The Coloniality of Investment Law

D. Schneiderman
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Did colonialism end with decolonization? Might it, instead, have taken on new and variable forms, including legal forms? Have narratives of European supremacy been institutionalized via methods of legal rule, in particular, rule under international investment law? This paper explores such questions, inquiring into whether international legal rule continues to be in the pursuit of protecting the economic interests of metropolitan interests. The paper draws upon descriptions of colonial rule by, among others, the Tunisian writer Albert Memmi. By pulling on these narrative threads, one discovers connections between historic colonialism and the contemporary regime for the protection of foreign investment. Continuities concern such things as (i) profitability and privilege, (ii) a discourse of improvement, (iii) distrust of local self-rule, and (iv) construction of legal enclaves. Each of these features of colonial rule, I argue, are inscribed in the discourse and practices of investment treaty law and arbitration.
投资法的殖民性
殖民主义是否以非殖民化而告终?相反,它是否会采取新的、多变的形式,包括法律形式?欧洲霸权的叙述是否已经通过法律规则,特别是国际投资法的规则而制度化了?本文探讨了这些问题,探讨了国际法律规则是否继续追求保护大都市利益的经济利益。这篇论文借鉴了突尼斯作家Albert Memmi等人对殖民统治的描述。通过这些叙事线索,人们发现了历史上的殖民主义与当代保护外国投资的政权之间的联系。连续性涉及以下方面:(i)盈利能力和特权,(ii)改善的话语,(iii)对地方自治的不信任,以及(iv)法律飞地的构建。我认为,殖民统治的每一个特征都铭刻在投资条约法和仲裁的话语和实践中。
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