Introduction: Why the Rule of Law?
Vicente Riccio and Guilherme Lopes da Cunha
Part I: Crime, Violence, and the Rule of Law in the Amazon
1 - Rule of Law and Environmental Crimes in the Southern Amazonas
Vicente Riccio, Giuseppe Giura, Deborah De Felice, Dorli Joao Marques, and Antonio Gelson de Oliveira Nascimento
2 - The State, Indigenous Communities, and Illicit Economic Activities in the Peruvian Amazon
Oscar Espinosa
3 - Devastating Devastation: Impact of Crime in the Colombian Amazon
Juan Carlos Ruiz-Vasquez and Ruben Sanchez David
4 - The Use of Intelligence for Mapping the Activities of Criminal Organizations in the Amazon
Rodrigo Costa Yehia Castro, Giuseppe Giura, Fabio Licata, Sandro Sarkis, and Vicente Riccio
5 - Ecuador's Presence in the Amazon: Security, Weak Institutions, Questioned Capabilities, and Strategic Opportunities
Katalina Barreiro Santana and Diego Perez Enriquez
6 - Strategic Resources, Border Economies, Transnational Dynamics, and Threats in the Amazon: The Case of Lago Agrio in Ecuador
Milton Reyes Herrera and Patricio Trujillo Montalvo
7 - Policing Indigenous Lands Impacted by Hydroelectrical Dams in the Brazilian State of Rondonia
Rafael Ademir Oliveira de Andrade, Artur de Souza Moret, and Jean Carlo Silva dos Santos
8 - A Polycentric Governance Model Through the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization: Capabilities for Tackling Transnational Threats
Carlos Alfredo Lazary Teixeira, Guilherme Lopes da Cunha, and Fabio Albergaria de Queiroz
Part II - Policing Challenges in the Amazon
9 - Being a Policewoman in the Amazon: Motivations and Everyday Routines
Ludmila Ribeiro and Alexandre M.A. Martins
10 - Procedural Justice Perceptions and Use of Force at the Civil Police of Amazonas
Eduardo Magrone, Vicente Riccio, Wagner Silveira Rezende, and Mario Aufiero
11 - Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Border and State Discretion in Granting Asylum to Venezuelans
Janaina de Mendonca Fernandes
Part III - Law and the Environmental Protection in the Amazon
12 - Intellectual Property Rights Legislation as a Source of Inequality: A Case Study Based on Natural Genetic Resources From the Amazon Region
Marcos Vinicio Chein Feres
13 - The Environmental Protection in French Guiana: Normative Scheme and Stakes
Frederic Bondil, Carole Hassoun, Mathilde Kamal-Girard, and Jean-Philippe Vauthier
14 - Logospiracy in the Legal Amazon
Raimundo Pontes Filho
15 - The Brazilian Amazon Between Geopolitics and Law
Guilherme Sandoval Goes and Antonio dos Santos
