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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2024

Sara Dezalay
Sara Dezalay
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Université Catholique de Lille

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Lawyering Imperial Encounters
Negotiating Africa's Relationship with the World Economy
 , pp. 261 - 268
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Abel, R, 4, 24, 26
Abi Saab, G, 219, 229
Achebe, C, 234
Adichie, CN, 233
African Legal Support Facility, 188, 198
African Union, 117, 124
Afrique Occidentale française, 46, 64
Agboyibor, P, 34–35, 37, 39, 196, 199
Asafo & Co, 70, 196
Algeria, 26, 64, 77, 79, 187, 190, 229
Aluminium, 105, 110
Amnesty International, 41, 174, 191
Angola, 76, 99, 148, 177
AOF See Afrique-Occidentale française
arbitration, 101
commercial arbitration, 116, 200, 218, 220, 223
gunboat diplomacy, 94
investment arbitration, 116, 197, 203–204, 206, 208–209, 217–219, 240
mafia, 208, 219, 240
professional market, 120, 194, 203, 209–210, 225, 230
archipelago capitalism, 96
articulation with capitalism, 4, 10, 16–17, 22, 47–48, 67, 97, 101, 115, 121, 180, 235
asylum seekers, 40, 42, 204, 206, 209, 214
AU See African Union
Avocats Sans Frontières, 5, 121, 152
Bayart, JF, 72, 82, 104, 156, 164, 185, 191
Beckett, H, 227
Bédié, HK, 157, 161
beer, 4, 105, 129–130, 132, 159
Belgium
colonial projection, 82
colonial question, 24
Coopérants, 140
crisis of development aid, 120
legal imperialism, 68
Benton, L and Ford, L, 15, 28, 30, 43, 47–50, 70, 123, 151, 241
Berlin Congress, 42, 46, 60, 235
Bertrand, R, 14, 72
Bhandari, D, 224
Big Man politics, 72
Blas, J and Farchy, J, 23, 109–111, 167–169, 177
Bongo, O, 106, 182
Borrel, T, 79, 82, 105–106, 182–183, 185
Bourdieu, P, 32, 36, 205, 230
Bourdon, W, 174, 189–190
Bourgi, R, 181–182
Bourguiba, H, 69
Boutros-Ghali, B., 103
Breckenridge, K, 58, 73, 84–85
Bretton Woods system, 88–89, 108
British Virgin Islands, 11, 75, 90–91, 120
Brower, C, 219
Bullough, O, 71, 88–91, 96–97, 108
Burbank, J and Cooper, F, 29, 70, 238
Burkina Faso, 232
Burundi
1993 war, 133
Bar of Burundi, 126, 136, 142
CNDD-FDD, 126
Contentieux de 1993, 133, 135, 152
decentralised despotism, 18, 128
East African Court of Justice, 150
ethnicity, 87, 128, 132, 137, 152
ethnic violence, 137
European lawyers, 141
European traders, 138
legal professions, 134, 152
rule of law reforms, 42, 103, 120, 127
rush for rare earths, 18, 44, 126–127, 146, 240
Tanganyika Mining Burundi, 145
Buyoya, P, 129, 139, 141–143, 150–151
Caribbean Court of Justice, 118–119
CCJ See Caribbean Court of Justice
China
deal of the century, 2, 8
domination of green supply chain, 99, 126
economic take-off, 105
FCPA, 114, 241
Huayou Cobalt, 33
investment in Africa, 111, 241
investment in arbitration, 203
molybdenum, 33
city, 9, 12–13, 15, 43, 71, 85–86, 89, 109, 121, 177
Clinton, B., 103
CNDA See Cour nationale du droit d’asile
cobalt, 2–3, 5, 8–9, 21, 23, 25, 33–34, 59, 83–84, 98–99, 106, 108, 112, 115, 147, 239
cocoa, 4, 18, 56–58, 123, 154, 156–157, 159–167
code of capital, 112–113, 239
coffee, 4, 18, 129, 139–140, 143, 156–157, 164
Comaroff, J and Comaroff, J, 11, 28, 127, 155, 239
Comité Catholique contre la Faim, 191
Congo
artisanal mining, 33
colonial judiciary, 46, 60
Comptoirs, 5
Congo Free State, 45–46, 59, 68
deal of the century, 2, 8, 241
FG Hemisphere v DRC dispute, 1–3, 22, 25, 34, 39
Gécamines, 2, 6–12, 30, 33–34, 37, 43, 83–84, 106
High Council of the Congo, 17, 48, 60–61, 63, 69
new rush, 21, 107
postcolonial violence, 73, 75
Société générale, 62, 74
Stokes-Lothaire dispute, 17, 48, 60
Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, 11, 75, 83–84, 87
