Index

• Author: Craig Jones
• Pages: 257-261

Index

Accident costs

Defined,

16

Aggregation

of

claims

Purpose

of, 14,

27-28

Equity

and,

26,

100-101

Through informal mechanisms,

24

Through

statutory regimes, 25-26

Alternative compensation schemes,

availability

of,

125, 132-138

Arbitration clauses,

use of to

defeat

certification,

134-138

Auctions

Of

lead counsel position,

244

Of

claims, 245-246

Bar

orders, 93-95,

225

Behaviour

modification

ex

ante.

See

'Deterrence'

Behaviour

modification

ex

post.

See

'Settlement'

Bill

of

peace, 100, 204-207

Black

Lung statutes,

25, 222

Blackmail settlements, 55-58,

115

Calabresi, Guido,

13, 16, 18

Canadian Judicial Council, 207-208

Carriage motions.

See

Consolidations

-

Through injunction

or

stay

Causal

uncertainty,

66-67,

228-231

Certification

Generally, 117-129

Numerosity

of

claims,

119,

121

Common issues,

121-123

Preferability, 123-126, 129,

BI-

BS

Childhood vaccination statutes,

26

Class action

Defined,

9

Canadian

reform

of, 109

"Dutton"

actions, 128-130,

177

English reform

of,

110-111

Compared

to

other corporate

forms,

72

Development

of in the

U.S. under

Rule

23,

102-109

Efficiency

as

goal

of,

113-116

Historical origins

of,

100-102

Interjurisdictional.

See

National

class

Mandatory.

See

Mandatory classes

Opt-in

and

opt-out models,

40, 71

Policy considerations

of, 28

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