considered. These include ongoing physical and mental illness,
failure to rehabilitate, the impact on social security
entitlements, medical care as well as the impact on those who serve
- the lawyers, administrators, medical practitioners etc. All are
explored in this timely and fascinating book. The contributors
include lawyers, psychologists, and medical practitioners from
multiple jurisdictions including Australia, the Netherlands,
Canada, Italy and the UK.
The Law and Business of Litigation Finance considers the
international development of the law and practice of high value
litigation and arbitration funding. It is an essential guide for
those who provide or seek such funding, as well as for anyone who
wishes to understand the litigation funding process and to avoid
pitfalls. It answers questions such as: - How do litigation funders
raise capital and how do they spend it? - What are their corporate
and financial structures? - What type of cases do they invest in
and what are their returns? - What are the key legal issues
relating to litigation funding? The Law and Business of Litigation
Finance assists various parties, including: - Those who do not have
the resources or risk appetite to proceed in litigation or
arbitration without financial support - Law firms who are
interested in a significant business development opportunity, and
fairer outcome for litigants - Insolvent estates, whose biggest
assets are their potential claims - Judges, arbitrators and other
neutral parties in funded dispute resolution cases - Regulators,
legislators and policymakers in the fields of legal and financial
services - Investors who seek high risk, high return opportunities
The book is edited by one of the most accomplished litigation
funders in the international market and has contributions from
leading experts drawn from legal practice, financiers and academia.
The focus is on the UK and the US, the two main centres for the
international litigation funding industry, with reference to
Australia, New Zealand and other select jurisdictions. As the first
book on litigation finance to take an international, and
particularly transatlantic, perspective, this is a must-have guide
for all lawyers, commercial court judges, legal policy makers,
regulators, investors, and academics in these jurisdictions.
The property tax in the United States has never been more
important. Despite numerous attempts to limit its use, the property
tax remains the most significant source of tax revenue for local
governments. This is the "go to" book that draws together important
legal cases and related materials on the fundamental legal issues
concerning valuation, tax policy, and the property tax. This
collection provides an overview of the structure and function of
real property taxation in the U.S. It is intended to be useful to
lawyers and law students, as well as to policy makers,
practitioners, and others with an interest in the property tax.
Originally published in 1994, this book has been updated and
reissued.
Since the 1960s, the class action lawsuit has been a powerful tool
for holding businesses accountable. Yet years of attacks by
corporate America and unfavorable rulings by the Supreme Court have
left its future uncertain. In this book, Brian T. Fitzpatrick makes
the case for the importance of class action litigation from a
surprising political perspective: an unabashedly conservative point
of view. Conservatives have opposed class actions in recent years,
but Fitzpatrick argues that they should see such litigation not as
a danger to the economy, but as a form of private enforcement of
the law. He starts from the premise that all of us, conservatives
and libertarians included, believe that markets need at least some
rules to thrive, from laws that enforce contracts to laws that
prevent companies from committing fraud. He also reminds us that
conservatives consider the private sector to be superior to the
government in most areas. And the relatively little-discussed
intersection of those two beliefs is where the benefits of class
action lawsuits become clear: when corporations commit misdeeds,
class action lawsuits enlist the private sector to intervene,
resulting in a smaller role for the government, lower taxes, and,
ultimately, more effective solutions. Offering a novel argument
that will surprise partisans on all sides, The Conservative Case
for Class Actions is sure to breathe new life into this
long-running debate.
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