Reparations in Domestic and International Mass Claims Processes : Justice and Money / Jason S. Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Jason S., author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Class actions (Civil procedure).

Damages.

Government liability.

Reparations for historical injustices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

Mass claims have historically allowed victims of wrongdoing on an extensive scale to be compensated for losses suffered. This insightful book surveys and evaluates both domestic and international mass claims processes, delineating their successes and failures in providing this compensation.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. What is mass claims processing?

2. Class actions in the United States: past, present, and future

3. The Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill and its consequences

4. The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: reparations for terrorist attacks on U.S. soil

5. In Re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation: a hybrid U.S. mass claims action

6. International mass claims reparations for Holocaust claims: Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland (CRT-I and CRT-II)

7. Global mass claims reparations: the United Nations Compensation Commission

8. Compensating losses in future international mass claims processes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Palmer, Jason S. Reparations in Domestic and International Mass Claims Processes

ISBN:

1-78536-919-9