Civil Procedure Class Actions

Civil Procedure: Class Action will analytically describe & discuss current issues in federal class action practice & procedure. The book will first briefly explore the history of group or class action litigation at equity. The focus will then move to contemporary class action theory & practice, distinguishing class action litigation from so-called traditional bipolar litigation, & will contract the class action device to other possible methods of claim aggregation & joinder available under federal procedural rules. The book will canvass special class action problems, including but not limited to class certification, notice & communication with class members, financing class litigation, economic issues & implications, defendant classes, orders regulating pre-trial & trial proceedings, intervention into class actions, settlement of class actions, proving claims & administering relief, the preclusive effects of class judgments, & the role of attorneys & special ethical issues in class litigation.Mullenix, Linda S. is the author of 'Civil Procedure Class Actions' with ISBN 9781566627368 and ISBN 1566627362.