| Litigating Conspiracy: An Analysis of Competition Class Actions Contributor(s): Pitel, Stephen G. a. (Editor), Feldman, Kathryn N. (Foreword by), Sharpe, Robert J. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1552211177 ISBN-13: 9781552211175 Publisher: Irwin Law OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: The 17 articles in this collection focus on the intersection of competition law and class actions. They address achieving an optimally competitive market for goods and services, compensation for anticompetitive conduct, the appropriate test for class action certification, and acceptable methodologies for calculating damages. Canadian and American academics, judges, and experienced practicing lawyers contributed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Torts - Law | Antitrust |
| Dewey: 343.710 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.60 lbs) 429 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The articles in this collection focus on the intersection of competition law 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 grew out of a symposium held at the Faculty of Law at 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 contributed a valuable comparative law perspective. The speakers each contributed an article to this collection, as did many of the commentators. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feldman, Kathryn N.: - Kathryn N. Feldman was appointed a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division) on December 24, 1990, and sat on the Commercial List as well as on criminal and civil matters. She was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario on June 11, 1998. In January 2001, she became the first recipient of the Canadian Superior Court Judges Association President's Award.Sharpe, Robert J.: - Robert Sharpe was formerly a professor and dean at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto where he wrote and taught in the areas of constitutional law, remedies, civil procedure, and criminal law. He has appeared as counsel in a number of Charter cases in courts at all levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada. From 1988 to 1990 he served as the Supreme Court of Canada's executive legal officer. Mr. Justice Sharpe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1991. He was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division) in 1995 and to the Court of Appeal in 1999.MacKenzie, Kenneth C.: - Kenneth Mackenzie was appointed to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia on June 25, 1998.Pitel, Stephen G. a.: - Stephen Pitel holds an LL.B. from Dalhousie University and an LL.M. and Ph.D. from Cambridge. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1994 and practiced corporate and commercial litigation in Toronto before starting his doctoral studies. In 2000, he joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario, where he has taught Civil Procedure, International Commercial Litigation, and Torts. His research interests are in the fields of private international law and restitution. Professor Pitel has an extensive background in debate and advocacy. In 2004 he was named Professor of the Year by the Student Legal Society. |