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"Index" [2012] ELECD 318; in Backhaus, G. Jürgen; Cassone, Alberto; Ramello, B. Giovanni (eds), "The Law and Economics of Class Actions in Europe" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: The Law and Economics of Class Actions in Europe

Editor(s): Backhaus, G. Jürgen; Cassone, Alberto; Ramello, B. Giovanni

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847208033

Section Title: Index

Number of pages: 14

Extract:

Index
abstention, duty of see passivity rule lack of proportion in 16­17, 20,
access to justice 29­30, 43
contingency fees 187, 207­8 lodestar collection method 83
in European class actions 315­16 percentage of recovery fees 83­5
constitutional conflicts over sweetheart settlements 83­4
318­20 incentives 16­17, 20, 29­30, 85­6
action en répresentation conjointe entrepreneurial spirit 43­4, 104­6,
(France) 232, 310­11, 317 117­21
Administrative Code of 1878 (Portugal) opportunism 104­6, 228­30
342­3 personal motivation 181­2, 215­16
aggregate damages see damages professional behavior
alternatives, to class actions barratry, offense of 43­4
association actions 129­30 case cross-subsidization 211­14
coupon remedies 29, 84, 90 charitability 208­11
insurance 122­3 class action abuses 29­32, 229­30
public enforcement 121­2, 220­22, corruption 45­6
240 and fiduciary duties 181­2, 188­94,
successive civil actions 122­3 214­15
Amchem Products v. Windsor (1997) multiple clients, treatment equality
US 38, 41­3 208­11, 215­16
antitrust see competition pooling damages 211­16
App. Milano GI (1994) Italy 142 restrictions on 43­4
Arthur Andersen 34 risk management 119­21, 128, 186­7
auctions
association actions 129­30
of class actions, EU proposal 257
attorneys
for lead counsel, in small claims cases
see also contingency fees 84­5
attorney monitoring 82­3, 229­30 Australia, contingency fees 56
auctions/ selection methods 84­5 Austria
authority relationships 192­4, 214­ ...


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