Class Actions in Context

Contents:1. The Global Landscape of Collective LitigationDeborah R. Hensler2. The Culture of Collective Litigation: A Comparative AnalysisByron Stier and Ianika Tzankova3. Smoke Signals from the South: The Unanticipated Effects of an 'Unsuccesful' Litigation on Brazil's Anti-Tobacco WarsManuel A. Gomez4. Using Associations as a Vehicle for Class Action: The Case of TaiwanKuo-Chang Huang5. The Promise and Peril of Media and Culture: The Toyota Unintended Acceleration Litigation and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility in the United StatesByron Stier6. Collective Redress in Vie d'Or: A Reflection on a European Cultural PhenomenonIanika Tzankova7. Economic EnablersCamille Cameron, Jasminka Kalajdzic and Alon Klement 8. A Class Action 'Mash-Up': In Re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities LitigationDeborah R. Hensler9. Litigation as 'Core Business': Analyzing the Access to Justice and Regulatory Dimensions of Commercially Funded Class Actions in AustraliaCamille Cameron10. The Class Attorney - An Agent Without a Principle: The Israeli Case of Shemesh V. ReichartAlon Klement11. The Engine that Drives: Fees, Costs and the Canadian Class ActionJasminka Kalajdzic12. The Public Dimension of Private Collective Litigation: A Comparative AnalysisDeborah R, Hensler and Elizabeth Thornburg13. Litigation Without End? The Deutsche Telekom Case and the German Approach to Private Enforcement of Securities LawAxel Halfmeier14. The L&H Case: Belgium's Internet Bubble StoryStefaan Voet15. Parallel Public and Private Responses: The Buncefield ExplosionNaomi Creutzfeldt and Christopher Hodges 16. Public as Private and Private as Public: MTBE Litigation in the United StatesElizabeth Thornburg17. Self-Interested Gatekeeping? Clashes Between Public and Private Enforcers in two Chilean Class ActionsAgustin Barroilhet18. Class Action in ContextDeborah R. HenslerIndex