Collective Access to Justice Assessing the Potential of Class Actions in England and Wales
At a time when the collective redress landscape is undergoing a period of transformative change, this important and timely research focuses on class actions in England and Wales. Aiming to promote access to justice, this pioneering work separates fact from fiction in an easily digestible way, offeri...
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Bristol University Press
2021
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Front Cover
- Collective Access to Justice: Assessing the Potential of Class Actions in England and Wales
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- One Collective Access to Justice
- Waves of access to justice
- What is a class action?
- Structure of the book
- Two Class Actions in Historical and Comparative Perspective
- From medieval origins to the 19th century
- Fusion of courts of law and equity in 1873
- Collective legal entity
- United States of America
- Canada
- Australia
- Conclusion
- Three Uncovering the Politics of Class Actions
- Setting the stage
- Contesting legal narratives
- Collective actions in England and Wales
- First period of reforms (1987-2004)
- Second period of reforms (2004-10)
- Third period of reforms (2010-present)
- Litigation in democracy
- Compensation and deterrence
- Conclusion
- Four Understanding the Economics of Class Actions
- Economic analysis of law
- Laying the groundwork
- Enablers and incentives
- Claimants as enablers
- Lawyers as enablers
- Private funders as enablers
- Public funders as enablers
- Conclusion
- Five Conclusion
- Methodological Note
- Index
- Back Cover