TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schneiderman,David
TI  - Investment law's alibis: colonialism, imperialism, debt and development 
T2  - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law
SN  - 9781009153515 (ebook)
AV  - K3820 .S36 2022
U1  - 343.07 23/eng/20220526
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Law and economic development
KW  - Investments, Foreign
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Debts, External
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Foreign economic relations
KW  - Developed countries
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jul 2022); Introduction -- Colonialism of investment law --  Imperialism of investment law -- The decline and rise of standards of civilized justice -- The stifling threat of debt -- The difficulty of decolonizing investment law -- Divesting for development -- Conclusion
N2  - This book aims to connect narratives associated with the past to the international regime that protects property and contract rights of foreign investors. The book scrutinizes justifications offered to sustain practices associated with colonialism, imperialism, civilized justice, debt, and development, revealing that a number of the rationales offered in support of investment law disciplines replicate those arising out of this discredited past. By revealing these linkages, the book raises concerns about investment law's premises. It would appear that the normative foundations for today's regime reproduces discursive practices that are less than compelling. The book argues that citizens deserve something more than historically discredited reasons to justify the exercise of power over them - something more than mere pretext
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009153515
ER  -