Class actions in context is a penetrating analysis of class and group actions worldwide a group of international scholars brings to bear legal economic and political analyses of this evolving judicial remedy it explores various substantive claims ranging from consumer protection to securities litigation drawing on case studies of practice as well as legal analysis it demonstrates the importance of factors running from litigation finance to background cultural traditions it is worth . New book class actions in context how culture economics and politics shape collective litigation in recent years collective litigation procedures have spread across the globe accompanied by hot controversy and normative debate yet virtually nothing is known about how these procedures operate in practice. Class actions in context how culture economics and politics shape collective litigation tzankova ianika editor hensler deborah r editor hodges christopher editor edward elgar publishing 2016 428 p. Class actions in context how culture economics and politics shape collective litigation deborah r hensler christopher j s hodges i n tzankova in recent years collective litigation procedures have spread across the globe accompanied by hot controversy and normative debate yet virtually nothing is known about how these procedures operate . Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more