Summary

This article discusses Judith Kimerling's 'Uncommon Ground: Occidental's Land Access and Community Relations Standards and Practices in Quichua Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon', published in Law and Anthropology, Vol 11 (2001). In Judith Kimerling's well-researched article (she spent the summers 1998-2000 visiting affected communities in Ecuador's oil sites in the Amazon), Occidental's claims to be a model of environmental and social responsibility are effectively demolished. The company, which operates under the name of Oxy, despite being ISO 1400 1 certified, ...