Preliminary Sections

• Author: Stephen G.A. Pitel
• Pages: 1-17

The articles in this collection focus on the intersection of competition low and

class

actions. They consider

the

role that class actions

can

play

in

achieving

an

optimally competitive market

for

goods

and

services

and in

providing

compensation

for

those

who

have

suffered

as a

result

of

anticompetitive

conduct. They examine

key

issues such

as the

appropriate test

for

class action

certification

and

acceptable methodologies

for

calculating damages,

and in

doing

so

they bring

to

bear

the

views

of

legal

academics, economists,

and

experienced

practising lawyers.

This

book follows

a

symposium organized

by the

Faculty

of

Law

of

the

University

of

Western Ontario

in

late March 2005.

The

symposium brought

together Canadian academics working

in

either

the

competition

or

class action

field,

practitioners involved

in

competition class action cases, judges

who had

heard

some

of

these cases,

and

American

academics

who

provided

a

valuable

comparative

law

perspective.

The

speakers each contributed

an

article

to

this

collection,

as did

many

of

the

commentators.