The law and economics of class actions in Europe
Subtitle: lessons from America
By: edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus, Alberto Cassone, Giovanni B. Ramello
Series: New horizons in law and economics
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781847208033; 9781781001240
Subjects: Class actions (Civil procedure); Ökonomische Theorie des Rechts; Massenverfahren
Description: This well-documented book discusses the power and limitations of class actions with insights and analysis from a panel of distinguished scholars. It pays special attention to the introduction and the applicability of such a legal device in European civil law countries. The book offers a broad legal and economic investigation, drawing insights from US judicial experience and giving a rigorous discussion of both the philosophical and constitutional aspects and the economic mechanisms and incentives set up by class actions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The law and economics of class action litigation : setting the research agenda  -- Jürgen G. Backhaus, Alberto Cassone and Giovanni B. Ramello; title: Class actions in the U.S. experience : the legal perspective  -- Guido Calabresi; title: Class actions in the U.S. experience : an economist's perception  -- Frederic M. Scherer; title: Will aggregate litigation come to Europe?  -- Samuel Issacharoff and Geoffrey P. Miller; title: Class action as a remedy for market failure  -- Jürgen G. Backhaus; title: The economics of class action litigation  -- Thomas S. Ulen; title: Private, club and public goods : the economic boundaries of class action litigation  -- Alberto Cassone and Giovanni B. Ramello; title: Class action finance and legal expense insurance  -- Jürgen G. Backhaus; title: Punitive damages and class actions  -- Francesco Parisi and Marta Silvia Cenini; title: A case for information sharing in class action suits  -- Bruno Deffains and Eric Langlais; title: Good law and economic needs better microeconomic models : the case against "contingent fees" as application of agency models to the professions  -- Lorenzo Sacconi; title: Collective litigation versus legislation : a rent-seeking approach to class actions  -- Sophie Harnay and Alain Marciano; title: Class actions in private enforcement of EC antitrust law : the Commission green paper  -- Francesco Denozza and Luca Toffoletti; title: The enforcement of management passivity duty in take-over law : class action or government action?  -- Fernando Gomez and María Isabel Saez; title: The constitutional impact of class actions in European legal systems  -- Jörg Luther; title: Introducing class actions in Finland : an example of law-making without economic analysis  -- Mikko Välimäki; title: Class actions in Portugal  -- Mariana França Gouveia and Nuno Garoupa; title: The class action code : a model for civil law countries -- Antonio Gidi.