Table of contents
1. Access to justice and collective actions: Florence and beyond Stefan Wrbka, Steven Van Uytsel and Mathias M. Siems; Part I. Setting the Stage:
2. European consumer protection law: quo vadis? Thoughts on the compensatory collective redress debate Stefan Wrbka;
3. Collective actions in a competition law context - reconciling multilayer interests to enhance access to justice? Steven Van Uytsel;
4. Private enforcement of directors' duties: derivative actions as a global phenomenon Mathias M. Siems;
Part II. Cross-Continental Perspectives on Collective Redress:
5. From peasant to shareholder: divergent paths of group litigation in Tokugawa Japan and England Sean McGinty;
6. Reconciling multilayer interests in environmental law: access to justice in environmental matters in the European Union and the United States Monika Hinteregger;
Part III. A Need to Enhance Collective Redress in Japan?:
7. Recent problems of group rights protection for consumers in Japan Kunihiro Nakata;
8. Can collective action be a solution to improve access to justice in Japan? Examination of measures to enhance the private enforcement of competition law in Japan Akinori Uesugi;
Part IV. Collective Enforcement of Company and Securities Law:
9. Does more litigation mean more justice for shareholders? The case of derivative actions in Vietnam Quynh Thuy Quach;
10. The United States Supreme Court and implied private cause of actions under Sec. Rule;
10b-5: the politics of class actions Arthur R. Pinto;
Part V. Indirect Purchasers and Collective Redress:
11. Indirect purchaser suits after the class action fairness act: reconciling multilayer interests in antitrust litigation William Page;
12. Collective actions by indirect purchasers: lessons from the Japanese Oil Cartel cases Simon Vande Walle; Part VI. Recent Developments of and Future Perspectives on Collective Redress:
13. Collective enforcement: European prospects in light of Swedish experience Annina H. Persson;
14. Transnational class settlements: lessons from Converium Benoit Allemeersch;
15. The impetus for class actions reform in England arising from the competition law sector Rachael Mulheron.