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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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Delivering collective redress : new technologies / / Christopher Hodges, Professor of Justice Systems at the University of Oxford, Supernumerary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, Head of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Fellow of the European Law Institute, Solicitor (non-practising) Stefaan Voet, Associate Professor of Law at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Visiting Professor of Law at UHasselt (University of Hasselt), Programme Affiliate of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Substitute Justice of the Peace, Bruges
| Delivering collective redress : new technologies / / Christopher Hodges, Professor of Justice Systems at the University of Oxford, Supernumerary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, Head of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Fellow of the European Law Institute, Solicitor (non-practising) Stefaan Voet, Associate Professor of Law at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Visiting Professor of Law at UHasselt (University of Hasselt), Programme Affiliate of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Substitute Justice of the Peace, Bruges |
| Autore | Hodges Christopher J. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 351 pages) |
| Disciplina | 347.4/053 |
| Collana | Civil justice systems |
| Soggetto topico |
Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
Citizen suits (Civil procedure) - European Union countries Class actions (Civil procedure) Class actions (Civil procedure) - European Union countries Technological innovations |
| ISBN |
1-5099-1855-8
1-5099-1857-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: The Scope and the Criteria -- I. Background and Principal Objective -- II. The Techniques -- III. Description of the Project and Methodology -- IV. Criteria for Evaluation of Mechanisms -- V. General Outline of this Book -- VI. Major Findings -- 2. European Policy and Mechanisms for Collective Redress -- I. Diverse Approaches and Piecemeal Legislation -- II. The Public-Private Split -- III. Objectives and Outcomes Replace Mechanisms -- IV. Consumer Enforcement -- V. Consumer Collective Redress: Policy Debates -- VI. Commission's Recommendation on Collective Redress Mechanisms -- VII. The Political and Technical Conundrum -- VIII. Business Concerns on Ineffective Safeguards -- IX. Consumer Concerns from Business Scandals -- X. Proposals in 2016 -- 17 -- XI. Competition Damages -- XII. Data Protection -- XIII. Investors -- XIV. Conclusions -- 3. Collective Actions -- I. Introduction -- II. Belgium -- III. Bulgaria -- IV. England and Wales -- V. Finland -- VI. France -- VII. Germany -- VIII. Italy -- IX. Lithuania -- X. The Netherlands -- XI. Poland -- XII. Sweden -- 4. Criminal Compensation: Stand-alone and Consecutive Piggy-back -- I. Belgium -- II. United Kingdom -- 5. Regulatory Redress -- I. Concept -- II. The Range of Mechanisms of Regulatory Redress -- III. Examples of the Powers -- 6. Ombudsmen -- I. Typology -- II. National Ombudsmen Schemes -- 7. Reassessing the Objectives -- I. The Primary Objectives -- II. Delivering Compensation -- III. Affecting Future Behaviour -- IV. Empirical Evidence on the Failure of the US Class Action as a Regulatory Mechanism -- V. The Objectives Restated: Multi-functionalism -- 8. Conclusions -- I. Overview of the Mechanisms -- II. Applying the Criteria -- III. Empirical Conclusions on the Mechanisms -- IV. Implications of the Findings |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511341503321 |
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| Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Delivering collective redress : new technologies / / Christopher Hodges, Professor of Justice Systems at the University of Oxford, Supernumerary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, Head of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Fellow of the European Law Institute, Solicitor (non-practising) Stefaan Voet, Associate Professor of Law at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Visiting Professor of Law at UHasselt (University of Hasselt), Programme Affiliate of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Substitute Justice of the Peace, Bruges
| Delivering collective redress : new technologies / / Christopher Hodges, Professor of Justice Systems at the University of Oxford, Supernumerary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, Head of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Fellow of the European Law Institute, Solicitor (non-practising) Stefaan Voet, Associate Professor of Law at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Visiting Professor of Law at UHasselt (University of Hasselt), Programme Affiliate of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Substitute Justice of the Peace, Bruges |
| Autore | Hodges Christopher J. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 351 pages) |
| Disciplina | 347.4/053 |
| Collana | Civil justice systems |
| Soggetto topico |
Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
Citizen suits (Civil procedure) - European Union countries Class actions (Civil procedure) Class actions (Civil procedure) - European Union countries Technological innovations |
| ISBN |
1-5099-1855-8
