Whatever deficits remain in the Canadian project to make justice available to all, class actions have been heralded as a success story. Beginning in 1979 in Quebec, and in the '90s for most of English-speaking Canada, class actions were introduced to overcome barriers to justice for those who would otherwise have no recourse to the courts. Class Actions in Canada critically and empirically examines whether collective litigation is meeting this primary goal. First drawing on foundational literature and recent jurisprudence to propose a conceptualization that moves beyond mere access to a...
Whatever deficits remain in the Canadian project to make justice available to all, class actions have been heralded as a success story. Beginning in 1...