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Developments In Connecticut Criminal Law: 2007, Timothy Everett
Developments In Connecticut Criminal Law: 2007, Timothy Everett
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Dealing Fairly With Estate And Trust Beneficiary Complaints, Robert Whitman
Dealing Fairly With Estate And Trust Beneficiary Complaints, Robert Whitman
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Bellwether Trials, Alexandra Lahav
Bellwether Trials, Alexandra Lahav
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At the core of the controversy over mass torts lies a fundamental question: what justifies collective litigation? Scholars considering this question make one of two arguments. They either argue that collective justice must be limited by a process-based right to participation based on autonomy values, or they argue that collective justice is justified by utilitarian values and dismiss participation altogether. This Article presents a third alternative: that the democratic nature of the jury trial validates group typical justice, a subset of collective justice. The Article re-envisions the trial as a democratic enterprise, rather than solely an atomistic one. An innovative …