connex initiative, 125, 188, 199
Cooper, F, 16, 39
copper, 3, 8, 59, 75, 83–84, 98, 106, 108
Copperbelt See Zambia
corporate veil, 9, 115, 155
Côte d’Ivoire
civil war, 161, 163, 170
Cocoa OPEP, 166
economic growth, 158
Françafrique, 167
independence, 160
Ivoirité, 158
liberalisation of cocoa sector, 164
pre-independence political trials, 190
Probo Koala judicial saga, 156
Probo Koala scandal, 44, 169–170
Cour nationale du droit d’asile, 40, 42, 204–205, 207–208, 210, 213, 215, 220, 230
courtroom politics, 64, 190–191
Crawford, J, 222
critical minerals, 3–4, 13, 43, 98–99, 114, 235–236, 239
Cultural Cold War, 64, 66, 72, 94
cutting edge, 5, 29, 234
deregulation, 42–43, 100, 107, 115, 122, 156–157, 159, 164, 179, 241
Dezalay Y and Garth, BG, 23, 32, 43, 94, 107, 120, 216, 218, 222–223, 229
Diallo, D, 81, 200
Diallo, S, 200–201
Didi nee Sharma, S, 66
digital minerals See Critical minerals
digital revolution, 3–4
Dossou Aworet, S, 186
double agents, 32
double-edged protection, 16, See legal imperialism
DRC See Congo
Duffield, 102, 103
EACJ See East African Court of Justice
East African Court of Justice, 119–120, 150–151
Economic Community of West African States, 154
Elf, 79, 105, 187
Elias, TO, 45, 227
Ellis, S, 12, 40, 101–102
energy transition, 4, 17, 23, 98, 147
Enron scandal, 187
Eurodollars, 89, 108
Euromarket, 107, 109
European Union, 3, 23, 115, 202, 215
extraction
concession model, 17, 73–74, 77, 83, 238
geography of extraction, 18, 100–101, 115, 118, 121
new extraction, 104
predatory, 8, 12, 18, 26, 32, 45, 100, 126
rent of extraction, 28, 43, 68, 83, 96, 238
extraversion, 18, 37, 128, 140, 152, 240
FCPA See Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Fédération internationale pour les droits humains, 189
Ferguson, J, 12, 28, 87
FG Hemisphere, 1, 3–4, 7, 12–13, 33
FIDH See Fédération internationale pour les droits humains
field theory, 32, 235
financial curse, 11, 100, 236
financialisation, 5–6, 8, 11–13, 18, 21, 23, 26, 28, 31, 37, 39, 101, 108–110, 156, 179, 183, 187, 196
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 113–114, 121, 123
Forster, I, 95, 226
France
colonial projection, 36, 38, 77, 79, 95, 226
Conseil d’État, 81, 184–185, 210, 215
Coopérants, 80
devaluation of CFA franc, 105
Doctrine d’Abidjan, 105
Françafrique, 19, 38, 71, 79–80, 105, 167, 177, 180–182, 184–185, 200
military and judicial cooperation, 129
National Court of Asylum See CNDA
neoliberal turn, 105
postcolonial block, 77, 79, 105, 156, 177
Pré carré, 19, 77, 104–105, 121, 156, 181, 193
Union Française, 64, 71, 95, 227
Gabon, 79, 106, 182
Galanter, M, 107, 205, 208
gatekeeping politics, 17–18, 31, 59, 70, 101, 121, 123, 159, 179–180, 220, 238
Gbagbo, L, 118, 154, 157–158, 165, 170, 176, 182
genesis of international justice institutions, 62, 95
gentlemen politicians of law, 96, 221, 226
Gertler, D, 113, 241
Ghana
African traders, 56
Asafo, 55, 57
Asante Empire, 35, 54, 56
Asante lawyers, 68, 88, 240
cocoa OPEC, 166
European merchants, 56
Gold Coast, 17, 47, 54, 56–59, 70, 92, 162
Gold Coast Colony and Protectorate, 55
legal profession, 123
Privy Council disputes, 58–59, 67
scramble for concessions, 57
Gide Loyrette Nouel, 192, 196
Gide, P, 192, 196
Glencore, 23, 108–109, 111, 113–114, 122, 146, 167, 169
global traders, 148, 176, 241
global turn, epistemic, 13, 235
global value chains, 4, 6–8, 12–14, 20, 22–23, 25–26, 28, 31, 37, 39, 41, 155–156, 196, 235
Gobe, E, 27, 51, 69
gold, 21, 54, 56–57, 75, 82, 87–89, 123, 125, 144, 146, 150
Gold Coast See Ghana
good governance, 102, 120, 125, 128, 146
Great Lakes region, 3, 45, 73, 77, 82, 102, 120, 132, 235
Greenpeace, 170, 172, 174
Guillaumat, P, 79
