This article argues that although most Caribbean States have in the last 60 years ascended to statehood, colonialism continues to exist in new and variable forms. It relies upon the concept of ‘coloniality’ as advanced by Schneiderman to contend that the international investment law regime, whose history and evolution is rooted in colonialism, relentlessly pursues the economic interests of foreign investors and capital-exporting countries. It draws important connections between historic colonialism and the contemporary regime for the protection of foreign direct investment by situating the Caribbean's experience in the light of the rationales, tropes and methods arising in the past which endure in investment law's domains, as advanced by Schneiderman in his new book, Investment Law's Alibis, namely (a) profitability and privilege; (b) a discourse of improvement; (c) distrust of local self-rule; and (d) construction of legal enclaves. It is argued that each of these features of colonial rule, from a Caribbean perspective, is inscribed in the discourse and practices of the international investment law regime.

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国际投资法在英联邦加勒比地区的殖民地位

本文认为，尽管大多数加勒比国家在过去 60 年中取得了国家地位，但殖民主义继续以新的和多变的形式存在。它借用施耐德曼提出的“殖民性”概念，认为国际投资法制度的历史和演变植根于殖民主义，不懈地追求外国投资者和资本输出国的经济利益。它根据施耐德曼在他的著作新书，投资法的不在场证明，即 (a) 盈利能力和特权；(b) 改进的话语；(c) 不信任地方自治；(d) 建设合法飞地。有人认为，从加勒比海的角度来看，殖民统治的这些特征中的每一个都被铭刻在国际投资法制度的话语和实践中。