Introduction / David D. Dill, Frans A. Van Vught -- Australia / V. Lynn Meek, Leo Goedegebuure, Jeannet Van Der Lee -- Canada / Donald Fisher, Kjell Rubenson -- Japan / Akira Arimoto -- The European Union / Frans A. Van Vught -- Finland / Seppo Hölttä -- Germany / Jürgen Enders -- The...

On paper, class actions run like clockwork. But practice suggests the need for tune-ups: sometimes judges still approve settlements rife with red flags, and professional objectors may be more concerned with shaking down class counsel than with improving class members' outcomes. The lack of data...