The Holocaust, Corporations, and the Law: Unfinished Business

by Leora Bilsky

Book Overview

The Holocaust, Corporations, and the Law explores the challenge posed by the Holocaust to legal and political thought by examining issues raised by the restitution class action suits brought against Swiss banks and German corporations before American federal courts in the 1990s. Although the suits were settled for unprecedented amounts of money, the defendants did not formally assume any legal responsibility. Thus, the lawsuits were bitterly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472053612
• ISBN13: 9780472053612
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"