Class Actions in Europe: Holy Grail or a Wrong Trail?

Introduction .- Part I Critical Perspectives on Collective Redress.- Evaluating Collective Redress: Models, Outcomes and Policy .- For the Defense: 28 Shades of European Class Actions .- Collectivization of Civil Procedure as a Negative Utopia? .- Part II Many Faces of Collective Litigation: National Perspectives From Europe .- Class Actions in Belgium: Did the Mountain Gave Birth to a Mouse? .- The Dawn of Collective Redress 3.0 in France.- Class Action and Group Litigation - a Norwegian Perspective.- Collective Redress from a Dutch and Transnational Perspective.- Rebooting Italian Class Actions.- Class Actions in the Nordic Legal Culture.- Challenges in Drafting and Application of the New Slovenian Collective Actions Act - Part III What Europe Can Learn from the World? Topical Models of Class Actions in non-European Jurisdictions.- Empirical Data and the Powerful Lessons Learnt About Class Actions in Quebec- Collective Redress in Brazil: Success or Disappointment.- Class Actions for Private and Public Interests. A Perspective From China.- A Comparative Study of the Class Action Model in Europe and South Africa.- Part IV Comparative Studies on Collective Actions.- The Lessons of Air Freight Cartel and Petrobras: The Mechanisms of Coordination of Parallel Collective Lawsuits in Several Jurisdictions?.- Transnational Collective Actions: Perspectives from America and Europe.