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In der europaweit geführten Diskussion über Verfahren des kollektiven Rechtsschutzes rücken anstelle der Sammelklagen zunehmend Instrumente der einvernehmlichen Streitbeilegung in den Mittelpunkt. Anstatt auf Anspruchsprüfung und Urteil sind Gruppenvergleichsverfahren ausschließlich auf den Abschluss eines gerichtlichen Vergleichs unter den zahlreichen Parteien ausgerichtet. Matthis Peter untersucht aus vergleichender Perspektive die Funktionsweise und die Wirksamkeit ausgewählter Gruppenvergleichsverfahren in den USA, den Niederlanden und Deutschland. Auf Basis der Länderberichte diskutiert er mit Blick auf einen schweizerischen Gesetzesentwurf einige Kernprobleme dieses relativ neuartigen Verfahrensansatzes.

International law. --- class action --- Sammelklage --- Massenschäden --- Rechtsdurchsetzung --- Justizgewährung --- Zivilverfahrensrecht, Insolvenzrecht --- Bürgerliches Recht

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Economic activity is more globally integrated than ever before, but so is the scope of corporate misconduct. As more and more people across the world are affected by such malfeasance, the differences in legal redress have become increasingly visible. This transparency has resulted in a growing convergence towards an American model of robust private enforcement of the law, including the class-action lawsuit. This handbook brings together scholars from nearly two dozen countries to describe and assess the class-action procedure (or its equivalent) in their respective countries and, where possible, to offer empirical data on these systems. At the same time, the work presents a variety of multidisciplinary perspectives on class actions, from economics to philosophy, making this handbook an essential resource to academics, lawyers, and policymakers alike.

Class actions (Civil procedure) --- Aggregate litigation (Class actions) --- Class action lawsuits --- Actions and defenses --- Civil procedure --- Complex litigation --- Public interest law --- Citizen suits (Civil procedure) --- Parties to actions

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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.

Class actions (Civil procedure) --- Aggregate litigation (Class actions) --- Class action lawsuits --- Actions and defenses --- Civil procedure --- Complex litigation --- Public interest law --- Citizen suits (Civil procedure) --- Parties to actions --- Political aspects

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Class actions (Civil procedure) --- Consumer protection --- Law and legislation --- -Consumer protection --- -Consumerism --- Protection, Consumer --- Commercial policy --- Aggregate litigation (Class actions) --- Class action lawsuits --- Actions and defenses --- Civil procedure --- Complex litigation --- Public interest law --- Citizen suits (Civil procedure) --- Parties to actions --- -Class actions (Civil procedure) --- -Law and legislation --- Consumerism --- Class actions (Civil procedure) - Colombia. --- Consumer protection - Law and legislation - Colombia.

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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. The Law and Economics of Class Actions in Europe will be a welcome additi

Class actions (Civil procedure) --- -347.053094 --- Ma2 --- Aggregate litigation (Class actions) --- Class action lawsuits --- Actions and defenses --- Civil procedure --- Complex litigation --- Public interest law --- Citizen suits (Civil procedure) --- Parties to actions --- Massenverfahren. --- Ökonomische Theorie des Rechts. --- Economic aspects --- Europäische Union. --- USA.