Judicial Territory

"Judicial Territory is a work of singular quality and originality. Shaina Potts presents a remarkably subtle and wide-ranging analysis of the United States' long-term creep into both the international domain and the sovereign spaces of other countries. Potts brings legal analysis to life, with a fluent and incisive style, an eye for contradiction, irony, and drama, and a facility for navigating thickets of legalese in pursuit of compelling, telling, and revealing story lines. Judicial Territory is a tour de force." -- Jamie Peck, author of * Variegated Economies *
"At a moment when so many US citizens are increasingly skeptical of the Supreme Court, Shaina Potts tells a captivating and crucial story that contextualizes the present while pointing to its troubling implications. Placing readers at the center of the tight embrace between US courts and global capital, Potts shows how the US judiciary extends judicial territory for systemic and structural reasons relating to the dynamics of US geopolitical and economic power. She allows us to see that the relationship between US law and capital is not the result of a few 'bad apple' judges; it is actually fundamental to the whole enterprise." -- Joshua Barkan, author of * Corporate Sovereignty: Law and Government under Capitalism *