1-5099-1857-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: The Scope and the Criteria -- I. Background and Principal Objective -- II. The Techniques -- III. Description of the Project and Methodology -- IV. Criteria for Evaluation of Mechanisms -- V. General Outline of this Book -- VI. Major Findings -- 2. European Policy and Mechanisms for Collective Redress -- I. Diverse Approaches and Piecemeal Legislation -- II. The Public-Private Split -- III. Objectives and Outcomes Replace Mechanisms -- IV. Consumer Enforcement -- V. Consumer Collective Redress: Policy Debates -- VI. Commission's Recommendation on Collective Redress Mechanisms -- VII. The Political and Technical Conundrum -- VIII. Business Concerns on Ineffective Safeguards -- IX. Consumer Concerns from Business Scandals -- X. Proposals in 2016 -- 17 -- XI. Competition Damages -- XII. Data Protection -- XIII. Investors -- XIV. Conclusions -- 3. Collective Actions -- I. Introduction -- II. Belgium -- III. Bulgaria -- IV. England and Wales -- V. Finland -- VI. France -- VII. Germany -- VIII. Italy -- IX. Lithuania -- X. The Netherlands -- XI. Poland -- XII. Sweden -- 4. Criminal Compensation: Stand-alone and Consecutive Piggy-back -- I. Belgium -- II. United Kingdom -- 5. Regulatory Redress -- I. Concept -- II. The Range of Mechanisms of Regulatory Redress -- III. Examples of the Powers -- 6. Ombudsmen -- I. Typology -- II. National Ombudsmen Schemes -- 7. Reassessing the Objectives -- I. The Primary Objectives -- II. Delivering Compensation -- III. Affecting Future Behaviour -- IV. Empirical Evidence on the Failure of the US Class Action as a Regulatory Mechanism -- V. The Objectives Restated: Multi-functionalism -- 8. Conclusions -- I. Overview of the Mechanisms -- II. Applying the Criteria -- III. Empirical Conclusions on the Mechanisms -- IV. Implications of the Findings |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795327603321 |
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Hodges Christopher J. S.
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| Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Delivering collective redress : new technologies / / Christopher Hodges, Professor of Justice Systems at the University of Oxford, Supernumerary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, Head of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Fellow of the European Law Institute, Solicitor (non-practising) Stefaan Voet, Associate Professor of Law at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Visiting Professor of Law at UHasselt (University of Hasselt), Programme Affiliate of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Substitute Justice of the Peace, Bruges
| Delivering collective redress : new technologies / / Christopher Hodges, Professor of Justice Systems at the University of Oxford, Supernumerary Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, Head of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Fellow of the European Law Institute, Solicitor (non-practising) Stefaan Voet, Associate Professor of Law at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Visiting Professor of Law at UHasselt (University of Hasselt), Programme Affiliate of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, Substitute Justice of the Peace, Bruges |
| Autore | Hodges Christopher J. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 351 pages) |
| Disciplina | 347.4/053 |
| Collana | Civil justice systems |
| Soggetto topico |
Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
Citizen suits (Civil procedure) - European Union countries Class actions (Civil procedure) Class actions (Civil procedure) - European Union countries Technological innovations |
| ISBN |
1-5099-1855-8
1-5099-1857-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: The Scope and the Criteria -- I. Background and Principal Objective -- II. The Techniques -- III. Description of the Project and Methodology -- IV. Criteria for Evaluation of Mechanisms -- V. General Outline of this Book -- VI. Major Findings -- 2. European Policy and Mechanisms for Collective Redress -- I. Diverse Approaches and Piecemeal Legislation -- II. The Public-Private Split -- III. Objectives and Outcomes Replace Mechanisms -- IV. Consumer Enforcement -- V. Consumer Collective Redress: Policy Debates -- VI. Commission's Recommendation on Collective Redress Mechanisms -- VII. The Political and Technical Conundrum -- VIII. Business Concerns on Ineffective Safeguards -- IX. Consumer Concerns from Business Scandals -- X. Proposals in 2016 -- 17 -- XI. Competition Damages -- XII. Data Protection -- XIII. Investors -- XIV. Conclusions -- 3. Collective Actions -- I. Introduction -- II. Belgium -- III. Bulgaria -- IV. England and Wales -- V. Finland -- VI. France -- VII. Germany -- VIII. Italy -- IX. Lithuania -- X. The Netherlands -- XI. Poland -- XII. Sweden -- 4. Criminal Compensation: Stand-alone and Consecutive Piggy-back -- I. Belgium -- II. United Kingdom -- 5. Regulatory Redress -- I. Concept -- II. The Range of Mechanisms of Regulatory Redress -- III. Examples of the Powers -- 6. Ombudsmen -- I. Typology -- II. National Ombudsmen Schemes -- 7. Reassessing the Objectives -- I. The Primary Objectives -- II. Delivering Compensation -- III. Affecting Future Behaviour -- IV. Empirical Evidence on the Failure of the US Class Action as a Regulatory Mechanism -- V. The Objectives Restated: Multi-functionalism -- 8. Conclusions -- I. Overview of the Mechanisms -- II. Applying the Criteria -- III. Empirical Conclusions on the Mechanisms -- IV. Implications of the Findings |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819305703321 |
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Hodges Christopher J. S.
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| Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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