Faculty of Law

Dr. Antonius R. Hippolyte

Dr. Antonius R. Hippolyte

Interim Dean

Department: Law

Bio

Antonius is currently a Lecturer of Law at the University of the West Indies at the Cavehill Campus. Prior to joining Cavehill, Antonius was a co-owner of a Manchester U.K.-based legal consultancy and an aspiring politician in his native Saint Lucia. He also served as the research advisor to the BVI International Arbitration Centre from 2016 to 2017.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D.;

  • LL.M. (Distinction); LL.B. (Hons);

  • PGDip (Hull); MBA(c) (South Wales);

  • PGCert International Tax Law (Leiden)

  • MCIArb; CMC-Accredited Mediator

Research Areas

Antonius has research interest in International Economic Law and Governance. Most of his work examines how developing countries participate in the international economic system. His research, so far, has focused on the participation of these countries in international
investment law, specifically investor-state arbitration; international trade law; international tax law, international environmental law etc. Some of his work has been used as teaching
material at various universities globally.

Antonius is in the process of co-authoring a book on the state of international investment law in the Commonwealth Caribbean.

Teaching Areas

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Law of Tort
  • Private International Law

Publications

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘Refuting Its “Tax Haven” Characterisation: The BVI’s Offshore Financial Services Industry and Its Right to Economic Self-¬ Determination’ in Eghosa Ekhator, Newman U. Richards, Chisa Onyejekwe (eds) Taxation, Human Rights and Sustainable Developments: Global South Perspectives (Routledge 2025) 156-177.

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘Foreign Investment Law and Developing Countries’ in Markus Krajewski and Rhea Hoffman (eds) Research Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment (Edward Elgar 2019) 72-125

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘Aspiring for a Constructive TWAIL Approach towards the International Investment Regime’, in Rainer Hofmann, Stephan Schill, Christian Tams (eds), International Investment Law and Development: Bridging the Gap (Edward Elgar 2015) 180-219.

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘The Potential Role of International Investment Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean’s NCD Prevention and Control Agenda’ (2024) 19(1) Caribbean Law Review pp. 186-213

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte ‘Russia’s Termination of Mitsui’s and Mitsubishi’s Interests in Sakhalin-2: Navigating the Labyrinth of Enforcing International Arbitral Awards Against Rogue States’ (2022) 19(3) Manchester Journal of International Economic Law pp. 370-399

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘Third Party Funding in International Commercial Arbitration’ (2017) July-September Issue Corporate Disputes pp. 46-51.

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘ICSID’s Neoliberal Approach to Environmental Regulation in Developing Countries: Lessons from Latin America’ (2017) 19(4) International Community Law Review pp. 401-442.

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte ‘Correcting TWAIL’s Blind Spots: A Plea for a Pragmatic Approach to International Economic Governance’, (2016) 18(1) International Community Law Review pp. 34-52.

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘Calls for National Intervention in the Toxic Waste Trade to Africa: A Contemporary Issue in the Environmental Justice Debate’, (2012) 58(2) Loyola Law Review pp. 301-323.

 

  1. 1Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘Macro Legal and Regulatory Policies for Public Private Partnerships and the Industrial Interface of the EU’, (2011) 6(2) European Procurement, Public Private Partnership Law Review pp. 71-78.

 

  1. Antonius R. Hippolyte and Jason K. Haynes, ‘Asymmetrical Approaches to Environmental Regulation in the Caribbean: A Critique of the Region’s Foreign Investment Landscape’ (2024) 21(2) Manchester Journal of International Economic Law pp. 122-152

 

  1. Jason Haynes and Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘The Coloniality of International Investment Law in the Caribbean’ (2023) 72(1) International & Comparative Law Quarterly pp. 105-145

 

  1. Jason Haynes and Antonius R. Hippolyte, ‘The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Potential for Investor-State Claims: A Caribbean Perspective’ (2021) 12 (1) Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal pp. 1-38

 
 

Keywords

International Investment Law; Developing Countries; Critical Legal Theory; Third World Approaches to International Law; International Law; International Economic Law