Class actions and government
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Class actions and government
Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-396) and index
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Description
The relationship between class actions and government makes for a nuanced and fascinating study. Government sets the scene by implementing and designing the regime, by choosing whether to act as a seed-funder for the regime, and by deciding to what extent it should regulate the regime against worldwide classes being litigated on its doorstep. It can then become a key player in the litigation itself. Government may be a representative claimant bringing the action, or a class member, or a potential financial beneficiary. Most commonly of all, it may be a defendant, being sued under the very regime which it enacted into law. With numerous opt-out class action regimes around the common law world in place, and others on the horizon, the book takes a comparative perspective throughout, and concludes with a series of recommendations, drawn from that comparative analysis of government's intricate interplay with class actions.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. 'Preparing a Path to the Stadium': 2. Government as class actions enabler
- 3. Government as class actions designer
- 4. Government as class actions funder
- 5. Government as 'gate-keeper': cross-border class actions
- Part II. 'As a Participant in the Match': 6. Government as representative claimant
- 7. Government as class member
- 8. Government as class actions defendant
- 9. Government as class actions beneficiary
- 10. Conclusion: levelling the playing field.
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