LEADER 04966nam 22006731 450 001 9910784283003321 005 20050822144028.0 010 $a1-4725-6315-8 010 $a1-280-80837-3 010 $a9786610808373 010 $a1-84731-096-6 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472563156 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338449 035 $a(EBL)270792 035 $a(OCoLC)191803496 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000122936 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12027376 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122936 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130797 035 $a(PQKB)11570414 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772546 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC270792 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772546 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10275956 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL80837 035 $a(OCoLC)893332155 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257213 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL270792 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338449 100 $a20140929d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe class action in common law legal systems $ea comparative perspective /$fRachael Mulheron 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford ;$aPortland, Oregon :$cHart Publishing,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (616 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-436-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [507]-526) and index. 327 $aPart I The Class Action Introduced. Chapter 1. Introduction ; Chapter 2. Features of Modern Class Action Regimes ; Chapter 3. Objectives of Class Action Regimes ; Chapter 4. A Different Approach for England -- Part II Commencement of the Class Action. Chapter 5. Suitability for Class Action Treatment ; Chapter 6. The Requisite Commonality ; Chapter 7. The Requisite Superiority ; Chapter 8. Assessing the Class Representative -- Part III Conduct of the Class Action. Chapter 9. Shaping the Class Membership ; Chapter 10. Potential Impediments to Ongoing Conduct ; Chapter 11. Monetary Relief ; Chapter 12. Costs and Funding of Class Actions. 330 $a"Multi-party litigation is a world-wide legal process, and the class action device is one of its best-known manifestations. As a means of providing access to justice and achieving judicial economies, the class action is gaining increasing endorsement - particularly given the prevalence of mass consumerism of goods and services, and the extent to which the activities and decisions of corporations and government bodies can affect large numbers of people. 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. While the United States model is the most longstanding, there have now been sufficient judicial determinations under each of the studied jurisdictions to provide a constructive basis for comparison. In the context of the drafting and application of a workable class action framework, it is apparent that similar problems have been confronted across these jurisdictions, which in turn promotes a search for assistance in the experience and legal analysis of others. The book is presented in three Parts. The first Part deals with the class action concept and its alternatives, and also discusses and critiques the stance of England where the introduction of the opt-out class action model has been opposed. The second Part focuses upon the various criteria and factors governing commencement of a class action (encompassing matters such as commonality, superiority, suitability, and the class representative). Part 3 examines matters pertaining to conduct of the action itself (such as becoming a class member, notice requirements, settlement, judgments, and costs and fees). The book is written to have practical utility for a wide range of legal practitioners and professionals, such as: academics and students of comparative civil procedure and multi-party litigation; litigation lawyers who may use the reference materials cited to the benefit of their own class action clients; and those charged with law reform who look to adopt the most workable (and avoid the unworkable) features in class action models elsewhere."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aClass actions (Civil procedure)$zAustralia 606 $aClass actions (Civil procedure)$zCanada 606 $aClass actions (Civil procedure)$zUnited States 606 $2Courts & procedure 615 0$aClass actions (Civil procedure) 615 0$aClass actions (Civil procedure) 615 0$aClass actions (Civil procedure) 676 $a347.053 700 $aMulheron$b Rachael P.$0971755 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784283003321 996 $aThe class action in common law legal systems$93827796 997 $aUNINA