Entrepreneurial litigation : its rise, fall, and future / John C. Coffee, Jr.
2015
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Entrepreneurial litigation : its rise, fall, and future / John C. Coffee, Jr.
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Call Number
KF8896 .C64 2015
ISBN
9780674736795 (alk. paper)
0674736796 (alk. paper)
0674736796 (alk. paper)
Description
viii, 307 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)893709469
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-298) and index.
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Table of Contents
pt. ONE
ENTREPRENEURIAL LITIGATION: A UNIQUELY AMERICAN CONCEPT
1
1.
Litigation and Democracy
9
2.
The Origins of Entrepreneurial Litigation
18
pt. TWO
THE RISE OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL LITIGATOR
31
3.
The Derivative Action
33
4.
The Emergence of the Class Action
52
5.
Merger and Acquisition Class Actions: Litigation on Steroids
86
6.
The Mass Tort Class Action: Quick Rise, Faster Fall
95
pt. THREE
THE SEARCH FOR REFORM
119
7.
A Prelude to Class Action Reform
125
8.
The Needed Reforms
154
9.
Public Enforcement and the Private Attorney General
174
pt. FOUR
THE FUTURE
195
10.
The Globalization of the Class Action: Can the Private Attorney General Be Exported?
197
11.
Conclusion: Toward a Semiprivate Attorney General
219
Notes
237
Figure and Table Credits
297
Index
299