Jason Yackee
Biographic Data
| ID | 5200396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jason Yackee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jason |
| FAMILY NAME | Yackee |
| SIGNATURE | YACKEE J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Imperial Farce: The Coronation of Bokassa the First and the (Failed) Manufacture of Charisma
This article explores the appropriation and translation of historical notions of “empire” into the modern era through close examination of the short-lived Central African Empire, imagined and brought to life by the flamboyant Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa. Curiously, in an era in which the formerly colonized francophone African nations were increasingly seeking to signal rejection of their French heritage, Bokassa presented his empire as a modern co…
Expelling the “Sinister Vilgrain”
This article tells the story of the Congo-Brazzaville's nationalization in 1970 of the Société Industrielle et Agricole du Niari (SIAN) and its affiliate Société Sucrière du Niari. At the time of independence, the company, controlled by France's Vilgrain family, was the Congo's largest private employer. The SIAN episode is fertile ground for exploring the theme of postcolonial entanglements from a political-economic perspective. It especially ill…
Investor-State Dispute Settlement at the Dawn of International Investment Law: France, Mauritania, and the Nationalization of the Miferma Iron Ore Operations
The case for the desirability of the modern system of investment treaty arbitration rests on certain stylized historical claims. Those claims serve to demonstrate that the pre-modern system of dealing with investor – state disputes was inferior compared to current arrangements, which allow foreign investors to initiate highly legalized (or “depoliticized”) arbitration against host state governments for alleged violations of investment treaties. T…
Investor-State Dispute Settlement at the Dawn of International Investment Law: France, Mauritania, and the Nationalization of the Miferma Iron Ore Operations
The case for the desirability of the modern system of investment treaty arbitration rests on certain stylized historical claims. Those claims serve to demonstrate that the pre-modern system of dealing with investor – state disputes was inferior compared to current arrangements, which allow foreign investors to initiate highly legalized (or “depoliticized”) arbitration against host state governments for alleged violations of investment treaties. T…
Investor-State Dispute Settlement at the Dawn of International Investment Law: France, Mauritania, and the Nationalization of the Miferma Iron Ore Operations
The case for the desirability of the modern system of investment treaty arbitration rests on certain stylized historical claims. Those claims serve to demonstrate that the pre-modern system of dealing with investor – state disputes was inferior compared to current arrangements, which allow foreign investors to initiate highly legalized (or “depoliticized”) arbitration against host state governments for alleged violations of investment treaties. T…
Imperial Farce: The Coronation of Bokassa the First and the (Failed) Manufacture of Charisma
This article explores the appropriation and translation of historical notions of “empire” into the modern era through close examination of the short-lived Central African Empire, imagined and brought to life by the flamboyant Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa. Curiously, in an era in which the formerly colonized francophone African nations were increasingly seeking to signal rejection of their French heritage, Bokassa presented his empire as a modern co…
Expelling the “Sinister Vilgrain”
This article tells the story of the Congo-Brazzaville's nationalization in 1970 of the Société Industrielle et Agricole du Niari (SIAN) and its affiliate Société Sucrière du Niari. At the time of independence, the company, controlled by France's Vilgrain family, was the Congo's largest private employer. The SIAN episode is fertile ground for exploring the theme of postcolonial entanglements from a political-economic perspective. It especially ill…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Appropriation (1 works) · Arbitration (1 works)