Individual justice in mass tort litigations : the effect of class actions, consolidations, and other multiparty devices /
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| Author / Creator: | Weinstein, Jack B. |
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| Imprint: | Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, c1995. |
| Description: | xvii, 367 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Torts -- United States. Complex litigation -- United States. Class actions (Civil procedure) Complex litigation. Justice, Administration of. Torts. United States. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1696259 |
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| 300 | |a xvii, 367 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Ch. 1. |t Overview -- |g Ch. 2. |t The Law's Reaction to Disasters. |g A. |t Types of Disasters. |g 1. |t Clear Cause - Single Event - Injuries Proximate in Time and Space. |g 2. |t Clear Cause - Multiple Events - Injuries Nonproximate in Place. |g 3. |t Unclear Cause - Multiple Events - Injuries Nonproximate in Time and Place. |g 4. |t Unclear Cause - Multiple Events - Injuries Nonproximate in Time and Place - Identities of Both Producers and Injured Unclear. |g B. |t Jurisdiction Implicated. |g 1. |t Intrastate. |g 2. |t Interstate. |g 3. |t International. |g C. |t Desirable Conditions for Disaster Management by Courts. |g 1. |t Concentration of Decision Making. |g 2. |t Single Forum. |g 3. |t Single, Known Substantive Law. |g 4. |t Support to Trier. |g 5. |t Flexible, Controlled Fact-Finding. |g 6. |t Cap on Award and Method of Allocation. |g 7. |t Single Distribution Plan. |g D. |t Procedural Tools and Models. |g 1. |t Multidistrict Litigation and Other Consolidation Procedures. |g 2. |t Class Actions. |g 3. |t Attorney Cooperation - Specialists and Lead Attorneys. |g 4. |t Private Settlements - Ad Hoc and Institutional. |g 5. |t Court Administration and Added Personnel. |g 6. |t Compensation Schemes and Legislated Limits on Liability. |g 7. |t Claims Commissions. |g 8. |t International Conventions. |g 9. |t Hybrid Government Sponsored Protection Plans. |g 10. |t Specialized Courts. |g E. |t Proposals for Change. |g 1. |t National Disaster Court. |g 2. |t Switching Cases among State and Federal Courts. |g 3. |t Binational and Multinational Tribunals. |g 4. |t Planning for Disasters. |g F. |t Conclusion -- |g Ch. 3. |t General Problems of Ethics in Modern Cases. |g A. |t The Changing World of Mass Cases. |g B. |t Administrative Procedural Level. |g C. |t Traditional Ethical Rules. |g D. |t Communitarian and Communicatarian Ethics -- |g Ch. 4. |t Ethics of Lawyers. |g A. |t Communication. |g 1. |t The Problem. |g 2. |t Fostering Communication in a Mass Society. |g B. |t Conflicts of Interest. |g 1. |t Lawyer-Client. |g 2. |t Client-Client. |g C. |t Secrecy. |g 1. |t Documents and Oral Admissions Relating to Merits. |g 2. |t Settlement Amounts. |g 3. |t Withdrawal of Opinions. |g D. |t Buyouts. |g E. |t Aggregate Settlements. |g F. |t Financing. |g G. |t Fees. |g 1. |t Plaintiffs. |g 2. |t Defense. |g H. |t Cooperation and Conflict among Attorneys. |g 1. |t Plaintiff's Attorneys. |g 2. |t Defendants. |g I. |t Tentative Answers -- |g Ch. 5. |t Ethics of Judges. |g A. |t Traditional View. |g B. |t Obligation to Community. |g C. |t Communication with Community. |g 1. |t Educating the Court. |g 2. |t Listening to the Community. |g 3. |t Speaking to the Community. |g D. |t Settlement and Beyond. |g 1. |t Involvement in Settlement. |g 2. |t Continuing Influence after Settlement. |g 3. |t Postsettlement Trusts and Other Institutions. |g E. |t Extrajudicial Assistance. |g 1. |t Traditional View. |g 2. |t Special Masters. |g 3. |t Experts. |g F. |t Uniformity of Rules of Ethics. |g G. |t Summary of Judges' Role -- |g Ch. 6. |t Ethics of Parties -- |g Ch. 7. |t Ethics of Scientists -- |g Ch. 8. |t Ethics of Legislatures -- |g Ch. 9. |t Equitable Powers of Courts to Adapt to Modern Mass Torts Requirements -- |g A. |t Introduction. |g B. |t Procedural Techniques and Mass Torts. |g 1. |t History. |g 2. |t Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Triumph of Equity. |g 3. |t Procedural Joinder and Management Devices. |g C. |t Substantive Law. |g 1. |t History. |g 2. |t Modern Innovations. |g D. |t Settlement Funds and Distribution Plans. |g 1. |t Generally. |g 2. |t Examples of Compensation Funds. |g E. |t Criticism of Equity Initiatives. |g F. |t Conclusion -- |g Ch. 10. |t The Future. |
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