Paper Abstracts:

Collective Redress in the Benelux Area: Recent Developments
Benoit ALLEMEERSCH

Collective redress in Europe
Eddy DE SMIJTER

Collective Actions as an Instrument for Environmental Protection in the US and the European Union (EU)
Monika HINTEREGGER

From Peasant to Shareholder: Divergent Paths of Group Litigation in Tokugawa Japan and England
Sean MCGINTY

Certification Criteria and Class Actions: Illustrating the role of 'Gate-Keeper" in competition law cases
Rachael MULHERON

Collective protection of consumer rights in Japan
Kunihiro NAKATA

Learning from the American Experience in Indirect Purchaser Litigation
William PAGE

Collective enforcement: European prospects in light of Swedish experience
Annina H. PERSSON

Federal Securities Class Actions in the United States - A Historical and Social Perspective
Arthur R. PINTO

Japan’s Love for Derivative Actions:
Revisiting Irrationality as a Rational Explanation for Shareholder Litigation
Dan PUCHNIAK

Is more litigation desirable for shareholder protection in Vietnam? The case of derivative action
Quynh Thuy QUACH

Private Enforcement of Directors’ Duties:
Derivative Actions as a Global Phenomenon
Mathias SIEMS

Measures for enhancing private enforcement of competition law in Japan
-Can collective actions offer a solution in Japan?-
Akinori UESUGI

The Private Enforcement of Competition Law and Access to Justice
Steven VAN UYTSEL

Dealing with Fragmented and Widespread Antitrust Harm - Perspectives from the EU and Japan
Simon VANDE WALLE

European Consumer Protection Law: Quo Vadis? –
Thoughts on the Collective Redress Debate
Stefan WRBKA