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6 Jan 2015, 7:09 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) I have been posting about the consequences of the December 2014 announcement of movements toward the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba. [read post]
2 Feb 2019, 8:17 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2019)In this post and those that follow we will begin to flesh out what we see as the great challenges of democracy in illiberal states, and the methods undertaken by the Caribbean (Cuban) form of Marxism Leninism, to meet those challenges. [read post]
8 Sep 2023, 6:09 am
The video recording are available in two parts:Morning Session Afternoon Session Pix credit hereOn 6 September 2023 this Workshop-Conference brought together a number of the contributors to the exploration of the critical issues that arise from mandatory human rights due diligence laws to be published in book The current state and future trajectories of human rights due diligence laws: New Legal Norms on Human Rights Due Diligence (Larry Catá Backer and… [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 4:08 pm
I was honored to have been interviewed by Mohammad Al-Moshigh (LL.B, LL.M. legal specialist) who is doing advanced graduate study here at Penn State.In his words:Today I had the honor to speak with the godfather of Law and my greatest Professor Larry Catá Backer .It was an interesting interview in which we talked about the most important skill that lawyers should have when communicating with their clients.🙏🏻I take this opportunity to… [read post]
2 Apr 2016, 10:22 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)I have previously posted about the Pace International Law Review 2016 Symposium: Cuba and Iran--A Look at Global Trade and Development and its 2016 Blaine Sloan Lecture on International Law.It was my great pleasure to present some thoughts at the 2016 Symposium on the theme of the necessary internationalization of Cuban corporate social responsibility as the Cuban state and its enterprises become more heavily… [read post]
22 Apr 2022, 6:58 pm
Speakers include Piero Cipollone (Bank of Italy); Carmine Di Noia (OECD); Andrea Renda (EUI and CEPS); Antonio Nicita (European Commission RSB-Regulatory Scrutiny Board); Elisabeth Noble (EBA); Carla Reyes (SMU Dedman School of Law); Marianne Bechara (IMF); Silvio Micali (MIT-Algorand); Philipp Paech (LSE); Giusella Finocchiaro (Bologna and Chair WG UNCITRAL on E-Commerce); Fabio Bassan (Ropma Tre); Larry Catá Backer (Penn State); Teresa Rodriguez de… [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 6:27 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) This from Matteo Tonello at the Conference Board: Disclosure of climate change risk becomes more prominent in the United States Access Sustainability Practices 2015 Dashboard Download the Key Findings Research conducted by The Conference Board in collaboration with Bloomberg and GRI shows that disclosure of the business risks of climate change is becoming more prominent, especially among US companies. [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 2:33 pm
(Pix (C) Larry Catá Backer 2014)This Blog Essay site devotes every February to a series of integrated but short essays on a single theme. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 8:42 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) The Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights Civil Society Section has just announced the availability, for download, of the following publications.New Publications: Frequently Asked Questions about the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (HR/PUB/14/3, 52 pp.) [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 8:08 pm
The conference is organized by Larry Catá Backer of the School of Law and International Affairs at Penn State with Keren Wang (Penn State MIA 2013, Ph.D: candidate Penn State School of Communication Arts and Sciences) and Shan Gao (candidate Penn State Law SJD) . [read post]
3 Sep 2023, 8:01 am
This Workshop-Conference brings together a number of the contributors to the exploration of the critical issues that arise from mandatory human rights due diligence laws to be published in book The current state and future trajectories of human rights due diligence laws: New Legal Norms on Human Rights Due Diligence (Larry Catá Backer and Claire Methven O’Bren (eds); Routledge, forthcoming 2024). [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 8:24 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)The history of the United States has been, if nothing else, a history of tremendous battles over the definition and control of the societal structures that define and discipline its politics, law, and culture--its sense of self as a polity and community. [read post]
9 May 2016, 12:23 pm
Larry Catá Backer on the FNGOML. [read post]
17 Jan 2015, 8:33 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015)Frank Ravitch has produced one of the most interesting approaches to the study of the legal interaction of law and religion within the U.S: constitutional system. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 6:20 am
Forum for Business and Human Rights 15(1):5-9 (View HERE)Larry Catá Backer, The Weak Underbelly of Business and Human Rights: Reflections on the 8th U.N. [read post]
25 Nov 2012, 5:51 pm
The abstract follows: Sovereign Investing and Markets-Based Transnational Legislative Power: The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund in Global Markets Larry Catá Backer[1]Abstract: States, like non-state actors, are increasingly participating in markets. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 1:02 am
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 2:34 pm
Larry Catá Backer, "The Cuban Communist Party at the Center of Political and Economic Reform: Current Status and Future Reform," Northwestern Interdisciplinary Law Review 8:71-129 (2015). [read post]
27 Jun 2015, 6:13 am
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
4 Sep 2015, 7:09 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)I have been considering issues of globalization as it affects governance of multinational or transnational enterprises. [read post]
