The American Experience with Legislative Restrictions to Collective Actions Consumption Management and the Emergence of the Defendant Class Action

The article proposes to identify the reasons that led to legislative changes and the consequent restriction on the handling of class actions in the United States, with special attention to the appearance of the defendant class action (Defendant Class Action) and how it would be possible to anticipat...

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Autor: Verbicaro, Dennis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repositorio:Revista de Direito, Globalização e Responsabilidade nas Relações de Consumo
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/1348
Acceso en línea:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistadgrc/article/view/1348
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Consumer Law, Procedural Protection, Class Actions, Defendant Class Action, Comparative Law.
Direito do Consumidor, Tutela Processual, Ações de Classe, Ação Coletiva Passiva-Direito Comparado.
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Sumario:The article proposes to identify the reasons that led to legislative changes and the consequent restriction on the handling of class actions in the United States, with special attention to the appearance of the defendant class action (Defendant Class Action) and how it would be possible to anticipate scenarios and prevent reproduction of conservative ideology in Brazil, armoring the legal position of the consumer, especially when identified in the plan as transindividual economically and legally fragile category.