Volume 39, Issue 2

Symposium: Rule 23: Class Actions at the Crossroads

A Distant Mirror: The Bill of Peace in Early American Mass Torts and Its Implications for Modern Class Actions

39 Ariz. L. Rev. 711 (1997)

Thomas D. Rowe, Jr. Comment View PDF

Professor Yeazell's Article in this symposium' treats several historical aspects of class-action practice that are relevant to modem settlement-class issues. His title refers to "defendant classes," which can include numerous…

Remarks to the Institute for Law and Economic Policy

39 Ariz. L. Rev. 719 (1997)

Paul V. Niemeyer Article View PDF

The test for allowing a class action under former Equity Rule 38 was modestly stated to be satisfied when the question before the court was "one of common or general…