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What is life worth? the unprecedented effort to compensate the victims of 9/11

Presents a memoir of the attorney appointed to administer the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, detailing his encounters with victims' families and the means he used to derive the amount of compensation they received.

Main Author: Feinberg, Kenneth R.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Public Affairs, 2005.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Reparation (Criminal justice) > United States > History.
Terrorism victims' families > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Summary: Presents a memoir of the attorney appointed to administer the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, detailing his encounters with victims' families and the means he used to derive the amount of compensation they received.
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: xxv, 213 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781586484514
1586484516
9781586483234
1586483234
Author Notes: Kenneth R. Feinberg , one of the nation's leading lawyers, specializes in mediation and alternative dispute resolution and has helped to administer the response to some of the most complex public crises in recent American history, including Agent Orange, executive compensation following the 2008 financial crisis, the BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, the Boston Marathon bombings, and, notably, the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. A former prosecutor and member of two Presidential Commissions, he is also adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and New York University. He lives in Washington D.C.

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