The Problematic Role of the Special Master: Undermining the Legitimacy of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
dc.contributor.author | Berkowitz, Elizabeth | |
dc.date | 2021-11-25T13:36:29.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-26T12:29:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-26T12:29:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-11-19T08:33:56-08:00 | |
dc.identifier | ylpr/vol24/iss1/2 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 7862329 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/17040 | |
dc.description.abstract | The immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was a time of intense national mourning which upended the normal political process. Less than two weeks after. the collapse of the World Trade Center, a unified Congress passed the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (ATSSSA, or "the Act"), a bill intended to help stabilize the economy by protecting the airlines from an avalanche of litigation. The ATSSSA represents the largest single corporate bailout in history and the biggest no-fault compensation scheme in decades. It provides five billion dollars in cash payments, ten billion dollars in a loan guarantee program, and a cap on litigation damages equal to the airlines' six billion dollars of insurance coverage. | |
dc.title | The Problematic Role of the Special Master: Undermining the Legitimacy of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Yale Law & Policy Review | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-11-26T12:29:28Z | |
dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylpr/vol24/iss1/2 | |
dc.identifier.legacyfulltext | https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1514&context=ylpr&unstamped=1 |