Individual Justice in Mass Tort Litigation: The Effect of Class Actions, Consolidations, and Other Multiparty DevicesNorthwestern University Press, 1995 - 367 من الصفحات One of the most prominent of contemporary jurists, Judge Jack B. Weinstein has influenced substantive and procedural aspects of the law of mass tort litigation. He has helped create efficient yet compassionate solutions to problems resulting from Vietnam veterans' exposure to Agent Orange and to the health hazards associated with asbestos and DES. |
المحتوى
CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER | 5 |
CHAPTER | 7 |
The Laws Reaction to Disasters | 15 |
A Types of Disasters | 16 |
Clear CauseMultiple EventsInjuries Nonproximate in Place | 17 |
Unclear CauseMultiple EventsInjuries Nonproximate in Time and Place | 18 |
B Jurisdictions Implicated | 19 |
Compensation Schemes and Legislated Limits on Liability | 28 |
Claims Commissions | 30 |
Hybrid GovernmentSponsored Protection Plans | 31 |
Specialized Courts | 32 |
General Problems of Ethics in Modern Cases | 39 |
Communitarian and Communicatarian Ethics | 46 |
Ethics of Lawyers | 53 |
B Conflicts of Interest | 61 |
International | 20 |
Single Forum | 21 |
Support to Trier | 22 |
Procedural Tools and Models | 23 |
Class Actions | 26 |
Attorney CooperationSpecialists and Lead Attorneys | 27 |
E Aggregate Settlements | 74 |
Speaking to the Community | 100 |
CHAPTER 7 | 115 |
Equitable Powers of Courts to Adapt to Modern Mass Torts | 123 |
CHAPTER 10 | 163 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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