{"product_id":"plunder-9781405178952","title":"Plunder","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlunder\u003c\/i\u003e examines the dark side of the Rule of Law and explores how it has been used as a powerful political weapon by Western countries in order to legitimize plunder  the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actors victimizing weaker ones.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges traditionally held beliefs in the sanctity of the Rule of Law by exposing its dark side\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the Rule of Law''s relationship with ''plunder''  the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actors victimizing weaker ones  in the service of Western cultural and economic domination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides global examples of plunder: of oil in Iraq; of ideas in the form of Western patents and intellectual property rights imposed on weaker peoples; and of liberty in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDares to ask the paradoxical question  is the Rule of Law itself illegal?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Plunder is a detailed, well written autopsy of how law and our legal system further strengthens the already powerful, while decimating those already located outside the reach of power. In the world of the post-economic collapse, \u003ci\u003ePlunder\u003c\/i\u003e is a painfully frightening roadmap decrying the dangers of the exact \"legal\" practices (derivatives, call options, etc.) that brought on the current economic crisis.\"  (\u003ci\u003eMultinational Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, Jan - Feb 2009)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  “Without doubt this is an important book … Mattei and Nader have produced a courageous, intellectually refined, and superbly critical book about one of the main instruments of society-building in our culture. The book should find a wide audience in law classes, and in graduate courses of sociology, anthropology, and political sciences.” (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Society\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2008)  \u003cp\u003e“A profound work that will find its way into many disciplines. The book is less about plunder than about the ethics and values implicated in the clash between social justice and competitive economics. Mattei and Nader conclude with a call for strategies to increase historical awareness. This book is one of those strategies, and the more worth reading for it. Recommended.” (\u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Without doubt this is an important book … Mattei and Nader have produced a courageous, intellectually refined, and superbly critical book about one of the main instruments of society-building in our culture. The book should find a wide audience in law classes, and in graduate courses of sociology, anthropology, and political sciences.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Plunder and The Rule of Law\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Anatomy of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder, Hegemony, and Positional Superiority.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw, Plunder, and European Expansionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutionalizing Plunder: The Colonial Relationship and the Imperial Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Story of Continuity: Constructing the Empire of Law (lessness).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Neo-liberalism: Economic Engine of Plunder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Argentinean Bonanza.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeo-Liberalism: An Economic Theory of Simplification and a Spectacular Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural Adjustment Programs and the Comprehensive Development Framework.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment Frameworks, Plunder, and the Rule of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Before Neo-Liberalism: a Story of Western Plunder\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe European Roots of Colonial Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fundamental Structure of US Law as a Post-Colonial Reception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Theory of Lack, Yesterday and Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore Neo-Liberalism: Colonial Practices and Harmonious Strategies—Yesterday and Now.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Plunder of Ideas and the Providers of Legitimacy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHegemony and legal Consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual Property as Plunder of Ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding Legitimacy: Law and Economics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding Legitimacy: Lawyers and Anthropologists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Constructing the Conditions for Plunder\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder of Oil: Iraq and Elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New World Order of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Only Iraq: Plunder, War, and Legal Ideologies of Intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutional Lacks as Conditions for Plunder: Real or Created?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDouble Standards Policy and Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty: Justification for Intervention and Consequence of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. International Imperial Law\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReactive Institutions of Imperial Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eU.S. Rule of Law: Forms of Global Domination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Globalization of the American Way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Ideological Institution of Global Governance: International Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolocaust Litigation: Back to the Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Swallowing of International Law by U.S. law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Power and the U.S. Courts as Imperial Agencies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Hegemony and Plunder. The Demise of the Rule of Law in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies to Subordinate the Rule of Law to Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder in High Places: Enron and its Aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder in Even Higher Places: Electoral Politics and Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder of Liberty: The War on Terror.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder Undisrupted: The Discourse of Patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Beyond an Illegal Rule of Law?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSumming Up: Plunder and The Global Transformation of the Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperial Rule of Law or the People's Rule of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Future of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes to Text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocumentary Film Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407909626199,"sku":"9781405178952","price":73.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405178952.jpg?v=1730500925","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plunder-9781405178952","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}