International law is a creole without native speakers, produced at interfaces among distinct languages (often in colonial contact zones), not reducible to its participating tongues. Its figurations of sovereignty and personhood may not obey ordinary grammatical rules. Unruly personifications in Amos Tutuola’s Palm-wine Drinkard, colonial charter company treaties, and legal theory, highlight some pitfalls of confusing legal fictions for social facts.

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可悲的谬误：拟人化和国际法的不守规矩的主体

国际法是一种没有母语人士的克里奥尔语，产生于不同语言之间的界面（通常在殖民接触区），不能还原为其参与的语言。它对主权和人格的比喻可能不遵守普通的语法规则。Amos Tutuola 的 Palm-wine Drinkard、殖民特许公司条约和法律理论中不守规矩的拟人化突出了将法律虚构与社会事实混淆的一些陷阱。