Law of the Jungle: The $19 Billion Legal Battle Over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who'd (Hardcover) by Paul Barrett

from bks1953

Having received this title from LTER, I decided to suspend my current reads; after all, it's nearing 4th of July, and really, when you think about it, one of the few things the USA produces in any amount of abundance any more is attorneys. And having worked with, for, and among the many permutati...

from UnionGospelMission

Law of the Jungle is a very readable and gripping story of the one man's pursuit of justice and his subsequent fall in his attempt to seek reparations for Ecuadorian tribesmen effected by decades of oil production in their country. Written with the right amount of narrative, drana, and fact, Law ...

from loafhunter13

The book lays out the case that began in 1964. Texaco established themselves in Ecuador and began drilling for oil in the rainforest. It covers the political mess created bu less than scrupulous business practices and corrupt dealings.It follows the ins and outs of the situation through the moder...

from Maya47Bob46

Any relationship between indigenous people and first world Americans is one filled with the opportunity for miscommunication and misunderstanding. This is the heart of the book. Steven Donziger may have begun the lawsuit against Texaco for all the right reasons, but somewhere along the line he be...

from cblaker

The nightmare for the Cofan and other Indian tribes began with dynamite dropped from helicopters. The men in the choppers were trying to scare off the Indians of Ecuador's Oriente province so the Texaco men could explore for oil. Texaco began looking for oil in Ecuador in the early 60s at the inv...