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Stanford Law School
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University
American Academy of Political and Social Science

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Deborah Hensler
dhensler@stanford.edu

Christopher Hodges
christopher.hodges@csls.ox.ac.uk

American Academy of Political
and Social Science
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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6197
Telephone: (215) 746-6500
Fax: (215) 573-3003

PODCASTS

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Overview and Special Presentation by Hon Catherine McGuinness

Representation & Conflicts of Interests in Class Actions and Other Group Actions

Funding Issues & Alternative Financial Frameworks

Negotiation Resolution

Friday, December 14, 2007

Crafting Remedies & Administering Enforcement

Objectives & Outcomes: compensation, regulation, public enquiry, changing behavior

Representations & Conflicts of Interests in Class Actions and Other Group Actions

The panelists offered comparative views of the social and legal challenges to class action law suits from their native countries. The session introduced the framework of how social climate and precedent affect the development of class actions globally.

Samuel Issacharoff

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Panel Discussion Chair
Professor Samuel Issacharoff
Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University Law School, and Chair, American Law Institute Project on Aggregate Litigation

Panelists (from left to right)
Professor Burt Neuborne, Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties, New York University, New York
Alan Morrison, Special Counsel to the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Cheif Justice Warren Winkler, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Peter Cashman, Commissioner, Victoria Law Commission, Australia
Dr. Dietmar Baetge, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany
Professor Jan Kleineman, Stockholm University

Panel 1