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Plunder : When the Rule of Law Is Illegal
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Plunder : When the Rule of Law Is Illegal Paperback - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Mattei, Ugo, Nader, Laura

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  • Title Plunder : When the Rule of Law Is Illegal
  • Author Mattei, Ugo, Nader, Laura
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
  • Date 2008-04-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 49051738-75
  • ISBN 9781405178945 / 1405178949
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6.01 x 0.61 in (22.91 x 15.27 x 1.55 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Law and ethics, Rule of law
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007026293
  • Dewey Decimal Code 340.11

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the rear cover

The Rule of Law has long been cherished in the US as the ultimate defender of civil liberty and the American way of life - a Rule of Law which no one can quite define, but everyone supports. In this provocative new book, Ugo Mattei and Laura Nader wage a frontal assault on this treasured belief in the sanctity of the Rule of Law, unflinchingly exploring its previously neglected dark side. They expose its intimate relationship with plunder - the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actors victimizing weaker ones - in the service of Western cultural and economic domination.

Boldly conceived and vibrantly written, Plunder dares to ask the paradoxical question - is the Rule of Law itself illegal? Mattei and Nader expose global examples of plunder: of Native American lands, to the plunder of oil in Iraq; of ideas in the form of Western patents and intellectual property rights imposed on weaker peoples; and of liberty and the demise of Rule of Law in the United States. This thought-provoking text is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary law, politics, and social justice.

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2008, Page 230

About the author

Ugo Mattei is Distinguished Professor of International and Comparative Law at University of California, Hastings and at the University of Turin, Italy. He is a widely published scholar in economic and political aspects of law and his work has been translated into many languages. His professional activities have included substantive periods of teaching and research in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

Laura Nader is Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley and is possibly the leading world authority in Anthropology of Law. She has conducted fieldwork in Lebanon, Mexico, and the US and her groundbreaking work on harmony ideology and access to law and her unmatchable publication list make Nader one of the most interesting voices in the current academic scene.

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