01339nam a2200277Ia 4500 289587 OCoLC 20160527202032.0 061114s2007 ilua b 001 0 eng 2006037824 9780226567600 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226567605 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)264756438 PUCP cicg KF 1250 .N34 2007 Nagareda, Richard A. Local 140751 Mass torts in a world of settlement Richard A. Nagareda. Chicago University of Chicago Press 2007. xx, 324 p. ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-317) and index. 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. Torts United States. Local 180774 Complex litigation United States. Local 78990 Class actions Civil procedure United States. Local 74126 209650 209650 0 0 lc 0 KF_1250_000000000000000__N34_2007 0 cil 341915 7 7 4 2016-05-27 Univ. of Chicago Press 49.00 434659 0 KF 1250 .N34 2007 70000000882323 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:289587 6