Entrepreneurial Litigation - Its Rise, Fall, and Future

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.

About the author

John C. Coffee, Jr., is the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Corporate Governance at Columbia Law School.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: John C Coffee, John C. Coffee
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.2015
• EAN: 9780674736795
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73679-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / Litigation, United States of America, USA, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution