Enrique Prieto-Rios

Systemic Violence of the Law

Colonialism and International Investment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The International Investment Law system (IIL) is the result of a colonial project within a capitalist system that has been influenced by developmentalism discourse and neoliberal ideology. This book shows how it has become an instrument that facilitates forms of systemic violence against so called "Third World" countries.

Produktdetails

• Global Critical Caribbean Thought
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9781538157862
• ISBN-10: 1538157861
• Artikelnr.: 67744613

Autorenporträt

Enrique Prieto-Rios is Professor of Law at the Del Rosario University, Colombia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Systemic Violence and International Investment Law
Chapter 2: Fault-Lines: In-between Moving Abroad and Attracting Foreign
Direct Investment
Chapter 3: The Riddle of Treaties and Awards
Chapter 4: The Encrypted Discourse of International Investment Law:
Hierarchy, Knowledge and Power
Chapter 5: Neoliberal ideology: A Tale of Persistence and Hegemony
Chapter 6: IIL an Autopoietic System
Conclusion