Class Actions and Government

Rachael Mulheron

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781107043978
• eBook ISBN: 9781108850988
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Jurisprudence
• Index: Law

The relationship between class actions and government makes for a nuanced and fascinating study. Government sets the scene by implementing and designing the regime, by choosing whether to act as a seed-funder for the regime, and by deciding to what extent it should regulate the regime against worldwide classes being litigated on its doorstep. It can then become a key player in the litigation itself. Government may be a representative claimant bringing the action, or a class member, or a potential financial beneficiary. Most commonly of all, it may be a defendant, being sued under the very regime which it enacted into law. With numerous opt-out class action regimes around the common law world in place, and others on the horizon, the book takes a comparative perspective throughout, and concludes with a series of recommendations, drawn from that comparative analysis of government's intricate interplay with class actions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Reviews
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Summary of Contents
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Table of Cases
• Table of Legislation
• List of Abbreviations
• Notes on Mode of Citation
• 1 Introduction
• Part I Preparing a Path to the Stadium
• Part II As a Participant in the Match
• Bibliography
• Index