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"Index" [2016] ELECD 761; in Hensler, R. Deborah; Hodges, Christopher; Tzankova, Ianika (eds), "Class Actions in Context" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) 411

Book Title: Class Actions in Context

Editor(s): Hensler, R. Deborah; Hodges, Christopher; Tzankova, Ianika

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783470433

Section Title: Index

Number of pages: 18

Extract:

Index
`absent parties' 6 distinguishing from class actions 5, 6
ADESF litigation see under Brazil group litigation procedures 4, 5­6
administrative schemes, public and informal ad hoc strategies 6
private 4, 5 Aristocrat litigation see under Australia
`compensation matrix', adopting 5 Atlas litigation see under Canada
adverse cost risks see costs/adverse cost Australia 13­14
risks Aristocrat litigation 139­40, 190,
agency issues in class/group litigation 198­202
27, 36­40, 167 background 198­9
agency problems 39­40, 131­2, `closed' class, restricting to 162,
145­6 200­202
adverse implications from commercial litigation funder 139,
divergence of interests 145­6, 191, 199­200, 202­3
212 control of the litigation 204
attorney-initiated class actions, facts of 140
mitigation mechanisms absent interlocutory litigation 200
in 146 lead plaintiff, appointment of 200,
client monitoring, mitigation of 202
agency problems by 146 opt-out process 200­201
early settlement 146, 212 settlement after trial 139, 190, 199,
inherent nature of 393­7 202, 206
insufficient investment in litigating Australian Law Reform Commission
146, 212 162, 202
individuals in cases, importance of 39 civil litigation/compensation,
standing, models of deterrent value of 271
ad hoc approved or certified class actions 160­64
non-profit entities 38­40 `access to justice', and 190, 196­7,
entrepreneurial lawyer 37, 39 204­7
governmental agencies 37, 38, advantages of 205
39­40 `closed' or limited classes 161­4,
long-standing non-profit 202­202, 398
associations/designated common fund approach 163­ ...