Organized criminals, human rights defenders, and oil companies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3000794 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lindsay Ofrias (Princeton University [email protected], corresponding author), Gordon Roecker |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 2019 |
| Issue | 85 |
| Pages | 37-50 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Focaal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0920-1297 • E-ISSN: 1558-5263 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/fcl.2019.850104 |
| OpenAlex | W2983003840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article examines how the world's arguably largest oil disaster, in the heart of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, has become a testing ground for new global forms of corporate power and the criminalization of dissent. Following the ongoing "trial of the century" between Chevron Corporation and plaintiffs representing tens of thousands of smallholder farmers and indigenous people affected by the disaster, we look at how the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has been applied against the affected people and their lawyers to sidestep the norm of international comity and alter the parameters for pursuing environmental justice. Specifically, we point to how the case-and a new crop of cases following suit-has threatened to criminalize the use of "lawfare" as a "weapon of the weak
Amazon rainforest · Comity · Corporation · Criminalization · Dissent · Human rights · Indigenous · Jurisdiction · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Threatened species · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Sex work and related issues · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |