Plunder examines the dark side of the Rule of Law andexplores how it has been used as a powerful political weapon byWestern countries in order to legitimize plunder - thepractice of violent extraction by stronger political actorsvictimizing weaker ones.
* Challenges traditionally held beliefs in the sanctity of theRule of Law by exposing its dark side
* Examines the Rule of Law's relationship with 'plunder' -the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actorsvictimizing weaker ones - in the service of Western culturaland economic domination
* Provides global examples of plunder: of oil in Iraq; of ideasin the form of Western patents and intellectual property rightsimposed on weaker peoples; and of liberty in the United States
* Dares to ask the paradoxical question - is the Rule ofLaw itself illegal?