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Urban Despair And Nietzsche's "Eternal Return:" From The Municipal Rhetoric Of Economic Justice To The International Law Of Economic Rights, Barbara Stark
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Urban poverty has had a devastating impact, especially on African Americans in the United States, who have been ill-served by the rhetoric of opportunity. In this Article, the author argues that economic rights must be recognized as rights if the urban poor are even to dream of economic justice. The author uses the writings of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to explain how the past can be reclaimed. Urban poverty must be understood in an historical context. Limiting the inquiry to a domestic historical context not only blinds people to the relationship between domestic and international poverty, and domestic and international …
Patrimonicide: The International Economic Crime Of Indigenous Spoliation, Ndiva Kofele-Kale
Patrimonicide: The International Economic Crime Of Indigenous Spoliation, Ndiva Kofele-Kale
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In the past two decades, the organized and systematic theft of a state's wealth and resources by its leaders has reached unprecedented levels in developing and less-developed states. Unlike previous acts of embezzlement by political leaders, this new wave of corruption-referred to as indigenous spoliation--involves billions of dollars and causes widespread social and economic devastation. This Article defines indigenous spoliation and presents some examples of this practice. The author describes the inadequacy of domestic law in dealing with the problem and suggests that international law should provide a remedy. Next, the author proposes a framework for holding persons involved in …