TY - BOOK AU - McIntosh,Wayne V. AU - Cates,Cynthia L. TI - Multi-Party Litigation: The Strategic Context T2 - Law and Society Series SN - 9780774815987 AV - K2243 -- .M35 2009eb U1 - 347.053 PY - 2009/// CY - Vancouver PB - University of British Columbia Press KW - Actions and defenses KW - Actions and defenses -- Political aspects KW - Actions et défenses KW - Actions et défenses -- Aspect politique KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical, Historical, and Legal Underpinnings -- 2 Mass Torts and Class Action: An Overview of the Contemporary American Landscape -- 3 The Politics of Tobacco Litigation -- 4 The Politics of Gun Litigation -- 5 The Politics of Food Litigation -- 6 International Developments in the Politics of Litigation -- 7 Conclusions -- Notes -- General References -- Case References -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Index of Cases N2 - Drawing upon insights from law and politics, Multi-Party Litigation outlines the historical development, political design, and regulatory desirability of multi-party litigation strategies in cross-national perspective and describes a battle being fought on multiple fronts by competing interests UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3412641 ER -