Introduction

The integrationist ideal refuses to die in West Indian history. This ideal, newly embodied in the Caribbean Court of Justice, reflects the abiding hope that from the shared culture, history, and ethos of these consanguineous states, a homogeneous legal order can emerge. The new federalist court could knit together a progressive, responsive, constitutional jurisprudence suited to the diversity and the commonality of the region. It could join the global judicial conversation that is fashioning a wholly new legal science, neither purely constitutional nor exclusively international. It could advance the economic interests of the region as it contends with the pressures of neoliberal globalization.