ABSTRACT

The World Bank is often portrayed by human rights scholars as a ‘legal black hole’ where the workings of international law have been suspended. In a recognizable routine of human rights activism, consistent attempts are therefore made to throw out the normative net of international law over this institutional domain. A familiar response by the institution is the assertion of its autonomous international legal status and constitutional limitations. Rather than reaffirming a specific position in this deadlocked doctrinal debate, this article enquires into the performative effects of this jousting routine between human rights activists and the World Bank. The account points to the potentially problematic political effects indirectly and unwillingly engendered by repeated enactments of these deeply engrained juridical juxtapositions. This analysis provides an innovative, relational understanding of international law with analytical value beyond the scope of this particular debate.

中文翻译：

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美德宇宙中的一个法律黑洞-针对世界银行的人权批评政治

摘要

人权学者经常将世界银行描绘成一个“法律黑洞”，国际法的运作被暂停了。因此，在公认的人权行动主义惯例中，人们进行了不懈的尝试，以排除国际法在该体制领域的规范性网络。该机构的一个常见回应是宣称其自治的国际法律地位和宪法限制。本文没有重申在这场僵持的理论辩论中的具体立场，而是探究了人权活动家与世界银行之间的这种常规斗争的表演效果。这些论述指出了这些根深蒂固的司法并置的反复颁布间接或不希望地产生潜在的问题性政治影响。