Man vs. Beast (Cherub)

Book Description

CHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists and international drug dealers. CHERUB agents hack into computers, bug entire houses, and download crucial documents. It is a highly dangerous job. For their safety, these agents DO NOT EXIST.

Mainstream animal protection groups have always stayed within the law, but a new band of radical liberationists argues that if humans and animals are equal, then it's right to kill or threaten one human in order to save the lives of many animals. In a new mission, James and the other CHERUB agents must go up against the most radical group yet in a daring and violent attempt to save hundreds of lives...including their own.

Customer Reviews:

My daughter loves this series.......2007-07-01

My thirteen-year-old daughter has read the entire series. She stumbled upon the first book while browsing through her English teacher's collection of paperbacks. She was hooked instantly. She bought a copy of Man vs. Beast the day it came out; however, she misplaced it so I'm just now getting around to buying her a second copy. I'm not thrilled about the themes, which involve crime-fighting teens who thwart terrorist attacks. In one of the books, the kids are dispatched to capture a group of eco-terrorists, before they do something or other - I don't recall the details. The stories are action packed and each ends in a cliffhanger. Although I find the themes somewhat objectionable, they're mostly harmless and I have no compunction in letting her read pretty much whatever she wants. According to my daughter, the series would appeal to both boys and girls, ages 10 to 14, or so.

THE BEST BOOKS EVER.......2007-04-24

THE WHOLE CHERUB SERIES ARE THE BEST BOOKS EVER. I READ A TON.

When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You)

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grreat!
Enjoyable says a middle aged man
Sixth Sense
When Lightning Strikes: #1
When Lightning Strikes

When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You)
Meg Cabot
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Sanctuary (1-800-Where-R-You)

ASIN: 1416927050

Book Description

JESS MASTRIANI

was misunderstood by her teachers and had a crush on the local bad boy, but that didn't mean she was trouble. But trouble found her when she survived a lightning strike and discovered that a newfound talent had been bestowed upon her.

Now, whenever she sees a picture of a missing child, Jess knows exactly where he or she is when she wakes up the next morning. Reuniting lost children with their desperate parents is one thing, but Jess must choose whether to use her power for good...or for evil.

Customer Reviews:

grreat!.......2007-09-02

This book is simply amazing! I loved it loved it loved it! If you even LIKE Meg Cabot you are going to fall in love with her writing in this one! It is simply amazing and just fantastic! I definitely did not expect it to be this great but it was!! Buy with confidence- you are going to love this book!!

Enjoyable says a middle aged man.......2007-08-07

From the perspective of a man in his middle fifties, I have found Meg Cabot's adventure books, the Lightning Girl books and the Mediator books are very enjoyable.
I read YA books for their light content and fairly happy ending. A series like this allows for some character development that is often not found in adult adventure fare.
There are many of us who were hooked on the YA genre as our children went through this age group. When they stepped up to Dickens or Evanovich, we often returned to these books.
So often they deal with social issues neglected by adult genre fiction and made deadly dull by the more "literate" novels. Meg Cabot's books are no exception.

Sixth Sense.......2007-07-18

Another best-seller from meg cabot this book aboards the sixth sense like cabot has never done.
A serie that promises a normal girl that suddenly has to deal with completely new problems.
Diferent from the mediator because this girl receive her abilities when she is sixteen so you see how she deals with it since the beginning.
Such a great book that I ordered it from another country.

When Lightning Strikes: #1.......2006-12-23

I read this whole book in one night. It was amazing. It was funny, and suspenseful. I just couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen next.
I suppose if you are looking for an in-depth description, you could look at some of the other freakishly-long reviews. This review is just meant to tell you that I loved this book so much.

