Extraterritoriality and Collective Redress

Identifies the challenges that cross-border mass litigation poses to the traditional approach to conflicts of law issues, and considers their impact
Expert contributors from across Europe, and from the US and Canada, provide practical insight and authoritative commentary
Deals with issues of current debate, which are of interest to legislators, to inform and impact law-making on a national and international level
Examines possible solutions, such as reform of international or European norms
An expert analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence in mass litigation, this edited work examines the diverse and complex transnational considerations and issues of collective redress. With contributions from distinguished and authoritative commentators on this topic, the coverage is broad, thorough, and practically focused.

The book offers new perspectives on the challenges of collective redress as it innovatively combines a comparative and cross border approach. Organized clearly into sections, it provides in-depth comment on these challenges from a national, European, and global perspective.

With detailed analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence in this area offering a significant practical impact, this book also examines possible solutions to the challenges identified, covering important topics and issues within collective redress mechanisms; the private international law perspective on collective redress; reception of foreign collective redress; and extraterritoriality and US law.

Including contributions from the jurisdictions most relevant to these conflict of laws issues, this book unites global expertise to provide information on a complex topic and offer a solution-based approach to the collective redress landscape.


Readership: Transnational litigation practitioners and academics in the fields of private international law and comparative law.