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Class actions in Europe : Holy Grail or a wrong trail? / / Alan Uzelac and Stefaan Voet (editors)
| Class actions in Europe : Holy Grail or a wrong trail? / / Alan Uzelac and Stefaan Voet (editors) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 pages) |
| Disciplina | 347.053 |
| Collana | Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice Ser. |
| Soggetto topico |
Class actions (Civil procedure) - Europe
Class actions (Civil procedure) |
| ISBN | 3-030-73036-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Collectivization of European Civil Procedure: Are We Finally Close to a (Negative) Utopia? -- 1 Approaching the Elusive Target: The Rise of Collective Redress on the Old Continent -- 2 Class Actions in Europe -- 3 Critical Perspectives on Collective Redress -- 4 Many Faces of Collective Litigation: European Perspectives -- 5 Global Perspectives on Collective Redress -- 6 A Wrong Trail? Some Concluding Remarks on the Risks of Collectivization -- References -- Part II: Critical Perspectives on Collective Redress -- Evaluating Collective Redress: Models, Evidence, Outcomes and Policy -- 1 The Objectives -- 1.1 Analysing the Objectives -- 1.1.1 Delivering Justice -- 1.1.2 Upholding the Law -- 1.1.3 Affecting Behaviour -- 1.2 Criminal Enforcement: Beyond Deterrence -- 1.3 The Importance of Empirical Evidence -- 2 Evaluating the Collective Redress Mechanisms in Europe -- 2.1 Class Actions -- 2.2 Criminal-Civil Piggyback -- 2.3 Regulatory Redress -- 2.4 Ombudsmen -- 2.5 Personal Injuries: Administrative Schemes -- 3 Conclusions: What Should Policy Be? -- References -- For the Defense: 28 Shades of European Class Actions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief History of Modern American Defense Efforts at Tort and Litigation Reform in the United States -- 2.1 The Tort and Litigation Reform Movement Generally -- 2.2 The Class Action Litigation Reform Movement -- 2.3 The Class Litigation and Tort Reform Principles Developed in the American Conservative Reform Agenda -- 3 The EU Principles to Guide Legislative Initiatives for Member States Collective Redress Mechanisms -- 4 The 28 EU Member States Enact Collective Redress Mechanisms: Legislative Initiatives That American Defense Lawyers Could App.
4.1 Availability of Collective Redress Through Injunctive or Compensatory Mechanisms -- 4.2 Standing and Admissibility Criteria: Relation to the American Certification Requirement -- 4.3 The Loser Pay Rule -- 4.4 Attorneys´ Fees -- 4.5 Punitive Damages -- 4.6 Third-Party Financing -- 4.7 The Continental Opt-In Preference -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Many Faces of Collective Litigation: European Perspectives -- The Dawn of Collective Redress 3.0 in France? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Collective Redress 1.0 (1980s-2014): The Tortuous Search for a `French-Style´ Group Action -- 2.1 An Incomplete Toolbox for Handling Mass Litigation -- 2.2 Group Actions in France: Mission Possible, Finally! -- 3 Collective Redress 2.0 (2014-2019): Fast Developments But Mixed Results -- 3.1 A New Instrument: The `Action de Groupe´ -- 3.2 Patchy Developments -- 3.3 A Half-Full Glass -- 4 Towards Collective Redress 3.0 (2020 and Beyond): Digitalisation and Europeanisation -- 4.1 Digitalisation: Legaltech for Mass Litigation -- 4.2 Europeanisation: The (Likely) Effects of the EU Initiative in France -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- From Injunction and Settlement to Action: Collective Redress and Funding in the Netherlands -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Collective Redress in the Netherlands: Something Old, Something New -- 2.1 Pre-Existing Collective Redress Mechanisms and Its Shortcomings -- 2.2 First Fix: Damages Scheduling Via Collective Settlements -- 2.3 Second Fix: Better Collective Settlements Via Supreme Court Oversight -- 2.4 Third Fix: Better Settlements Under Court Supervision -- 2.5 Fourth Fix: Claim Codes for Ad Hoc Foundations -- 2.6 On the Way to a New Regime -- 3 The New Collective Action for Damages: WAMCA -- 3.1 Four Stages -- 3.2 Main Features -- 3.3 Some Criticism and Challenges -- 3.4 WAMCA and the Netherlands Commercial Court. 