The Small Matter of Suing Chevron

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Author(s)
Sawyer, Suzana
Collection
Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME)
Language
English
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Abstract
Suzana Sawyer traces Ecuador’s lawsuit against the Chevron corporation for the environmental devastation resulting from its oil drilling practices, showing how distinct legal truths were relationally composed of, with, and through crude oil.
URI
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58916
Keywords
contamination; corporation; environment; Indigenous peoples; law; resource extraction; science
DOI
10.1215/9781478022572
ISBN
9781478092612, 9781478022572, 9781478015338, 9781478017950, 9781478092612
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publisher website
https://www.dukeupress.edu/
Publication date and place
Durham, 2022
Classification
Social and cultural anthropology
South America
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/