When Lightning Strikes.......2006-10-16

When Lightning Strikes is about an ordinary girl who, like the rest of us girls, goes to school, has a crush, gets good grades, has problems, and has one weird family she loves. Her best friend loves her guts but forces her to walk home when she could've driven home in a car because her friends thinks she has a lot of meat on her due to some football jock of an idiot. That's where the glitch comes in. She has super powers. Yeah: you heard right; she has superpowers.

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wow!
Safe House
Keeps you wanting more
Hard act to follow and doesn't quite make it
Safe House

Safe House (1-800-Where-R-You)
Meg Cabot
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ASIN: 1416927069

Book Description

JESS MASTRIANI

was on vacation when Amber went missing. Most people blame Jess for Amber's brutal slaying, but how could Jess -- even with her psychic ability to find anyone, anywhere -- have stopped the cheerleader from turning up dead, without having known she was even missing?

When yet another cheerleader disappears, Jess has a chance to redeem herself. If she can just find the girl before it's too late, maybe Jess will finally have a chance to be part of the in crowd. Except that it's starting to look like being "in" might just get you -- not to mention your loved ones -- killed. So much for popularity.

Customer Reviews:

wow!.......2007-09-02

Safe House.......2007-06-13

What a great book. Something about this series is so addictive, and I am just caught up in how funny the writing is, and still unable to put the book down no matter how hard I try. It was funny, it was interesting, it was a very quick read, and this is one of the best series that I've ever read.

Keeps you wanting more.......2007-01-30

In this third book of the series 1-800-Where-R-You, Jessica Mastriani finds herself in a bit of a pickle. Between the death of a cheerleader, who was from her own school, and trying to convince everyone that she no longer has her ESP powers (which enables her to locate missing people), she stumbles across another kidnaped cheerleader. She doesn't admit to still having her powers but right away she jumps into all of the action. She soon discovers that the police have no clue who the kidnappers were and that she is all alone in trying to solve this case. It all ends with a big twist and an unsuspecting kidnapper.

I really like this book and how it was written. I thought it did a good job of connecting with teens and not being too serious. I liked the author's diction. It was not too advanced and it was not too simple, it was just right. She uses words like blurting, chick, disgust, and kissing to make the reader like and trust the narrator. I disliked the graphic detail when they found the second kidnap victim. It was just too graphic and gross for me. I think it could have been a little less gruesome. I would certainly recommend this book and this series to high school students but I think it would be too advanced for elementary and middle school students even though there is simple diction. Overall, it was a great book.

Hard act to follow and doesn't quite make it.......2007-01-10

Meg Cabot is an awesome writer. I've adored most of her books, even though I am older than her target audience. I first stumbled across her after the Princess Diary movie, of course, but soon found that the Mediator series and the 1-800- series were my favorites.
This series starts off fantastic, and the first four books are well worth reading again and again. But this last book doesn't quite match up. Maybe it's because there was a gap in Jessica's life between the last two books, maybe because of all of her experiences, whatever the reason this one was much harder to get into.
Every other book in the series followed directly after the one before it, but this one jumps over a year. A year in which incredibly significant, and traumatic events happened. There were very dramatic changes in Jess's personality and those were explained by her experiences, but it almost felt like I had missed a book in a series. Or come in 10 minutes late for a movie. The explanations made sense clinically but they didn't make sense emotionally.
That being said even Meg's worst book is worth reading, and this was NOT her worst book.
-Still a fan of Meg Cabot!

