Book contents
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Class Actions
- The Cambridge Handbook of Class Actions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The United States
- Part II The Americas
- Part III Europe
- 9 English Systems of Multiparty Litigation
- 10 Class Actions in Switzerland
- 11 Class Actions in Belgium
- 12 The New Italian Regulation on Class Actions
- 13 Collective Litigation in German Civil Procedure
- 14 Class Action à la française
- 15 The Dutch Mechanisms for Collective Redress: Solid, and Excellent within Reach
- Part IV Asia and the South Pacific
- Part V Middle East and Africa
10 - Class Actions in Switzerland
from Part III - Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2021
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Class Actions
- The Cambridge Handbook of Class Actions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The United States
- Part II The Americas
- Part III Europe
- 9 English Systems of Multiparty Litigation
- 10 Class Actions in Switzerland
- 11 Class Actions in Belgium
- 12 The New Italian Regulation on Class Actions
- 13 Collective Litigation in German Civil Procedure
- 14 Class Action à la française
- 15 The Dutch Mechanisms for Collective Redress: Solid, and Excellent within Reach
- Part IV Asia and the South Pacific
- Part V Middle East and Africa
Summary
Swiss Law as well as the law of its neighboring, continental European countries originally didn’t know the procedural instrument of class actions. The reason for this absence compared to former Commonwealth states is twofold. First, Swiss doctrine has always placed the right to be individually heard and the protection of individual interests at the forefront. On the other hand, the procedural economic advantages of class actions were neglected. Second, the Swiss legislature, as many European Parliaments, was afraid of the disadvantages that class action lawsuits allegedly bring for the national economy and the legal system.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Class ActionsAn International Survey, pp. 176 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021