A recent study by a team led by Michael Bazyler, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor of Law and 1939 Society Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, has revealed that a significant proportion of property stolen during the Holocaust has yet to be returned to its rightful owners. The study,
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Michael Bazyler’s book Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World has received top honors by the Jewish Book Council, winning the prestigious National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category. “Professor Bazyler is internationally-known as a legal expert in the
On November 20, 2015, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Michael Bazyler will present at a 70th anniversary commemoration conference hosted by the Loyola Center for the Study of Law and Genocide at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Professor Bazyler is the 1939 Society Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at
The July 9, 2015 issue of The New York Review of Books features a review of Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust (New York University Press, 2014) – Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Michael Bazyler’s latest book, co-authored with Professor Frank M. Tuerkheimer (University of Wisconsin Law School). The book review, entitled
In this segment of his bi-monthly address, Dean Campbell reflects on the highlights from spring and summer of 2012. This includes: recent gifts made to the The Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Violence Clinic Professor Bazyler chosen by the National Law Journal as the Appellate Lawyer of the Week Chapman Law student wins prestigious fellowship
Asbarez News featured Professor Michael Bazyler in an article highlighting his appointment to a panel for this November’s Armenian National Committee Grassroots weekend. On a panel entitled, “Transnational Justice: Contemporary Approaches,” Professor Bazyler will discuss current strategies for Armenian Genocide recognition and reparations. Read about Professor Bazyler and the upcoming in Asbarez News.
Assyrian International News Agency highlighted Professor Michael Bazyler’s success as plaintiffs’ counsel, and the early victory Armenian plaintiffs received in a U.S. federal district court in Los Angeles this August. The lawsuit, filed by descendants of Armenian Genocide victims, accuses the defendants of stealing and then profiting from land that was illegally seized during the
Professor Michael Bazyler was quoted on NPR’s “All Things Considered” in a story discussing the death of Maria Altmann, who won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in 2004 that allowed her suit against the Austrian government to recover precious art looted by the Nazis. Listen to podcast of story.
Professor Michael Bazyler spoke at the Armenian Bar Association’s Las Vegas Convention this January. He moderated the discussion of “Legal Remedies, Restitution or Monetary Compensation for the Dispossession of Armenians of pre-Genocide Communal and Private Property in Their Homeland.” Read more about Professor Bazyler’s role in the ArmenBar Conference here.
Professor Michael Bazyler was quoted in an AP article covering the Armenian Church’s suit against the J. Paul Getty Museum. Professer Bazyler, a member of the plaintiff’s legal team, said that attorneys hope the pages can be returned during negotiation rather than litigation. The Armenian Church seeks the return of seven pages that were ripped