The Class Action Mechanisms Across the Pacific: The Missions of Class Action Mechanisms in the U.S., China and Taiwan

This study provides an overview of class action mechanisms in the U.S., China and Taiwan, including an analysis of the legal and court systems or other institutions involved in the implementation of class action devices. Class actions have been a prominent feature of U.S. civil procedure law. However, with the increase in collective or mass conflicts inherent in modern industrialized society, Mainland China and Taiwan have begun to deal with the pressing need for solving class disputes. Scholars have been disputing whether class action mechanisms are compatible with civil law systems. This question becomes more critical when taking into consideration the cultural, political and economic backgrounds of Mainland China and Taiwan, in the context of distinct non-democratic and democratic governmental systems...

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Shao, Jing Huey

Contributors dc:contributor

• John Owen Haley, Supervising Professor Frances H. Foster, Examining Professor Gerrit De Geest, Examining Professor

• Class actions
• Mass Torts
• Civil Procedure
• China
• Taiwan
• Comparative law
• Comparative and Foreign Law
• Torts

Language dc:language

English

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7936/0sd2-r923

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:law_etds-1024