Plunder : when the rule of law is illegal / Ugo Mattei and Laura Nader.
"The Rule of Law has long been cherished in the US as the ultimate defender of civil liberty - a Rule of Law which no one can quite define, but everyone supports. In this book, the authors wage a frontal assault on this belief in the sanctity of the Rule of Law, exploring its dark side. They ex...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, Mass. :
Blackwell Pub.,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "The Rule of Law has long been cherished in the US as the ultimate defender of civil liberty - a Rule of Law which no one can quite define, but everyone supports. In this book, the authors wage a frontal assault on this belief in the sanctity of the Rule of Law, exploring its dark side. They explain its intimate relationship with plunder - the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actors victimizing the weaker ones - in the service of Western cultural and economic domination."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 283 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | "Documentary film resources": p. 266-271. Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-265) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1405178949 1405178957 9781405178945 9781405178952 |