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1 online resource (339 pages) |
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Civil Justice Systems |
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Civil justice systems.
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| Contents |
FOREWORD; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY; Part I: Collective Redress, Mass Harm, Multi-partyActions and Environmental Mass Harm; 1. Introduction ; 1. Background; 2. Aims, Original Contribution, Anticipatory Findings ; 3. Approach ; 4. Structure ; 2. Collective Redress and Mass Harm ; 1. Overview; 2. Terminology ; 3. Typology and Sectoral Coverage of MPA Collective Redress ; 4. The History and Background of Mass Torts ; 5. Legal Responses to Mass Harm: Private Law (Tort Law) versus Public Law and Regulation ; 6. Context in which Collective Redress Arises |
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7. Outline of Common Law MPA Procedures 8. Summary ; 3. Objectives of MPAs ; 1. Overview; 2. Expert Studies ; 3. MPA Objectives-Analytical Framework ; 4. Management Role of MPAs ; 5. Summary ; 4. Environmental Mass Harm and Collective Redress ; 1. Overview; 2. Regulatory Role-Environmental Law Enforcement Through Tort Law ; 3. Distinctive Features of Environmental Mass Harm and Responses ; 4. Novel Remedies for Environmental Mass Harm ; 5. Solutions that MPAs May Offer for Environmental Mass Harm ; Part II: Comparative Law Experience of SelectedCommon Law Jurisdictions and Europe |
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5. US Collective Redress 1. US Litigation Landscape; 2. US MPA Procedures ; 3. The US Federal Class Action Regime ; 4. Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (with 2003 Amendments) ; 5. Evaluation of US Class Actions against MPA Objectives ; 6. Concluding Observations on US Mass Harm Litigation ; 7. Future Developments in the US ; 8. US Class Actions and Environmental Mass Harm ; 6. Canadian MPA Experience ; 1. Canadian Litigation Landscape ; 2. MPA Litigation ; 3. Evaluation of Canadian Class Action Experience Against MPA Objectives ; 4. Environmental Mass Harm Litigation |
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5. Summary 7. Australian MPA Experience ; 1. Australian Litigation Landscape; 2. Evolution of MPA Landscape ; 3. MPA Overview ; 4. The Representative Proceedings Regime ; 5. Litigation Funding ; 6. Evaluation of Australian Representative Proceedings against MPA Objectives ; 7. Environmental Mass Harm in Australia and Summary ; 8. Collective Redress in England and Wales ; 1. Litigation Landscape; 2. Existing MPA Procedures ; 3. Evolution of MPA Landscape ; 4. Funding Regime and Recent Changes ; 5. GLOs and MPA Objectives ; 6. Combined Case Study of Environmental Mass Harm |
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7. GLOs Compared with Case Management 8. Environmental Mass Harm Litigation in England and Wales Summary ; 9. EU Collective Redress ; 1. Litigation Landscape; 2. Evolution of European Collective Redress Policy ; 3. EU Experience of Collective Redress and ADR in Member States ; 4. EU Commission's Collective Redress Policy Proposals 2013 ; 5. Safeguards ; 6. Environment ; 7. Conclusions on European Collective Redress Outlook ; 10. Collective Redress for Mass Harm in Ireland ; 1. Litigation Landscape ; 2. The Irish Approach: No MPAs |
| Summary |
"This monograph addresses the phenomenon of mass harm and how it may be resolved through collective redress. It examines particularly how such redress may be achieved through mechanisms such as multi-party actions (MPAs). In order to do this an analytical framework is created against which to evaluate various multi-party procedures. This is illustrated through the experience of a selection of common law jurisdictions in dealling with mass harm, namely that of England and Wales, Canada, Australia and the United States, as well as that of EU collective redress. It examines multi-party action laws bench-marked against the objectives identified in the analytical framework. The phenomenon of environmental mass harm in particular is explored as a case study, as it illustrates some of the difficulties that may arise in mass harm litigation."--Page i |
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3. Particular Difficulties with Multi-party Litigation in Ireland |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Class actions (Civil procedure)
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Joinder of actions.
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Liability for environmental damages.
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Class actions (Civil procedure)
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Joinder of actions
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Liability for environmental damages
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781509905300 |
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1509905308 |
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