The Class Action in Common Law Legal Systems - A Comparative Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Rachael Mulheron is Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London. Klappentext The primary purpose of this book is to compare and contrast the class action models that apply under the federal regimes of Australia and the United States and the provincial regimes of Ontario and British Columbia in Canada. Zusammenfassung This book compares the class action models that apply in Australia and the United States with those of Ontario and British Columbia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I The Class Action IntroducedChapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Features of Modern Class Action Regimes; Chapter 3 Objectives of Class Action Regimes; Chapter 4 A Different Approach for EnglandPart II Commencement of the Class ActionChapter 5 Suitability for Class Action Treatment; Chapter 6 The Requisite Commonality; Chapter 7 The Requisite Superiority; Chapter 8 Assessing the Class RepresentativePart III Conduct of the Class ActionChapter 9 Shaping the Class Membership; Chapter 10 Potential Impediments to Ongoing Conduct; Chapter 11 Monetary Relief; Chapter 12 Costs and Funding of Class Actions

Product details

• Authors: Rachael Mulheron, Rachel Mulheron, Mulheron Rachael
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2004
• EAN: 9781841134369
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-436-9
• No. of pages: 616
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 48 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Courts, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Trial Practice, comparative law, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures