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20 Cornell Int'l L.J. 281 (1987)
The Extradition of John Demjanjuk: War Crimes, Universality Jurisdiction, and the Political Offense Doctrine

handle is hein.journals/cintl20 and id is 297 raw text is: CORNELL
INTERNATIONAL LAW
JOURNAL

Volume 20                   Summer 1987                    Number 2

ARTICLES
THE EXTRADITION OF JOHN DEMJANJUK:
WAR CRIMES, UNIVERSALITY
JURISDICTION, AND THE POLITICAL
OFFENSE DOCTRINE
Rena Hozore Reisst
TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ....................................
II. THE CASE HISTORY ................................
A. The Displaced Persons Act ........................
B. Demjanjuk's Denaturalization Proceeding ..........
III. THE EXTRADITION CASE ..........................
A .  Identification  ......................................
B. Subject Matter Jurisdiction ........................

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t A.B. Princeton University, magna cum laude (1981); J.D. Harvard Law School,
cum laude (1986). Ms. Reiss practices law in Miami, Florida.
The author would like to thank Deborah Anker of the Harvard Law School for her
assistance in the preparation of this Article.

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