Criminal Justice Perspectives

Edwards, Bradley D.; Travis, Lawrence F.

doi:10.4324/9780429426551-1

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“…On 7 December 1984, 4 days after the explosion, Warren Anderson, the former CEO of UCC, arrived in Bhopal with an "assurance of safe passage" (Edwards, 2014) from India's foreign secretary. 3 Much to Anderson's surprise, the Bhopali police arrested him, and a criminal charge of culpable homicide was filed against him.…”

Section: Legal Representation and The Corporate Veilmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This nonbailable charge incurs a sentence of 10 years to life in prison; however, within 6 hours of the arrest, Anderson was released on bail. It was later discovered that a personal intervention by President Ronald Reagan led the then Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, to order his release (Deb, 2019;Edwards, 2014). Anderson was summoned to appear before the Bhopali court several times.…”

Section: Legal Representation and The Corporate Veilmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More than a year passed before the US Department of State replied that the government of India's request could not be executed as it did not meet the requirements of the Extradition Treaty. There is growing evidence to suggest that US officials and large business entities conspired to pressure the Indian and US governments to extinguish the extradition issue (Edwards, 2014). UCC's vice president at the time, Joseph Goeghan, went further still and admonished the serious consequences of this extradition.…”

Section: Legal Escape For Uccmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Law and Corporate Malfeasance in Neoliberal India

Deb

2020

Critical Sociology

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Critical sociolegal scholars highlight how the law favors powerful actors in handling the socioenvironmental devastation affecting marginalized populations. What receives scant attention is how the neoliberalization of the world economy has further enabled powerful capitalist firms to shape the legal path in their own favor and to the detriment of the marginalized. Union Carbide’s 1984 Bhopal catastrophe killed 25,000, injured 600,000, and left prolonged consequences. This paper advances our understanding of the political economy of law by analyzing the handling of death and devastation in Bhopal. Drawing data from 60 interviews with Bhopal victim activists and archives, it advances the argument that the law mirrors the interests of the neoliberal actors of capital. Findings suggest that the law has not only proved unable to safeguard the weakest elements of Bhopal society, but also the pursuit of legal solutions under neoliberalism is incapable of addressing the long-term harms affecting marginalized Bhopalis.

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Section: Legal Representation and The Corporate Veilmentioning

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Section: Legal Representation and The Corporate Veilmentioning

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Section: Legal Escape For Uccmentioning

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