The law and economics of class actions in Europe : lessons from America /
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| Imprint: | Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : E. Elgar, c2012. |
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| Description: | xvi, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New horizons in law and economics New horizons in law and economics. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8860303 |
Table of Contents:
- The law and economics of class action litigation : setting the research agenda / Jürgen G. Backhaus, Alberto Cassone and Giovanni B. Ramello
- Class actions in the U.S. experience : the legal perspective / Guido Calabresi
- Class actions in the U.S. experience : an economist's perception / Frederic M. Scherer
- Will aggregate litigation come to Europe? / Samuel Issacharoff and Geoffrey P. Miller
- Class action as a remedy for market failure / Jürgen G. Backhaus
- The economics of class action litigation / Thomas S. Ulen
- Private, club and public goods : the economic boundaries of class action litigation / Alberto Cassone and Giovanni B. Ramello
- Class action finance and legal expense insurance / Jürgen G. Backhaus
- Punitive damages and class actions / Francesco Parisi and Marta Silvia Cenini
- A case for information sharing in class action suits / Bruno Deffains and Eric Langlais
- Good law and economic needs better microeconomic models : the case against "contingent fees" as application of agency models to the professions / Lorenzo Sacconi
- Collective litigation versus legislation : a rent-seeking approach to class actions / Sophie Harnay and Alain Marciano
- Class actions in private enforcement of EC antitrust law : the Commission green paper / Francesco Denozza and Luca Toffoletti
- The enforcement of management passivity duty in take-over law : class action or government action? / Fernando Gomez and María Isabel Saez
- The constitutional impact of class actions in European legal systems / Jörg Luther
- Introducing class actions in Finland : an example of law-making without economic analysis / Mikko Välimäki
- Class actions in Portugal / Mariana França Gouveia and Nuno Garoupa
- The class action code : a model for civil law countries / Antonio Gidi.
