Mass Torts in a World of Settlement
379 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table 6 x 9
©
2007
Cloth $49.00
ISBN: 9780226567600
Published October 2007
Introduction
Part I The Mass Tort Problem
Chapter 1 Origins
Chapter 2 The Development of a Mass Tort
Chapter 3 Regulating Development Indirectly
Part II From Litigation to Administration
Chapter 4 Making and Enforcing a Grid
Chapter 5 The Rise and Fall of the Mass Tort Class Settlement
Part III The Search for Peace
Chapter 6 Public Legislation and Private Contracts
Chapter 7 Mandatory Class Actions Revisited
Chapter 8 Maximizing or Minimizing Opt-Outs
Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Transformed
Chapter 10 Government as Plaintiff
Part IV Peacemaking as Governance
Chapter 11 Leveraging Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 12 Administering the Leveraging Proposal
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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