Safe House.......2006-09-20

Jessica Mastriani is a girl that attends Ernest Pyle High School. She has a psychic ability to find missing people by connecting with their belongings, or strangely by feeling exactly what they are feeling as they are being kidnapped. She can't stand it when the FBI tries to run tests on her to use her as help of their investigations. So one day she decides to make up a ludicrous story, stating that due to electric shock, she no longer has psychic powers. Until one day. She shows up at school as it seemed to appear as a normal day, until she enters homeroom. The one girl that sat in front of her in homeroom ever since middle school hadn't appeared in sight. Jess didn't know. She was out of town for the summer; But Amber Mackey (the girl that sat in front of her) had been murdered! First it stated out as a kidnapping, which later led to an unknown murder. Amber was the type of girl that everyone idolized. She was a cheerleader, smart popular and very pretty. Rumors began to spread quicker than the west Nile virus. Many people began to suspect that Mark Leskowski, Amber's boyfriend, was the murderer. But in Jessica's eyes, he was an innocent soul, for goodness sake, the jock of the school cried when Amber died. Then as the Amber Mackey case was yet to be solved, Heather Montrose, a student who also attended Pyle High, was kidnapped as well. But when Heather was kidnapped, Mark Leskowski was with Jessica, he couldn't possibly be the killer. Who could have kidnapped Heather? Why was Jessica messing around with a dead girl's boyfriend? So many questions that are yet to be answered. In order for Jessica to use her psychic ability to find Heather, she must have something Heather once kept with her. She must also make sure that the FBI does not suspect that she still has psychic ability.
Then mysterious phone calls where made to Jessica's house, threatening her for her life. Whoever this person was, knew what Jessica was up to. As she attempts to find Heather, Claire Lippman is kidnapped! No suspects were made but one. Jessica's brother, only because he once attempted to take his own life, and by the way, he is recovering. Then one day. As Jessica is talking to her crush, Rob Wilkins, something takes over her. You wouldn't possibly think that anything worse can happen after her family restaurant is burnt to ashes. Something just takes over her. She is in the scene, smelling, seeing, and feeling everything Claire Lippman is experiencing. As she leads Rob and finds the shed that Claire was in, the mystery is still unknown. Almost all of the preppies of the school hang out at that same shed. Who could the murderer be? Just as the mystery continues to grow, doctors have found that Amber Mackey was pregnant! Once the clues were put in place, it all made perfect sense. Her boyfriend Mark thought that football was everything. No exceptions! Could he be the murderer? OR could it be his friend Jeff? Was Jessica's brother Douglas the murderer? Whoever the Ernest Pyle High murderer was knew exactly what he was doing. I definitely recommend this book. It is a mystery and it makes you think. It keeps you reading and guessing what will happen next.

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Divine Madness (Cherub)
Robert Muchamore
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ASIN: 1416927247

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When CHERUB uncovers a link between eco-terrorist group Help Earth and a wealthy religious cult known as The Survivors, James is sent to their isolated outback headquarters on an infiltration mission. It's a thousand kilometers to the closest town, and James is under massive pressure from the cult's brainwashing techniques. This time he's not just fighting terrorists.... He's got to battle for his own mind.

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teenage book.......2007-03-27

I purchased this book for my 14-year old son. He loves this series. Read each book in a couple of days because he couldn't set it down.

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Pretty good but a bit unbelievable
Brilliant
Exciting thriller!
Glad this made it to the USA!
Adolescent Agents

The Recruit (Cherub)
Robert Muchamore
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ASIN: 068987779X

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James is the latest CHERUB recruit. He and his sister were recently orphaned, and James has been in a lot of trouble. But he is brilliant in math. And CHERUB needs him. After one hundred days, the grueling training period is over. But the adventure has just begun.

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Pretty good but a bit unbelievable.......2006-07-21

First of all I am a kid but I read many an adult book. (mainly espionage). It's a good read if you don't read very much, need summer reading but havn't read alex rider books by Anthony horowitz. I wish the author would have talked a bit less like a teenager instead of using words like [...] Also, if James were real he would have been dead before the book even started because of the rediculous amount of bullying. Of course, I have never seen anyone bullied at my school so this seemed like a bit of a foreign topic. Robert Muchamore seems to know more about video games than he should. For example the only games that were on a jet were old n64 games. Plus, if your queezy dont read this book. James, at one point must kill a chicken. He does and blood and well, chicken waste sprays everywhere. There is a bit of romance but nothing to extreme. I was very surprised to see cherub agents which are all kids smoking and drinking whenever they please. Of course james gets terribly drunk and becomes nearly unconscience. There doesnt seem o be any real danger after every trap is either inefective or easily avoided. Further There is onl a very vague villian and the book goes without a true espionage ending. However this book was still very enjoyable