4 Financing Collective Redress -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 TPF Under the Old Regime and WCAM -- 4.3 TPF and Cost Orders Under WAMCA -- 5 Dutch Collective Redress in an International Perspective -- 5.1 Global Aspirations of the WCAM and Criticism -- 5.2 Scope Rule: The End of Global Dutch Collective Redress? -- 5.3 Dutch Collective Redress and EU Developments -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Case Law -- Class Actions in Belgium: Evaluation and the Way Forward -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Belgium´s (Consumer) Class Action -- 2.1 Class Action Prerequisites -- 2.1.1 Consumer Law and SMEs Disputes -- 2.1.2 Standing -- 2.1.3 Superiority -- 2.2 Brussels Courts -- 2.3 Opt-In or Opt-Out -- 2.4 Procedure -- 2.4.1 Settlement Before the Proceedings -- 2.4.2 No Settlement Before the Proceedings -- 2.5 Collective Redress in Kind or by Monetary Payment -- 2.6 Enforcement Phase: Collective Claims Settler -- 3 Case Law and Evaluation -- 3.1 Case Law -- 3.2 Evaluation -- 3.2.1 Scope -- 3.2.2 Class Representative -- 3.2.3 Funding and Financing -- 3.2.4 One Exclusive Class Action Court -- 3.2.5 Procedure -- 4 Alternative Ways to Achieve Collective Redress -- 4.1 CDR -- 4.2 Regulatory Redress -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Class Actions and Group Litigation: A Norwegian Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dispute Act Chapter 35: Class Actions -- 3 Opt In and Opt Out -- 4 Costs -- 5 The Use of the Norwegian Rule Set -- 6 Collective Litigation -- 7 Have the Class Action Rules Been a Success? -- 8 Cherry-Picking from the Common Law Tradition -- References -- Group Actions in East-Nordic Legal Culture -- 1 Introduction -- 2 East-Nordic Legal Culture -- 2.1 Starting Point -- 2.2 Folksy Legal Culture -- 2.3 Current Effects in Legal Culture -- 2.4 Group Action as a Legal Transplant -- 2.5 Nordic Law -- 3 Scandinavian Realism -- 3.1 Background. 3.2 Compared with American Realism -- 3.3 The Connection with Pragmatism -- 3.4 Group Actions in This Context -- 4 Sustainability -- 4.1 Sustainability in Proceedings -- 4.2 Dimensions of Sustainable Justice -- 5 The Legal Culture of Group Actions and Group Actions in the Legal Culture -- References -- Rebooting Italian Class Actions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Scene -- 3 The New Regulation of Italian Collective Redress: The Scope of Application -- 4 The Procedure -- 4.1 The Opt-in Option -- 4.2 The Procedure After the Certification Stage. New Features of the Evidence-Taking Phase -- 4.3 Further Procedural Novelties -- 5 Collective Actions for Injunctive Relief -- 6 Final Remarks -- References -- Challenges in Drafting and Applying the New Slovenian Collective Actions Act -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Collective Redress Available in Slovenia Before the CAA -- 2.1 Collective Redress Stricto Sensu -- 2.2 General Procedural Mechanisms -- 2.3 Assignment of Claims -- 3 CAA Drafting Process -- 4 Main Provisions of the CAA -- 4.1 Scope of Application -- 4.2 Temporal Application -- 4.3 Jurisdiction -- 4.4 Standing and Representation -- 4.5 Certification Criteria for Compensatory Collective Actions -- 4.6 Registry of Collective Actions -- 4.7 Opt-in or Opt-out -- 4.8 Awarding and Distribution of Damages -- 4.9 Costs and Funding -- 4.10 Collective Settlement -- 4.11 Collective Injunctive Actions -- 5 CAA in Action -- 6 The Future of Collective Redress in Slovenia -- References -- The Lessons of Airfreight Cartel: Mechanisms of Coordination of Parallel Collective Lawsuits in Several Jurisdictions? -- 1 The Complexity of the International Airfreight Cartel -- 2 Stakes in Coordination of Parallel Collective Lawsuits -- 2.1 International Class or Group as the Main Issue in Coordination of Parallel Collective Lawsuits. 