Guinea, 78, 201, 204–207, 210
Heineken, 129–131
Herbert Smith Freehills, 186, 194, 196, 200
hollow core, 216, 220, 231
Hong Kong, 2, 124, 241
Common Law, 242
handover to China, 2
Hong Kong Stock Exchange, 2
Houphouët-Boigny, F, 70, 104, 156–161, 163–164, 166, 182
Hunte, L, 75, 91
Ibhawoh, B, 29, 50, 52, 58, 68, 92–93
ICC See International Criminal Court
ICC in Paris, 1, 194, 203, 226
ICJ See International Court of Justice
ICSID, 42, 123, 150, 152, 154, 204, 207, 210, 213, 217–220, 226, 231
IFIs See international financial institutions
Ignacio-Pinto, L, 227
imperial entanglement, 16, 20–21, 24, 235
imperialism of the free trade, 60
imperialism on the cheap, 29, 31, 44, 46–47
Institut de droit international, 61–63, 96, 185
interconnectedness, 20, 28, 32
international business company, 91, 238
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of the World Bank Group See ICSID
International Court of Arbitration of the Paris International Chamber of Commerce See ICC in Paris
International Court of Justice, 42, 63, 93, 95, 116, 185, 208, 219, 221–224, 226–227, 229–231, 240
international bar of the ICJ, 117, 219, 223, 228, 240
International Criminal Court, 3, 5, 41, 95, 116–118, 121, 131, 152, 158, 189, 203, 215–216, 220, 231, 240
international financial institutions, 17, 34, 101, 104, 128, 158, 163–164, 166, 186, 235
International Law Commission, 221, 225, 227
International Monetary Fund, 99, 157
investor-state dispute settlement, 117, 123
invisible college of international law, 62, 221
Israël, L, 67, 211
JCPC See Privy Council
Jeantet, 37, 192, 194, 196
Jersey, 2–3, 9, 12, 91
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council See Privy Council
judicialisation, 25, 54, 62, 116, 154, 156, 212, 220, 230–231, 237
Jurisconsult, 32, 209, 221, 225, 227, 235
Kabila, J, 35, 107, 132
Katanga, 8, 60, 106
Keïta, M, 80–81
Kenya, 26, 38, 52–53, 66, 87
Kenyatta, J, 65–66, 70
Klaaren, J, 27
Kolwezi, 33
lawfare, 155, 157, 165, 240
lawyering, 42, 239
legal imperialism, 16, 26, 43, 46, 51, 54, 68, 121
co-optation of legal elites, 47, 53, 94, 96, 229
double-edged protection, 22, 29, 44, 237
indirect rule, 29, 39, 43, 48, 53, 60, 68, 138, 237
institutional and legal revival, 116, 119–120, 135, 217, 221
legal intermediation, 14, 25, 34, 36, 121, 151
legal lumpiness, 18, 43, 48–49, 89, 156, 160, 162, 169
legal ordering, 15, 68–69, 118, 122, 237, 239, 241
boundary making, 19, 30, 33, 44, 205, 211, 213, 240
jurisdictional authority, 101
jurisdictional claims, 97
legal transplants, 72
Legendre, P, 36, 77
Leigh Day, 155, 171, 175
Leopold II, 45, 59–63, 69
Lepaulle, P, 192
Levi, R, 14, 213
Lex extractiva, 187
Lex mercatoria, 31, 116, 218
Ligue des droits de l’homme et du citoyen, 190
LME See London Metal Exchange
London Metal Exchange, 9, 21, 99, 111
Lonsdale, J, 16, 35, 38–40, 47, 49, 51, 53–55, 57, 85–86, 121
Luckham, R, 57–59, 77, 88, 123
Lumumba, P, 75–76, 81
Mali, 80, 221, 226
Manirakiza, C, 125–127, 144, 146
Martens, FF, 62, 69
Mbaye, K, 185
Mbembe, A, 205
Médecins sans frontières, 120
middle power, 16, 39, 47, 49, 68, 74, 91, 97, 101, 121, 123, 177, 236–237, 240
middling capital, 17, 30–31, 39, 44, 48, 65, 68, 70–71, 177, 238
Mobutu Sese Seko, 106
Mobutu, J, 76
modernisation reforms, 72, 74, 96
moral imperialism, 94
multi-positionality, 62, 96, 215, 225
Mwangi, P, 72, 87
Ndadaye, M, 128, 130, 142–143, 152
neoliberal turn, 10, 12, 17, 19, 42–43, 101, 104–105, 108, 179, 181, 183, 235
New International Economic Order, 74, 108, 217, 229
NIEO See New International Economic Order
Niger, 79
Nigeria, 45, 53, 226, 234
Nkrumah, K, 38, 59, 74, 82, 87
Nkurunziza, P, 126, 129, 131, 134, 143–145, 150
nurture capitalism, 121
OECD, 3, 33–34, 83, 101–103, 146
