Multi-Party Litigation The Strategic Context
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Biographical note
Wayne V. McIntosh is a political science professor, associate chair, and Director of Undergraduate Studies with the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Cynthia L. Cates is a political science professor with the Department of Political Science, Towson University, Towson, MD.
Multi-Party Litigation The Strategic Context
<p>This book is a well researched and critical examination of how mass litigation can be used as a tool to shape public policy.</p> - Marshall Haughey (Saskatchewan Law Review, Vol 73)
Drawing upon insights from law and politics, Multi-Party Litigation outlines the historical development, political design, and regulatory desirability of multi-party litigation strategies in cross-national perspective and describes a battle being fought on multiple fronts by competing interests. By addressing the potential and constraints of litigation, this book offers a comprehensive account of an international issue that will interest students and practitioners of law, politics, and public policy.
Introduction
1 Theoretical, Historical, and Legal Underpinnings
2 Mass Torts and Class Action: An Overview of the Contemporary Landscape
3 The Politics of Tobacco Litigation
4 The Politics of Gun Litigation
5 The Politics of Food Litigation
6 International Developments in the Politics of Litigation
7 Conclusions
Notes
General References
Case References
General Index
Index of Cases
<p>This book is a well researched and critical examination of how mass litigation can be used as a tool to shape public policy.</p> - Marshall Haughey (Saskatchewan Law Review, Vol 73)
Drawing upon insights from law and politics, Multi-Party Litigation outlines the historical development, political design, and regulatory desirability of multi-party litigation strategies in cross-national perspective and describes a battle being fought on multiple fronts by competing interests. By addressing the potential and constraints of litigation, this book offers a comprehensive account of an international issue that will interest students and practitioners of law, politics, and public policy.
Introduction
1 Theoretical, Historical, and Legal Underpinnings
2 Mass Torts and Class Action: An Overview of the Contemporary Landscape
3 The Politics of Tobacco Litigation
4 The Politics of Gun Litigation
5 The Politics of Food Litigation
6 International Developments in the Politics of Litigation
7 Conclusions
Notes
General References
Case References
General Index
Index of Cases
Product details
Biographical note
Wayne V. McIntosh is a political science professor, associate chair, and Director of Undergraduate Studies with the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Cynthia L. Cates is a political science professor with the Department of Political Science, Towson University, Towson, MD.