| Across Europe there is growing interest in finding solutions for collectively redressing “mass” claims. It is hard to assess to what extent this emerging trend is a result of the spread of American legal culture over European societies and to what extent it derives from an actual need. Nevertheless, strong political pressure has recently been observed to introduce into domestic legal systems possibilities of pursuing collective actions as a form of court action enabling “weaker” parties effectively to pursue corporate businesses. In some European jurisdictions this pressure has been translated into legal reform.
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