2.2 Jurisdictional Stake in Coordination of Parallel Collective Redress -- 3 Overview of Mechanisms of Coordination of Parallel Cross-Border Lawsuits -- 4 Toleration of Foreign Proceedings and ``Related Class Actions´´ -- 5 Coordination by a Special Panel Allocating (International) Jurisdiction -- 6 Coordination by the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens -- 7 Coordination by Anti-Suit Injunctions -- 8 Coordination by the Rule of Lis Pendens -- 9 Lis Pendens in Collective Redress: A Quebec Experience -- 10 Lis Pendens and Directive 2009/22/EC and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 -- 11 Related Actions -- 12 Agreements on Prorogation of Jurisdiction -- 13 Conclusion -- References -- Collective Redress in the EU: Will It Finally Come True? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Habemus EU Collective Redress! -- 2.1 Unsuccessful Previous EU Initiatives -- 2.2 The ``New Deal for Consumers´´ and the RAD Proposal -- 2.3 The Interinstitutional Negotiations -- 2.4 The Political Deal of June 2020 -- 3 Converting the Collective Redress Try at Member States Levels -- 3.1 Directive 2020/1828 and its Implementation at the National Levels -- 3.2 Upgrading the EU Private International Framework -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Global Perspectives on Collective Redress -- The State of Reform in First and Second Generation Class Action Jurisdictions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Procedural Frameworks in the U.S.A., Australia, Israel and Canada -- 3 State of Reforms -- 3.1 The United States -- 3.1.1 FICALA -- 3.1.2 Rule Amendment -- 3.1.3 Court Guidance -- 3.2 Australia -- 3.2.1 The Victorian Law Reform Commission -- 3.2.2 Australian Law Reform Commission -- 3.3 Israel -- 3.4 Canada -- 4 Comparative Law Reform -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Empirical Data and the Powerful Lessons Learnt About Class Actions in Quebec -- 1 Overview of Class Actions in Quebec. 2 Volume of Class Action Litigation. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910488703703321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Goals of civil justice and civil procedure in contemporary judicial systems / / Alan Uzelac, editor
| Goals of civil justice and civil procedure in contemporary judicial systems / / Alan Uzelac, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham [Switzerland] : , : Springer, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 263 pages) : color illustrations |
| Disciplina | 363.2 |
| Collana | Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil procedure
Justice, Administration of |
| ISBN | 3-319-03443-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Table of Contents -- Part I General Synthesis -- Chapter 1 Goals of Civil Justice and Civil Procedure in the Contemporary World Global Developments – Towards Harmonisation (and Back); Alan Uzelac -- Part II National Perspectives -- Chapter 2 Civil Justice in Austrian-German Tradition; Christian Koller -- Chapter 3 Civil Justice in Pursuit of Efficiency; C.H. van Rhee -- Chapter 4 Goals of Civil Justice When Nothing Works: The Case of Italy; Elisabetta Silvestri -- Chapter 5 Goals of Civil Justice in Norway: Readiness for a Pragmatic Reform; Inge Lorange Backer -- Chapter 6 ‘American Exceptionalism’ in Goals for Civil Litigation; Richard Marcus -- Chapter 7 Civil Justice with Multiple Objectives The Unique Path of Hong Kong’s Civil Justice Reform; Peter C.H. Chan and David Chan -- Chapter 8 Social Harmony at the Cost of Trust Crisis: Goals of Civil Justice in China’; Yulin Fu -- Chapter 9 Civil Litigation in Russia: ‘Guided Justice’ and Revival of Public Interest; Dmitry Heroldovich Nokhrin -- Chapter 10 Battle between Individual Rights and Public Interest in Hungarian Civil Procedure; Miklós Kengyel and Gergely Czoboly -- Chapter 11 (In)compatibility of Procedural Preclusions with the Goals of Civil Justice: An Ongoing Debate in Slovenia; Aleš Galič -- Chapter 12 Judicial Activism as Goals Setting – Civil Justice in Brazil; Teresa Arruda Alvim Wambier -- List of Contributors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483937003321 |
