Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks by Schapiro, Jane

Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780299193348)

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Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks by Schapiro, Jane

Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks

$24.95
Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks by Schapiro, Jane

Inside a Class Action: The Holocaust and the Swiss Banks

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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On October 21, 1996, attorney Michael Hausfeld, with a team of lawyers, filed a class-action complaint against Union Bank of Switzerland, Swiss Bank Corporation, and Credit Suisse on behalf of Holocaust victims. The suit accused the banks of, among other things, acting as the chief financiers for Nazi Germany. On August 12, 1998, the plaintiffs and banks reached a $1.25 billion settlement. Through detailed research, court transcripts, and interviews with politicians, attorneys, historians, and survivors, Jane Schapiro shows how egos, personalities, and values clashed in this complex and emotionally charged case. Inside a Class Action provides an insider's view of a major lawsuit from its inception to its conclusion and will appeal to anyone interested in human rights, reparations, and international law.

Author: Jane Schapiro
ISBN-10: 0299193349
ISBN-13: 9780299193348
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2013
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
By Jane Schapiro
By Jane Schapiro
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Jane Schapiro is the author of a volume of poetry, Tapping This Stone, and a chapbook, Mrs. Cave's House. Her essays and poems have appeared in publications such as The American Book Review, The American Scholar, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, The Sun, and Yankee. She lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

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