"Contents" [2013] ELECD 1189; in Hodges, Christopher; Stadler, Astrid (eds), "Resolving Mass Disputes" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) v

Book Title: Resolving Mass Disputes

Editor(s): Hodges, Christopher; Stadler, Astrid

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781782546900

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents
List of figures, tables and boxes vii
List of contributors viii
Table of cases x

1. Introduction 1
Christopher Hodges and Astrid Stadler
2. CADR and settlement of claims ­ a few economic observations 38
Michael Faure

PART A SETTLEMENTS OF MASS CLAIMS

3. Enforcing mass settlements in the European Judicial Area: EU
policy and the strange case of Dutch collective settlements
(WCAM) 63
Xandra E. Kramer
4. Collective settlements in the Netherlands: some empirical
observations 91
Ianika Tzankova and Deborah Hensler
5. Settlement and its pitfalls in England and Wales 106
Christopher Hodges
6. Class actions and settlement culture in Canada 132
Jasminka Kalajdzic
7. America's dynamic and extensive experience with collective
litigation 148
Richard Marcus
8. Mass settlements in Australia 172
Michael Legg
9. The legislation and judicial practice of China's group action 204
Zhang Wusheng and Liao Haiqing

PART B CONSUMER ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

10. The origins and evolution of consumer dispute resolution
systems in Europe 223
Naomi Creutzfeldt

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11. Out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes in financial
services 247
Iris Benöhr
12. Public enforcement and A(O)DR as mechanisms for resolving
mass problems: a Belgian perspective 270
Stefaan Voet
13. Online dispute resolution in the EU and beyond ­ keeping
costs low or standards high? 293
Julia Hörnle

Index 315