Brilliant .......2006-01-08

I saw this book tucked away in a bookshelf in a small old bookshop in london. I read the back and it sounded different and quite cool so I bought it. I started reading it and just couldn't stop. This book was funny, exciting, and so well written. Take it from me a twelve year old who reads almost nothing but fantasy actually enjoying a book that was somewhat realistic. Now thats a big for me! You should definitley get this book you won't regret it.

Exciting thriller!.......2005-12-10

The Recruit is about a kid called James who is violent but he doesn't mean to be. His parents didn't like each other so he lived with his obese mother, Gwen, who is the head of a shoplifting empire, and his sister, Lauren. His mother died so James went to a orphanage/boarding school. There he got into a lot of trouble so he had to go to jail. He was drugged and when he woke up he was in a facility called CHERUB with no idea how he got there. It turns out that this is a kid spy training facility. From there on his life is never the same, from impossible training to exhilarating missions. I recommend this book to young adults.

Glad this made it to the USA!.......2005-09-17

Bought this book on a whim and am really glad I did. My son and I both read this book in a single sitting. My daughter is next to read it.
If a young person (or like me, not so young) is into Alias or other secret agent type stories and movies they will love The Cherub books by Muchamore (how do pronounce that anyway?).
The thing I found most remarkable about the books is there great ability to suspend disbelief. I found myself having to recall whether the books were based on fact or not.
One caution however, the author has done an excellent job of dealing with rough and tumble situations (such as drug use, criminal behavior and violence) but these are not candy coated and thus may not be appropriate for all children. That said, try one!

Adolescent Agents.......2005-09-07

James Choke isn't a typical 11-year old. His mom is probably the fattest mom he's ever seen, and she's a top-flight black market dealer to boot. Sure, he can get anybody in school anything they want for half off, but he can't escape his mom's looming shadow. In the space of one day, though, his luck turns incredibly sour: he's kicked out of school for fighting a girl, gets his butt kicked by the girl's brother, has to deal with his sister's dad who's around for another handout, and his mother dies from drinking while on medication. While in a depressing children's home, he's recruited for a spy agency that's so secret no one even knows what the initials stand for. After getting a hold on his life, choosing to go the way of the spy, and undergoing a grueling 100-day course, he's sent off to infiltrate a hippie community that's planning a violent demonstration. In the middle of that, he meets the girl of his dreams whose father is a cop that doesn't like him.

Robert Muchamore is, according to the author information, a private investigator working in London. The CHERUB series, four books so far, are making their way from Great Britain to the United States.

James Choke is a great character whose appeal fluctuates between being a colassal screw-up with out-of-control emotions and a kid just trying to survive who cares deeply about his little sister. He's just clever enough to get himself out of life-threatening situations, but then to get himself constantly in hot water with the authority figures at the spy school. Young readers will root for him and empathize with his problems because, spy work aside, they're not so very far from those of most adolescents.

There is a small warning with this book. The language may be more explicit than some parents are comfortable with, pushing the book definitely into the teen arena, but featuring a 12-year old hero (he has a birthday during the course of the novel). Also, his reasoning seems to be on par with a fifteen or sixteen-year old.

THE RECRUIT sets up the series nicely. Lots of action, lots of character, and plenty of spy background. A timeline dossier is also included, showing the author has thought about the special MI-5 department he's developed. Fans of Alex Rider will probably enjoy these books. There's more dialogue, but the situations are a little more edgy and adult.