Official Development Assistance, 7, 102
offshore capitalism, 11, 17–18, 43, 74, 89, 96, 101, 121, 157, 176–177, 236, 238
offshore justice, 3, 11–12, 18, 43, 74, 89, 91, 96, 100–101, 107, 120–121, 157, 176–177, 194, 199, 204, 213, 215, 223, 236, 238
Ogle, V, 48, 89–90, 96, 107–108
Oguamanam, C and Pue, W, 51–52, 54, 81
OHADA, 35, 185, 201, 203, 210
oil shocks, 105, 108
Onyema, CD, 227
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development See OECD
Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa See OHADA
Ouattara, A, 157–158, 165, 177
Ould-Abdallah, A., 103
Paulsson, J, 223
PCA See Permanent Court of Arbitration
PCIJ See Permanent Court of International Justice
Pellet, A, 221, 228
Permanent Court of Arbitration, 42, 63, 95, 116, 152, 218
Permanent Court of International Justice, xii, 42, 63, 95, 116, 210
Philippines, 94
Pistor, K, 9, 18, 101, 112, 115, 236, 239
political trials
pre-independence, 63
pre-independence British Empire, 65
pre-independence French Empire, 64
Pritt, DN, 65–66
Privy Council, 1–4, 9–11, 17, 25, 38–39, 43, 48–49, 53–54, 58–59, 63, 65, 67–68, 70, 74, 86, 91–93, 118
Quatre Communes, 51, 95
Rainbow Rare Earths, 126, 145–146, 148
real post-colonial order, 40, 104, 240
regulatory state, 180, 183, 189
repeat players, 112, 208, 211, 216, 222, 230
re-regulation, 43, 100, 115, 241
resource curse, 12, 25
Riegels, M, 90–91
Rolin Jacquemyns, G, 62–63, 69
Rufyikiri, I, 151
rule of law reforms, 18, 42, 128, 133
Sankara, T, 232
Schmidhauser, JR, 45, 53
secrecy jurisdictions, 9, 14, 96, 178
sedimented imperialism, 44, 97, 120, 122, 236, 241
Segatwa, F, 142
Sizimwe, S, 152
Société Générale, 61
South Africa, 26, 45, 77
Anglo–Boer War, 85
Anglovaal, 147
apartheid, 110
corporate law, 195
De Beers corporation, 86
mining industry, 17, 74
monopsonist contracts, 86
sovereign debt, 8, 187
sovereignty, 24, 32, 44, 48–49, 70, 93, 108, 148, 235, 238
bifurcation, 128, 153, 176, 240
flows and counterflows, 29–30, 236, 238
layered, 17, 29, 48–49, 85, 92, 96, 240
Steinmetz, G, 16, 20, 24, 30, 39, 206
strategic litigation, 14, 25, 40, 155
structural adjustment programs, 6, 101, 105–106, 180, 187
structural banality, 30, 238
Subrahmanyam, S, 28
Swashbuckler capitalism, 18, 112, 236
symbolic capital, 70, 134, 184, 231, 238
bank of symbolic credit, 184
valuation, 13, 15, 25, 39, 213, 240
Tanganyika Gold, 144, 146
tax havens, 4, 9, 11, 13, 90, 101, 107, 178
Delaware, 1, 3, 90
The Hague, 17, 41, 62, 74, 95, 115, 216, 225, 229, 238
Tilly, C, 13, 16, 22, 31–32
total, 189, 194–195
trafigura, 33–34, 108–109, 114, 122, 146, 154–155, 157, 168–171, 173–177
transnational corporations, 5–7, 9, 32, 35, 99, 107, 109, 114, 125, 147, 150, 172, 201, 218, 235
Big 4, 129
mining giants, 17, 23, 74, 84
seven sisters, 23
transparency International, 188
Tunisia, 27, 38, 50–51, 79, 229
Twiss, T, 61
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 126–127, 133
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 40, 142
United Nations, 8, 40, 73, 76, 103, 168
United States Agency for International Development, 103
US Foundations, 72
US Regulation Q, 89
US Supreme Court, 211, 231
Vauchez, A, 28, 30, 32, 36, 95–96, 179, 181, 183, 185, 189, 191–192, 221
vulture funds, 1, 7–8
Waldock, CHM, 228
Wall Street model of the corporate law firm, 18, 44, 70, 101, 121, 179, 181, 200–201, 236, 239
corporate lawyers, 34, 112, 122, 124, 179–180, 184–185, 195, 200, 203, 218
Willemez, L, 32
World Bank, 8, 35, 41, 102–103, 105–106, 123, 150, 158, 165, 185, 188, 197, 204, 217
Yuma, A, 10, 35, 107
Zaire See Congo
Zambia, 33, 83–84, 87, 99
copperbelt, 84, 86
Zimbabwe, 27, 171
Zola, E, 233

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