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The Globalization of Class Actions Author: Deborah R. Hensler

ISBN: 9781412975087 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 318 Published: 1 March 2009 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.88 x 2.54 Description: This groundbreaking volume of The ANNALS provides the first overview of class action laws and related mechanisms around the world. It features 30 "country reports" by leading scholars, describing the adoption, characteristics and consequences to date of class action and non-class group litigation procedures ranging across North and Latin America, Australia, Asia and Europe. What were once seen as singular disputes between individuals (or between an individual and a corporation) are now viewed increasingly as group struggles against multinational corporations and other global institutions. This escalating trend of class actions and group litigation in private civil court cases extends well beyond the interest of lawyers. The social, economic, and political ramifications of permitting class actions are potentially vast-not just in the United States, but increasingly throughout the world, as in less than a decade the number of countries that permit representative litigation by private actors has multiplied dramatically.The United States has led the way in these developments. Adopted by the U.S. federal judiciary in 1966, group litigation made it ea...

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