The Small Matter of Suing Chevron

Sawyer, Suzana

doi:10.1215/9781478022572

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Author(s)

Sawyer, Suzana

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Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME)

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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.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92953

Keywords

contamination; corporation; environment; Indigenous peoples; law; resource extraction; science; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology; thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1K The Americas::1KL Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America::1KLS South America