University of Pennsylvania Law Review articles from June 2000

University of Pennsylvania Law Review archives from June 2000

FOREWORD: CAUSES AND LIMITS OF PESSIMISM.
June 1, 2000... The David Berger Program on Complex Litigation has enabled the University of Pennsylvania Law School to serve as a partner with the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States in bringing together talented...

INTRODUCTION.
June 1, 2000... Arguably the most vexing issue in modern civil litigation is the problem of personal injury mass torts--the accumulation of thousands (even millions) of claims through class actions or through aggregation in grouping individual lawsuits....

Toward a cooperative strategy for federal and state judges in mass tort litigation.(Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000

A response to Professor Francis E. McGovern's paper entitled Toward a cooperative strategy for federal and state judges in mass tort litigation.(Mass Torts Symposium)(response to article by Francis E. McGovern in this issue, p. 1867)
June 1, 2000

The futures problem.(Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000

Back to the futures: privatizing future claims resolution. (response to article by Geoffrey C. Hazard in this issue, p. 1901) (Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000

Commentary on the futures problem, by Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.(Mass Torts Symposium)(response to article by Geoffrey C. Hazard in this issue, p.1901)
June 1, 2000

Aggregation and settlement of mass torts.(Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000

A response To Professor Cooper.(Mass Torts Symposium)(response to article by Edward H. Cooper in this issue, p. 1943)
June 1, 2000

Benign neglect reconsidered.(Mass Torts Symposium)(response to article by Edward H. Cooper in this issue, p. 1943)
June 1, 2000

Bankruptcy as a vehicle for resolving enterprise-threatening mass tort liability.(Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000

A response to Professor Resnick: Will this vehicle pass inspection?(Mass Torts Symposium)(response to article by Alan N. Resnick in this issue, p. 2045)
June 1, 2000

Money matters: judicial market interventions creating subsidies and awarding fees and costs in individual and aggregate litigation.(Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000

Thoughts about Professor Resnik's paper.(Mass Torts Symposium)(response to article by Judith Resnik in this issue, p. 2119)
June 1, 2000

Ethics matters, too: the significance of professional regulation of attorney fees and costs in mass tort litigation. (response to article by Judith Resnik in this issue, p. 2119) (Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000

Beyond maturity: mass tort case management in the Manual for Complex Litigation.(Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000

Federalism and mass tort litigation.(Mass Torts Symposium)
June 1, 2000