The Law and Economics of Class Actions in Europe

Edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus, Alberto Cassone () and Giovanni Ramello ()

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Abstract: This well-documented book discusses the power and limitations of class actions with insights and analysis from a panel of distinguished scholars. It pays special attention to the introduction and the applicability of such a legal device in European civil law countries. The book offers a broad legal and economic investigation, drawing insights from US judicial experience and giving a rigorous discussion of both the philosophical and constitutional aspects and the economic mechanisms and incentives set up by class actions.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781847208033
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The Law and Economics of Class Action Litigation: Setting the Research Agenda

Jürgen G. Backhaus, Alberto Cassone and Giovanni Ramello

Ch 2 Class Actions in the US Experience: The Legal Perspective

Guido Calabresi

Ch 3 Class Actions in the US Experience: An Economist’s Perception

Frederic M. Scherer

Ch 4 Will Aggregate Litigation Come to Europe?

Samuel Issacharoff and Geoffrey P. Miller

Ch 5 Class Action as a Remedy for Market Failure

Jürgen G. Backhaus

Ch 6 The Economics of Class Action Litigation

Thomas S. Ulen

Ch 7 Private, Club and Public Goods: The Economic Boundaries of Class Action Litigation

Alberto Cassone and Giovanni Ramello

Ch 8 Class Action Finance and Legal Expense Insurance

Jürgen G. Backhaus

Ch 9 Punitive Damages and Class Actions

Francesco Parisi and Marta Silvia Cenini

Ch 10 A Case for Information Sharing in Class Action Suits

Bruno Deffains and Eric Langlais

Ch 11 Good Law and Economics Needs Better Microeconomic Models: The Case Against ‘Contingent Fees’ as Application of Agency Models to the Professions

Lorenzo Sacconi

Ch 12 Collective Litigation versus Legislation: A Rent-Seeking Approach to Class Actions

Sophie Harnay and Alain Marciano

Ch 13 Class Actions in Private Enforcement of EC Antitrust Law: The Commission Green Paper

Francesco Denozza and Luca Toffoletti

Ch 14 The Enforcement of Management Passivity Duty in Take-over Law: Class Action or Government Action?

Fernando Gomez and María Isabel Saez

Ch 15 The Constitutional Impact of Class Actions in European Legal Systems

Jörg Luther

Ch 16 Introducing Class Actions in Finland: An Example of Law-making Without Economic Analysis

Mikko Välimäki

Ch 17 Class Actions in Portugal

Mariana França Gouveia and Nuno Garoupa

Ch 18 The Class Action Code: A Model for Civil Law Countries

Antonio Gidi

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