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teenage book

The Killing (Cherub)
Robert Muchamore
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Leona is a small-time crook with big money. When the cops call in CHERUB, James's mission looks entirely routine: make nice with Leon's kids, dig up some leads, and infiltrate his home. But when James suddenly unravels a much larger plot, the mission becomes anything but ordinary. Unfortunately, the only person who might know the truth is a reclusive eighteen-year-old boy -- who happens to have died more than a year ago.

Customer Reviews:

teenage book.......2007-03-27

I purchased this book for my 14-year old son. He loves this series. Read each book in a couple of days because he couldn't set it down.

Distorting the Law: Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis (Chicago Series in Law and Society)

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Objection Sustained!

Distorting the Law: Politics, Media, and the Litigation Crisis (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
William Haltom , and Michael McCann
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Blocking the Courthouse Door: How the Republican Party and Its Corporate Allies Are Taking Away Your Right to Sue

ASIN: 0226314642

Book Description

In recent years, stories of reckless lawyers and greedy citizens have given the legal system, and victims in general, a bad name. Many Americans have come to believe that we live in the land of the litigious, where frivolous lawsuits and absurdly high settlements reign.

Scholars have argued for years that this common view of the depraved ruin of our civil legal system is a myth, but their research and statistics rarely make the news. William Haltom and Michael McCann here persuasively show how popularized distorted understandings of tort litigation (or tort tales) have been perpetuated by the mass media and reform proponents. Distorting the Law lays bare how media coverage has sensationalized lawsuits and sympathetically portrayed corporate interests, supporting big business and reinforcing negative stereotypes of law practices.

Based on extensive interviews, nearly two decades of newspaper coverage, and in-depth studies of the McDonald's coffee case and tobacco litigation, Distorting the Law offers a compelling analysis of the presumed litigation crisis, the campaign for tort law reform, and the crucial role the media play in this process.

Customer Reviews:

Objection Sustained!.......2007-05-21

After having read Stephanie Mencimer's "Blocking the Courthouse Door" I became more interested in the arguments against "tort reform." However, this book did little to enhance that interest.

In defense of the authors, Haltom and McCann, they have presented a thorough discussion of the topic as it relates to politics, media and the litigation crisis, just as the subtitle says. There are chapters for pro-business tort reformers, plaintiffs and sociological scholars opposed to it, newspaper reporting and information selection, the story of "the McDonalds Hot Coffee Lady," tobacco litigation, and a final chapter, which I confess, I had no idea what they were talking about, mainly because I had lost interest. Their analyses are so in depth that they would probably even have John Stossel scratching his head.

My hypnotic trance was due to the academic presentation of information. In fact it was so dry, it almost gave me the Heaves. I object to this for the person who wants to learn AND be entertained. The objection is overruled for the reader who wishes to pursue serious academic study of the tort misinformation from different directions. For the latter, it is at least four stars. Either one will be better informed, and may God have mercy on your soul!

For me, it was a solid three, only because I wanted to find the information interesting.

Can I sue Amazon for this?

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teenage book

Maximum Security (Cherub)
Robert Muchamore
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Two hundred eighty child criminals live in the sunbaked desert prison Arizona Max. One of them is the son of a weapons dealer who has been selling U.S. missiles to terrorists. If CHERUB can get the kid, they can get the parent. Over the years, CHERUB has put plenty of criminals behind bars. Now, for the first time ever, they've got to break one out....

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teenage book.......2007-03-27

I purchased this book for my 14-year old son. He loves this series. Read each book in a couple of days because he couldn't set it down.

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The Dealer

The Dealer (Cherub)
Robert Muchamore
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James is on his most daring mission yet: to smack down the world's most powerful drug lord. It means hitting the streets, where the dealers work. It's a vicious business. But James is going to take it down...from the top.

Customer Reviews:

teenage book.......2007-03-27

I purchased this book for my 14-year old son. He loves this series. Read each book in a couple of days because he couldn't set it down.

