5 THE ITALIAN LAW JOURNAL NO. 2 (2019) The New Italian Class Action: Hope Springs Eternal by Angelo Danilo De Santis This paper analyzes class action for damages and collective action for injunctive and declaratory relief as new collective proceedings introduced in the Code of Civil Procedure. It examines the main questions brought about by the new class action, regulated by a form of simplified proceedings. It is also considered the adhesion proceedings, which aims to state adherents’ rights, and that is structured in two phases, the first following the decision of admissibility, the second stemming from the final decision on merits. Rules providing for appeals, class action settlements and collective enforcement of judicial orders are analysed. DOI 10.23815/2421-2156.ITALJ ISSN 2421-2156
