Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Editor: Richard B. Lillich -- Preface / Richard B. Lillich -- Acknowledgments / Editor: Richard B. Lillich -- Explanation of Citations / Editor: Richard B. Lillich -- The UN Compensation Commission: An Overview / Carlos Alzamora -- The Lessons of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal Applied to Claims Against Iraq / Charles N. Brower -- Establishment of the United Nations Compensation Commission: The U.S. Government Perspective / Ronald J. Bettauer -- Establishment of the UN Compensation Commission: The Kuwaiti Government Perspective / Dr. Adel Omar Asem -- Dispute Resolution or Administrative Tribunal: A Question of Due Process / Jeremy P. Carver -- The UNCC and Its Critics: Is Iraq Entitled to Judicial Due Process? / John R. Crook -- Claims Settlement and the United Nations Legal Structure / Jr. Frederic L. Kirgis -- The Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure of the United Nations Compensation Commission: A Practical Approach to Mass Claims Processing / Michael F. Raboin -- Mass Claims Processing: Techniques for Processing Over 400,000 Claims for Individual Loss at the United Nations Compensation Commission / Christopher S. Gibson -- The Intellectual Heritage of Claims Processing at the United Nations Compensation Commission / Francis E. McGovern -- Causation and Directness of Loss as Elements of Compensability Before the United Nations Compensation Commission / Norbert Wühler -- Toward a Foreseeability Approach to Causation Questions at the United Nations Compensation Commission / Arthur W. Rovine and Grant Hanessian -- Historic Analogues of the UN Compensation Commission / David J. Bederman -- State Responsibility and the UN Compensation Commission: Compensating Victims of Crimes of State / Gordon A. Christenson -- The UNCC and the Search for Practical Justice / David D. Caron -- Back Matter -- Contributors / Editor: Richard B. Lillich -- Appendix A UN Security Council Resolution 687 (1991) / Editor: Richard B. Lillich -- Appendix B Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to Paragraph 19 of Security Council Resolution 687 (1991) / Editor: Richard B. Lillich -- Appendix C UNCC Decision Nos. 1–26 / Editor: Richard B. Lillich -- Table of Cases / Editor: Richard B. Lillich -- Index / Editor: Richard B. Lillich.

This widely-used book covers the establishment, nature, operations, and contribution of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), emphasizing the work of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, disputes between Kuwait and Iraq, judicial due process, mass claims processing, and compensating victims of crimes of state. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

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