The Dealer.......2006-05-22

The Dealer
By: Robert Muchamore

The book I read was The Dealer by Robert Muchamore. In this report I will be telling you all about the book. I will tell you things about the main characters to the plot, the setting and my opinion on the book. Well I know you can't wait to read this let's get started.
"Good Guys": The main character in this book is James Adams. He was also the main character in the first book in this series. James is a 13 year old boy who works for a secret part of the British Military called Cherub. Kyle Blueman is one of James best friends at Cherub. Kyle met James at an orphanage while recruiting for Cherub. Kerry Chang is also one of James best friends at Cherub and he has a little crush on her. James and Kerry went through basic training together (basic training is a 100 day training period where agents prove they are worthy to be in Cherub). Nicole Eddison is another Cherub agent, one of James and Kerry's friends. James little sister Lauren, is also at Cherub, but she hasn't passed basic training yet.
"Bad Guys": The main bad guy is Keith Moore. He is a drug dealer and head of Keith Moore's Gang. Keith Moore Jr. (aka junior) is one Keith Moore's son (more about him later). April Moore is one of Keith Moore's daughter. Ringo Moore is Keith's other son and Erin is his other daughter. Dinesh is the son of Keith Moore's business partner, who helps bag cocaine for Keith Moore.
The story is about how four kids (James, Kerry, Kyle and Nicole) help bust the drug dealer Keith Moore. The kids assignments on the mission are to befriend the Moore children. James has to befriend Junior, Kerry and Erin, Nicole and April and Kyle is supposed to befriend Ringo. This is a dangerous job. James becomes a drug deliverer for Keith and so does Kerry. Nicole gets a thing going with Junior and James pretends to like April. James, April, Nicole and Junior all are friends and they go over to the Moore house a lot. Kerry finds out about Dineshe's Dad and Kerry James and his sister Laurens investigate the warehouse and found where Keith gets his cocaine bagged. James and Kerry get their cocaine stolen on a test run and they fight to get it back. After they do, Keith is very proud of them and tells them that Kerry can work with James on deliveries. After a party Nicole and Junior use cocaine and Nicole has to go to the hospital. Junior invite's James to go to Miami with him and his dad, Keith. On one of there last nights in Miami there house gets ambushed and James kill's a man in self defense. Then James runs away and meets up with the DEA official who has been helping him. They end up getting Keith Moore in prison for 15-20 years.
This story's setting takes place in a couple of places in London and in Miami, Florida.
The theme of this novel is about kids our age that work for MI5 and they help put a drug leader into prison.
I absolutely loved this story. I have read this book around 8 or 9 times. I can't stop reading it. The author makes it very addicting. The story is so good and exciting you never want to put this book down. I love how the author doesn't make it too unbelievable, yet he doesn't make it boring either. I also like the topic. Now there is a major problem with drugs and it makes sense to write a story about it. Robert Muchamore did a great job writing this book from a kid's perspective. It seems like a 12 or 13 year old kid is telling you this story. I highly recommend any 5th or 6th grade student, or older to pick up this book. Actually they should read the first book in the series (I could go on and on about it also).
Review was written by Matthew Wine.

Institutional and Procedural Aspects of Mass Claims Settlement Systems (Permanent Court Papers of Arbitration/Peace Papers)

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Institutional and Procedural Aspects of Mass Claims Settlement Systems (Permanent Court Papers of Arbitration/Peace Papers)

Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International
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International Mass Claims Processes: Legal and Practical Perspectives

ASIN: 9041114068

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This volume is the first of a new series edited by the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) -- The PCA/Peace Palace Papers -- which contains the papers emanating from the semi-annual seminars organized by the PCA in the Peace Palace. Each seminar focuses on a topical issue of international law. The first seminar was held on December 9, 1999, and dealt with Institutional and Procedural Aspects of Mass Claims Settlement Systems. Four speakers from Europe and the United States, recognized experts in their field, shared their practical experience with the respective systems dealing with mass claims.

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