Plunder – When the Rule of Law is Illegal Mattei Hardback Wiley–Blackwell

PlunderWhen the Rule of Law is Illegal\nAuthor(s): Ugo Mattei, Laura Nader\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405178952, 978-1405178952\nSynopsis\nPlunder 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.\n\nChallenges traditionally held beliefs in the sanctity of the Rule of Law by exposing its dark side\nExamines 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\nProvides 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\nDares to ask the para?