Publisher description for When the rule of law is illegal / Ugo Mattei & Laura Nader.
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Plunder 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.
Challenges traditionally held beliefs in the sanctity of the Rule of Law by exposing its dark side
Examines the Rule of Law's relationship with "plunder" in the service of Western cultural and economic domination
Draws on comparative and historical data to provide global examples of plunder
Brings the extensive legal advocacy and views of social justice of the authors to bear on the question: When is the Rule of Law illegal?
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Rule of law.
Law and ethics.
Law and anthropology.