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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. Gomez, A. Halfmeier, D.R. Hensler, C.
Hodges, K.-C. Huang, J. Kalajdzic, A. Klement, B. Stier, E.
Thornburg, I. Tzankova, S. Voet
This groundbreaking volume of The ANNALS provides the first
overview of class action laws and related mechanisms around the
world. It features 30 "country reports" by leading scholars,
describing the adoption, characteristics and consequences to date
of class action and non-class group litigation procedures ranging
across North and Latin America, Australia, Asia and Europe. What
were once seen as singular disputes between individuals (or between
an individual and a corporation) are now viewed increasingly as
group struggles against multinational corporations and other global
institutions. This escalating trend of class actions and group
litigation in private civil court cases extends well beyond the
interest of lawyers. The social, economic, and political
ramifications of permitting class actions are potentially vast-not
just in the United States, but increasingly throughout the world,
as in less than a decade the number of countries that permit
representative litigation by private actors has multiplied
dramatically. The United States has led the way in these
developments. Adopted by the U.S. federal judiciary in 1966, group
litigation made it easier for individuals to come forward to claim
remedies, including money damages, on behalf of large groups of
similarly affected individuals. Class actions dramatically shift
the balance of power between the "haves" and the "have-nots." Yet
as this trend has grown in the United States. and has taken hold
around the globe, little analysis has been done on the costs or
outcomes of group litigation - and even less is known about
litigants' and lawyers' choices to prosecute class actions. There
is impassioned debate over the cost and benefits of class
litigation in the United States. Does it impose costs on economic
factors that are larger than any benefit it creates - thereby
diminishing social welfare? By placing responsibility for social
reform and public policy in the hands of appointed judges or lay
jurors - rather than elected legislators - does it produce outcomes
that are not supported by the majority of citizens? In December
2007, Stanford Law School and the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal
Studies organized an international conference that studied the
global spread of class actions and group litigation procedures.
Scholars, jurists, and practitioners from around the world gathered
to discuss and debate the use of group litigation procedures and
initiate a research project on the evolution of class actions and
aggregate litigation worldwide. This volume of The ANNALS is one
result of that conference. Students, scholars and policymakers will
find this anthology of reports to be an essential overview,
providing a solid understanding of the effects of class actions
around the globe.
This groundbreaking volume of The ANNALS provides the first
overview of class action laws and related mechanisms around the
world. It features 30 "country reports" by leading scholars,
describing the adoption, characteristics and consequences to date
of class action and non-class group litigation procedures ranging
across North and Latin America, Australia, Asia and Europe. What
were once seen as singular disputes between individuals (or between
an individual and a corporation) are now viewed increasingly as
group struggles against multinational corporations and other global
institutions. This escalating trend of class actions and group
litigation in private civil court cases extends well beyond the
interest of lawyers. The social, economic, and political
ramifications of permitting class actions are potentially vast-not
just in the United States, but increasingly throughout the world,
as in less than a decade the number of countries that permit
representative litigation by private actors has multiplied
dramatically. The United States has led the way in these
developments. Adopted by the U.S. federal judiciary in 1966, group
litigation made it easier for individuals to come forward to claim
remedies, including money damages, on behalf of large groups of
similarly affected individuals. Class actions dramatically shift
the balance of power between the "haves" and the "have-nots." Yet
as this trend has grown in the United States. and has taken hold
around the globe, little analysis has been done on the costs or
outcomes of group litigation - and even less is known about
litigants' and lawyers' choices to prosecute class actions. There
is impassioned debate over the cost and benefits of class
litigation in the United States. Does it impose costs on economic
factors that are larger than any benefit it creates - thereby
diminishing social welfare? By placing responsibility for social
reform and public policy in the hands of appointed judges or lay
jurors - rather than elected legislators - does it produce outcomes
that are not supported by the majority of citizens? In December
2007, Stanford Law School and the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal
Studies organized an international conference that studied the
global spread of class actions and group litigation procedures.
Scholars, jurists, and practitioners from around the world gathered
to discuss and debate the use of group litigation procedures and
initiate a research project on the evolution of class actions and
aggregate litigation worldwide. This volume of The ANNALS is one
result of that conference. Students, scholars and policymakers will
find this anthology of reports to be an essential overview,
providing a solid understanding of the effects of class actions
around the globe.
Presents the most comprehensive description to date of the
longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S. history. Asbestos
litigation is the longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S.
history. Through 2002, approximately 730,000 individuals have
brought claims against some 8,400 business entities, and defendants
and insurers have spent a total of USD70 billion on litigation.
Building on previous RAND briefings, the authors report on what
happened to those who have claimed injury from asbestos, what
happened to the defendants in those cases, and how lawyers and
judges have managed the cases.
Class action lawsuits--allowing one or a few plaintiffs to
represent many who seek redress--have long been controversial. The
current controversy, centered on lawsuits for money damages, is
characterized by sharp disagreement among stakeholders about the
kinds of suits being filed, whether plaintiffs' claims are
meritorious, and whether resolutions to class actions are fair or
socially desirable. Ultimately, these concerns lead many to wonder,
Are class actions worth their costs to society and to business? Do
they do more harm than good? To describe the landscape of current
damage class action litigation, elucidate problems, and identify
solutions, the RAND Institute for Civil Justice conducted a study
using qualitative and quantitative research methods. The
researchers concluded that the controversy over damage class
actions has proven intractable because it implicates deeply held
but sharply contested ideological views among stakeholders.
Nevertheless, many of the political antagonists agree that class
action practices merit improvement. The authors argue that both
practices and outcomes could be substantially improved if more
judges would supervise class action litigation more actively and
scrutinize proposed settlements and fee awards more carefully.
Educating and empowering judges to take more responsibility for
case outcomes--and ensuring that they have the resources to do
so--can help the civil justice system achieve a better balance
between the public goals of class actions and the private interests
that drive them.
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