| Cham [Switzerland] : , : Springer, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Transformation of Civil Justice [[electronic resource] ] : Unity and Diversity / / edited by Alan Uzelac, Cornelis Hendrik (Remco) van Rhee
| Transformation of Civil Justice [[electronic resource] ] : Unity and Diversity / / edited by Alan Uzelac, Cornelis Hendrik (Remco) van Rhee |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 pages) |
| Disciplina | 346 |
| Collana | Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice |
| Soggetto topico |
Private international law
Conflict of laws Civil procedure Mediation Dispute resolution (Law) Conflict management Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law Civil Procedure Law Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration |
| ISBN | 3-319-97358-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. The Metamorphoses of Civil Justice and Civil Procedure: The Challenges of New Paradigms – Unity and Diversity -- Part I: Impact of Regional and Global Developments: Cooperation, Borrowing, Transplants ... -- Chapter 2. Enforcement by Means of Periodic Penalties (Astreinte) in Slovenia: A Transplant Gone Wild -- Chapter 3. Norwegian Civil Procedure under the Influence of EU Law -- Chapter 4. Judicial Cooperation of the EU in Civil Matters in Its Relations with non-EU States – A Blind Spot? -- Chapter 5. Civil Litigation in Tribunals in South Africa: Creating a Unified Tribunal System -- Part II: Unity and Diversity: Civil Justice Between Modernization and Dejudicialization -- Chapter 6. Informatization of the Civil Justice System in Poland: An Overview of Recent Changes -- Chapter 7. Between Reform and Dejudicialization: Current Trends in Spanish Civil Litigation -- Chapter 8. The Disappearing Trial: Retrenchment of Litigation in North America -- Chapter 9. Private Justice in the Domain of Family Law: The Place of Family Group Conferences within the Range of ADR Methods -- Chapter 10. Reassessing the Essential Role of Public Courts: Learning from the American Experience -- Part III: Global Trends: From Individual to Collective Justice -- Chapter 11. Human Rights Class Actions -- Chapter 12. A New Model of Civil Litigation in Slovenia: Is the Slovenian Judiciary Prepared for the Challenges Presented by the New Law on Collective Actions? -- Chapter 13. A Glance at the Brazilian Collective Redress System -- Chapter 14. ‘Shadow of the Law’ or ‘Shadow of the Settlement’: Experiences with the Dutch Act on Collective Settlement of Mass Damage (WCAM) -- Part IV: Access to Justice and Fair Trial Rights -- Chapter 15. Transformation of the Croatian Legal Aid System: From Normative to Functional Insufficiency -- Chapter 16. The Transformation of Consumer Law in Times of Crisis: The Ex Officio Control of Unfair Contract Terms -- Chapter 17. Safeguarding the Right to an Impartial Tribunal by Means of Challenging the Judge -- Part V: Transforming the Apex of the Court Pyramid: The Changing Function of the Highest Courts -- Chapter 18. Roots of the Resistance to the Change in the Supreme Court’s Role -- Chapter 19. Transformation of the Cassation Model in France, the Netherlands and Belgium: Piercing the Legalistic Veil -- Part VI: Historical Transformations -- Chapter 20. Does the New Always Prevail? Parallel Modes of Procedure in the History of Procedural Transformations -- Chapter 21. Historical Uniformity and Diversity of Notaries in the Shadow of their Modern Transformation. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300046303321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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