Trading in legal claims
Subtitle: law, policy & future directions in Australia, UK & US
By: Vicki Waye
Publisher: Presidian Legal Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Adelaide
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780975725467; 9780975725474
Subjects: Maintenance and champerty; Litigation insurance; Economic aspects; Insurance law; Law; Justice
Description: "This book provides a critical analysis of law and policy issues regarding possible future markets for trading in legal claims."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Markets for legal claims: an introduction; title: Transferability of legal claims: legal & economic theory; title: Alienability of legal claims: Australia; title: Alienability of legal claims: England; title: Alienability of legal claims: United States; title: Regulation of markets for legal claims; title: Abuse of process, costs & secondary sales; title: Conflicts of interest between claim holders, lawyers & litigation entrepreneurs.