The Holocaust, corporations and the law : unfinished business /

"The Holocaust, Corporations, and the Law explores the challenge posed by the Holocaust to legal and political thought by examining the issues raised by the restitution class action suits brought against Swiss banks and German corporations before American federal courts in the 1990s. Although t...

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Main Author: Bilsky, Leora, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2017
Series:Law, meaning, and violence
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245 1 4 |a The Holocaust, corporations and the law :  |b unfinished business /  |c Leora Bilsky 
260 |a Ann Arbor :  |b University of Michigan Press,  |c 2017 
300 |a xii, 239 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm 
490 1 |a Law, meaning, and violence 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-235) and index 
505 0 |a Corporate accountability and collective guilt -- Transnational Holocaust litigation : between international criminal law and structural reform -- Rethinking settlement -- Transnational litigation and the legitimacy of domestic courts -- A process-oriented approach to corporate liability for human rights violations -- Humanitarian payment and corporate responsibility -- The judge and the historian -- Commissioned corporate history -- Conclusion : Transnational Holocaust litigation as a source of theorization and strategy 
520 |a "The Holocaust, Corporations, and the Law explores the challenge posed by the Holocaust to legal and political thought by examining the 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 criticized by lawyers for betraying justice and by historians for distorting history. Leora Bilsky argues class action litigation and settlement offer a mode of accountability well suited to addressing the bureaucratic nature of business involvement in atrocities. Prior to these lawsuits, legal treatment of the Holocaust was dominated by criminal law and its individualistic assumptions, consistently failing to relate to the structural aspects of Nazi crimes. Engaging critically with contemporary debates about corporate responsibility for human rights violations and assumptions about "law," she argues for the need to design processes that make multinational corporations accountable, and examines the implications for transitional justice, the relationship between law and history, and for community and representation in a post-national world. ... In an era when corporations are ever more powerful and international, Bilsky's arguments will attract attention beyond those interested in the Holocaust and its long shadow."--Back cover 
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650 0 |a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)  |x Reparations 
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