Class actions have been a staple of American litigation for decades, but controversy seems
always close behind. Debates about class actions are generally bimodal: people either love …

In recent years, as the US Supreme Court has steadily closed the courthouse doors to class
actions in the United States, 2 an increasing number of foreign jurisdictions have adopted …

Unlike most countries, the United States and Israel have employed the class action
procedure for decades. This Article compares the two countries' class action regimes and …

Under the standard model in law and economics, agents maximize expected profit subject to
constraints set by legal rules. In such a model, the expected reaction to legal innovations is …

This Article attempts to clarify a proposition of certain Canadian authors that while class
actions represent a significant part of our court activities, they may not truly be compensating …

Under the background of effectively building the legal system of the capital market and
strengthening investor protection, an evaluation of whether China's legal system's …

Class actions are designed to provide claimants a mechanism by which to enforce their
rights with objectives including achieving access to justice, being compensated, and …

This Article proposes a thought-experiment with regard to the administration of class actions.
It is almost axiomatic that class actions are determined through a single “certification.” …

One of the major innovations in the Israeli Class Action Law is the establishment of Public
Fund to Finance Class Action Lawsuits to assist representative plaintiffs finance the petitions …

In 1861, Simeon Draper, a senior city official, was involved in the sale of real-estate property
belonging to the city of New York.'Mr. Draper had a personal interest in the deal, but despite …