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    Chevron's Sour Lake: How a Decades-Long Legal Battle Exemplifies the Need for Changes in U.S. Law

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    Author
    Sligh, Madeleine Nicole
    Issue Date
    2019
    Keywords
    Chevron
    Ecuador
    International Law
    Law
    Oriente
    Texaco
    Advisor
    Vasquez, Marcela
    
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    The University of Arizona.
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    Abstract
    In 1993, a group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs filed a complaint against oil giant Texaco in the U.S. Their cause of action? An oil spill the size of Manhattan, an environmental crisis referred to by numerous environmentalists, ecologists, and investigative journalists as the “Rain Forest Chernobyl.” This thesis examines the ongoing litigation, a “legal suicide mission,” undertaken by animated American lawyer Steven Donziger on behalf of the indigenous people of the Oriente region. Their opponent, Chevron, acquired Texaco in 2001, and went on to become the second highest producer of oil worldwide. This thesis aims to explain the tangled and extensive history of this case. It describes the legal mechanisms at work and how they affect the litigation for a non-legal audience, and, unlike most legal literature, it explores the history and the people of the Oriente region, in addition to profiling Steven Donziger, the plaintiffs’ attorney. It also analyzes how both parties have used the media as weapons against the opposing party. The final objective of this thesis is to use this case as a lesson for how U.S. law must change in order to best protect not only human rights victims, but also U.S. corporations.
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    Electronic Thesis
    Degree Name
    M.A.
    Degree Level
    masters
    Degree Program
    Graduate College
    Latin American Studies
    Degree Grantor
    University of Arizona
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