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Book SynopsisThe series 'Decisions of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution' documents a fundamental element of Austria's most recent compensation measures dealing with the consequences of the National Socialist era. The possibility of in rem restitution of property seized during the National Socialist era which is now publicly-owned was provided for by the Washington Agreement of 2001. The Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution, established with the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism in Vienna, decides on applications for restitution. For the most part, the applications concern real estate that was confiscated between 1938 and 1945, was publicly-owned on the Agreement cut off day (17 January 2001) and in many cases had already been the subject of restitution proceedings after 1945. Since 2003, the Arbitration Panel has decided on a great number of applications and has recommended the restitution of property to the former owners or their legal successors in several cases. In the course of these decisions based on the General Settlement Fund Law, the Arbitration Panel has developed a complex case law. Volume 5 contains fifteen decisions of the Arbitration Panel from 2007 and 2008, each in the German original and with an English translation.
Trade Review...a well-edited collection of sixteen new cases along with a useful introduction and back-matter. -- Jonathan A Bush * The British Yearbook of International Law, 2014 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Press Release Decision No. 377/2007 Decision No. 377/2007 Press Release Decision WA/RO 2/2007 re 46/2006 Decision WA/RO 2/2007 re 46/2006 Press Release Decision No. 382/2007 Decision No. 382/2007 Press Release Decision No. 411/2007 Decision No. 411/2007 Press Release Decision No. 412/2008 Decision No. 412/2008 Press Release Decision No. 413/2008 Decision No. 413/2008 Press Release Decision No. 414/2008 Decision No. 414/2008 Press Release Decision No. 415/2008 Decision No. 415/2008 Press Release Decision No. 416/2008 Decision No. 416/2008 Press Release Decision WA/RO 2a/2008 Decision WA/RO 2a/2008 Press Release Decision No. 9a/2008 Decision No. 9a/2008 Press Release Decision No. 206a/2008 Decision No. 206a/2008 Press Release Decision No. 441/2008 Decision No. 441/2008 Press Release Decision No. 27c/2008 Decision No. 27c/2008 Press Release Decision No. 442/2008 Decision No. 442/2008 Press Release Decision No. 443/2008 Decision No. 443/2008 Appendix Federal Law on the Establishment of a General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism and on Restitution Measures (General Settlement Fund Law, original version: Federal Law Gazette I no. 12 /2001), latest version Opt-In Dates of Austrian Provinces and Municipalities A Select Bibliography on the Subject of (In Rem) Restitution Glossary a) Legal Provisions b) Relevant Terms List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Overview of the Decisions Published in Volumes 1–5 of this Series Editors
