Nagareda, Richard A. <br/><br/>
Mass torts in a world of settlement 
Richard A. Nagareda. 
 - Chicago  University of Chicago Press  2007. 
 - xx, 324 p.  ill.  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-317) and index. 
<br/><br/>Origins -- The development of a mass tort -- Regulating development indirectly -- Making and enforcing a grid -- The rise and fall of the mass tort class settlement -- Public legislation and private contracts -- Mandatory class actions revisited -- Maximizing or minimizing opt-outs -- Bankruptcy transformed -- Government as plaintiff -- Leveraging conflicts of interest -- Administering the leveraging proposal. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226567600 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226567605 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006037824 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Torts--United States.<br/>Complex litigation--United States.<br/>Class actions Civil procedure--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 1250  / .N34 2007