Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Arthur R. Miller                              Keynote Address - The American Class Action: From Birth to Maturity 

Elizabeth Chamblee Burch              Publicly Funded Objectors

Shay Lavie                                     Tiered Certification

Brian T. Fitzpatrick                         Can and Should the New Third-Party Litigation Financing Come to Class Actions?

Zachary D. Clopton                        The Global Class Action and Its Alternatives

Alon Klement and Robert Klonoff    Class Actions in the United States and Israel: A Comparative Approach

Brigitte Haar                                  Regulation Through Litigation — Collective Redress in Need of a New Balance Between Individual Rights and Regulatory Objectives in Europe

Fabrizio Cafaggi                             Towards Collaborative Governance of European Remedial and Procedural Law?

Catherine Piché                             Class Action Value

Vicki Waye and Vince Morabito      When Pragmatism Leads to Unintended Consequences: A Critique of Australia’s Unique Closed Class Regime

Robin Hui Huang                           Rethinking the Relationship Between Public Regulation and Private Litigation: Evidence from Securities Class Action in China

Agustín Barroilhet                         The Regime Politics Origins of Class Action Regulation