Wholesale justice : constitutional democracy and the problem of the class action lawsuit / Martin H. Redish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redish, Martin H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Class actions (Civil procedure)--United States.

Class actions (Civil procedure).

United States.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

x, 317 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction : class actions, legal history, and liberal democracy

Class actions and the democratic difficulty

The Supreme Court, the Rules Enabling Act, and the politicization of the class action

The class action as political theory

Class actions, litigant autonomy, and the goals of procedural due process

Settlement class actions, the case-or-controversy requirement, and the nature of the adjudicatory process

Conclusion : the role of liberal political theory in the class action debate.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-310) and index.

ISBN:

9780804752749

0804752745

9780804752756

0804752753

OCLC:

256770653