Cross-Border Class Actions : the European Way / edited by Arnaud Nuyts, Nikitas E. Hatzimihail.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Foreword; List of Authors; Introduction: Market Regulation, Judicial Cooperation and Collective Redress; A. The Private International Law of Collective Redress Collective Redress and the Jurisdictional Model of the Brussels I Regulation; The Consolidation of Collective Claims Under Brussels I; Recognition, Enforcement and Collective Judgments; European Class Actions and Applicable Law; B. New Perspectives on Collective Redress Collective Redress and Competition Policy; The Emerging EU Legal Regime for Collective Redress: Institutional Dimension and Its Main Features

The Class Action Experience in Israel and the Value of Having a Representative with a Personal ClaimClass Arbitration in Europe?; C. Case Studies on Cross-Border Collective Redress Private International Law and Collective Redress -- The case of Antitrust damage claims; Compensatory Consumer Collective Redress and the Brussels I Regulation (Recast); Rethinking Collective Redress, Consumer Protection and Brussels I Regulation; Transnational Securities Fraud Class Actions: Looking Towards Europe?; Rome II and the Law of Financial Markets: The Case of Damage Caused by the Breach of Disclosure

Whether with regard to mass torts or as means of private enforcement of antitrust policies: Collective redress of civil claims has been gaining in importance in Europe and worldwide. In the last years, some EU Member States have made their own attempts at collective redress institutions. In this book, distinguished experts evaluate the problems of cross-border class actions and make proposals for a ""European way"" appropriate for the 21st century.

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