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Per Henrik Lindblom
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Per Henrik Lindblom: Faculty of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009, vol. 622, issue 1, 231-241

Abstract: Various forms of representative group litigation have existed for decades in the special Labor and Market Courts, initiated by private organizations such as trade unions and the Consumer Ombudsman. A “true†class action, brought in a general court by a member of a group, or by an organization, or an administrative agency (e.g. the Consumer Ombudsman)—allowing claims both for injunctive relief and individual damages for group members—was introduced in Sweden by the Group Proceedings Act, which entered into force on January 1, 2003. This is an opt-in procedure.

Keywords: access to justice; class action; private group action; organization action; public action; opt in; certification; risk agreement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716208328548

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