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2nd Energy Transition Colloquium Registration Information and Program (16-17 June 2022 Hybrid Program)

31 May 2022, 6:07 pm

Larry Catá Backer, Pennsylvania State University, School of Law and School of International Affairs (USA), Facilitating the Energy Transition: A Human Right and Soft Law Perspective2. [read post]

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Just Published: "Theorizing regulatory governance within its ecology: the structure of management in an age of globalization," Contemporary Politics 24(3):-- (2018)

27 Mar 2018, 8:35 am

(Pix © 2018 Larry Catá Backer)I am happy to announce the publication of "Theorizing regulatory governance within its ecology: the structure of management in an age of globalization," Contemporary Politics 24(3):-- (2018) (https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2018.1452108) (electronic version now available, paper version to come soon). [read post]

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New Paper Posted: Central Planning Versus Markets Marxism: Their Differences and Consequences for the International Ordering of State, Law, Politics, and Economy

5 Aug 2016, 4:18 pm

Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]

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Part 12: (Whose Project; Does the Individual Exist; the Natural Slave?): Dialogues on a Philosophy for the Individual

13 Mar 2015, 3:20 am

For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]

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Part 39: (Narcissus, Talismans, Cognition, and Resistance): Dialogues on a Philosophy for the Individual

2 Jun 2015, 8:18 pm

Estou preparando resposta para o Blog do Larry Catá Backer. [read post]

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Now Available Video Recording of Launch Event for Book: Larry Catá Backer "Hong Kong Between 'One Country' and 'Two Systems'" 13 July 2021

14 Jul 2021, 6:31 am

Larry Catá Backer is W. [read post]

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New Paper Posted: "China’s Corporate Social Responsibility With National Characteristics: Coherence and Dissonance With the Global Business and Human Rights Project"

10 Jun 2014, 10:26 am

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)) Corporate social responsibility, both in its traditional forms and in its current international form as as species of human rights, has become an important issue of corporate governance both in the national and international spheres.But the discourse, and the premises underlying it, are usually based on Western models of corporate governance and the structuring of political states and public order. [read post]

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Syllabus for Course on "Globalization and the Transnational Enterprise"

7 Jan 2020, 7:30 pm

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2019)I have been developing a course on transnational (or multinational; I use the terms interchangeably) enterprises. [read post]

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Keren Wang and Nabih Haddad on "International Organizations and Participatory Global Citizenship: Civic Education beyond Territoriality"

17 May 2014, 10:11 am

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)Two of my former students, Keren Wang (now in a PhD program at Penn State (Communication Arts and Sciences)) and Nabih Haddad (now in a PhD Program at Michigan State (Education)) have presented a very interesting paper at a recently concluded conference. [read post]

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Video Recording Now Available: Penn State JLIA Fall Speaker Series; A Conversation with Peter Martin About his Book--"China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy"

4 Nov 2021, 7:39 am

It is required reading for anyone who wants to understand China's quest for global power, as seen from the inside.The Session took place on 3 November 2021 and was was moderated by Larry Catá Backer and hosted by Brea Jones (Penn State Law | J.D. [read post]

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Social Credit (China and Abroad; Public and Private): Index of Posts

16 Sep 2017, 7:30 am

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017) --> I have started thinking through the issues around social credit generally, and the Chinese Social Credit project. [read post]

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Just Posted: Flora Sapio, "‘Social Responsibility’ in the Governance of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises"

14 Aug 2019, 8:01 pm

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)I am delighted to pass along notice of the posting by Flora Sapio of an excellent new paper, ‘Social Responsibility in the Governance of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises. [read post]

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Prologue--Dialogues on a Philosophy for the Individual: The Social Self

28 Feb 2016, 1:38 pm

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)In 2015, Flora Sapio and I started an experiment in collaborative dialogue. [read post]

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New law book series « Gender, Justice, and Legal Feminism » Now Accepting Proposals

2 Feb 2023, 6:36 pm

Pix Credit © Larry Catá Backer; Max Ernst, Logique sans peine (1966); Vienna Freud Museum Anne Wagner (Liile) and Angela Condello (Messina) have announced the launch of a new law book series «Gender, Justice, and Legal Feminism » for Springer. [read post]

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Annuncement Upcoming Event: "Technological Platforms and National Security in Hong Kong: The Domain of Standards Setting" 25 August 2023 University of Hong Kong

11 Aug 2023, 1:49 pm

Larry Catá Backer, W. [read post]

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Call For Papers: "Workshop on Business and Human Rights – Networks of Transnational Governance" at Hebrew University

3 Jan 2014, 2:22 pm

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)The workshop aims to bring together scholars and practitioners, in order to examine the various interfaces among networks of transnational regulation designed to regulate the respect of businesses for human rights. [read post]

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From the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre: Annual Legal Accountability Annual Briefing

8 Feb 2015, 11:38 am

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) The folks at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre have recently announced the distribution of their Corporate Legal Accountability Annual Briefing. [read post]

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Working Towards a Treaty for Business and Human Rights--An Opportunity to Share Your Ideas; Call for Inputs by the Open Ended International Working Group

9 Aug 2016, 8:10 pm

(Pix © 2014 Larry Catá Backer)The Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises was established in the wake of a successful effort by a group of states to seek a treaty based approach to the regulation of the conduct of so-called transnational enterprises under international law. [read post]

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Dialogues on a Philosophy for the Individual

1 Mar 2015, 8:44 pm

FS: True Larry Catá Backer, and transfiguration is part of our lives, particularly in this age. [read post]

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Elements of Law 3.0: Table of Contents for Lecture and Reading Notes for An Introduction to U.S. Legal Theory and Practice

26 Nov 2013, 8:30 am

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013) I have been posting about the development of a new course I have been developing for our first year law school students, "Elements of Law." [read post]

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