{"product_id":"law-of-the-jungle-the-19-billion-legal-battle-over-oil-in-the-rain-forest-and-the-lawyer-whod-stop-at-nothing-to-win-paperback","title":"Law of the Jungle: The $19 Billion Legal Battle Over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who'd Stop at Nothing to Win - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul M. Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping story of one American lawyer's obsessive crusade--waged at any cost--against Big Oil on behalf of the poor farmers and indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteven Donziger, a self-styled social activist and Harvard educated lawyer, signed on to a budding class action lawsuit against multinational Texaco (which later merged with Chevron to become the third-largest corporation in America). The suit sought reparations for the Ecuadorian peasants and tribes people whose lives were affected by decades of oil production near their villages and fields. During twenty years of legal hostilities in federal courts in Manhattan and remote provincial tribunals in the Ecuadorian jungle, Donziger and Chevron's lawyers followed fierce no-holds-barred rules. Donziger, a larger-than-life, loud-mouthed showman, proved himself a master orchestrator of the media, Hollywood, and public opinion. He cajoled and coerced Ecuadorian judges on the theory that his noble ends justified any means of persuasion. And in the end, he won an unlikely victory, a $19 billion judgment against Chevon--the biggest environmental damages award in history. But the company refused to surrender or compromise. Instead, Chevron targeted Donziger personally, and its counter-attack revealed damning evidence of his politicking and manipulation of evidence. Suddenly the verdict, and decades of Donziger's single-minded pursuit of the case, began to unravel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with the texture and flair of the best narrative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eLaw of the Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e is an unputdownable story in which there are countless victims, a vast region of ruined rivers and polluted rainforest, but very few heroes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul M. Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant managing editor and senior writer at \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eGlock: The Rise of America's Gun, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Black: A True Story of Race in America\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives and works in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727360561458,"sku":"9780770436360","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/Wjg9-0zyd29780770436360.webp?v=1765508141","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/law-of-the-jungle-the-19-billion-legal-battle-over-oil-in-the-rain-forest-and-the-lawyer-whod-stop-at-nothing-to-win-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}