Mass justice : challenges of representation and distribution / edited by Jenny Steele, Willem H. von Boom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steele, Jenny.

Boom, Willem H. von.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham [England] : Edward Elgar Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This insightful book considers phenomena such as mass torts, which affect numerous victims, and complex insolvency cases, which concern multiple and often competing interests. The editors identify and respond to the need for reflection on the notion of 'mass justice'. The assembled contributors show that while private law is usually debated in terms of individual rights and duties, the reality is that these are deeply influenced by collective issues. They address examples such as the operation of class actions; the availability of insurance funds; the logistics of negotiating with and compensa

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Table of cases; 1. Mass justice and its challenges; 2. Mass resolution of mass torts: emerging issues in the United States and the global future; 3. Cy-près for consumers: ensuring class action reforms deal with "scattered damages"; 4. Cross-border mass litigation: a particular challenge for European law; 5. Objectives, mechanisms and policy choices in collective enforcement and redress; 6. Collective rights and collective goods: enforcement as collective interest

7. Access to environmental justice in England and Wales: funding representation for court reviews of administrative action8. Promoting distributional justice on corporate insolvency in the 21 stcentury; 9. Dealing with damages in insolvency: the insolvency administrator's collective claim for damages versus individual claims of creditors; 10. Historic asbestos exposure and liability insurance: issues of aggregation and reinsurance; 11. The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds and dealing with the masses

12. Representation in collective bargaining on employment conditions in the NetherlandsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22106-3

9786613221063

1-84980-507-5

OCLC:

747409522