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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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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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Interview: Nicolas Scholz COVID-19, the Situation in Germany and an EU Perspective, for Upcoming Webinar "COVID-19 and International Affairs" (17 April 2020)
16 Apr 2020, 2:14 pm
For our second interview, Larry Catá Backer spoke of COVID-19 and meaning making. [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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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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Ruminations XLIII: Dominus Illuminatio Mea
12 Nov 2012, 8:20 pm by Larry Catá Backer
., Larry Catá Backer, Fides et Ratio: Religion and Law in Legal Orders Suffused by Faith, Law at the End of the Day July 30, 2007; Benedict XVI, Apostolic Journey Of His Holiness Benedict Xvi To München, Altötting And Regensburg, (September 9-14, 2006), Meeting With The Representatives Of Science, Lecture Of The Holy Father, Aula Magna of the University of Regensburg, Tuesday, 12 September 2006, Faith, Reason and the University (Official revised… [read post]
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Interview: Jonathan Kiwana on African Perspectives; Uganda and the Response to the COVID-19, for Upcoming Webinar "COVID-19 and International Affairs" (17 April 2020)
14 Apr 2020, 6:17 pm
For our second interview, Larry Catá Backer spoke of COVID-19 and meaning making. [read post]
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Interview: Pini Miretski COVID-19, the State and Technology From the Perspective of Russia, Ukraine and other Post Soviet States, and Israel, for Upcoming Webinar "COVID-19 and International Affairs" (17 April 2020)
16 Apr 2020, 1:26 pm
For our second interview, Larry Catá Backer spoke of COVID-19 and meaning making. [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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China's Social Credit Initiative in a Global Context: Foundations--"Monitoring, Assessment and Reward: Are there Social Credit Systems in the West?"
23 Jun 2017, 5:15 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)The Coalition for Peace and Ethics and the Foundation for Law and International Affairs have started a joint project on "Social Credit. [read post]
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Interview: Yuri Gonzalez Hernandez opn COVID-19 and the Situation in Cuba for Upcoming Webinar "COVID-19 and International Affairs" (17 April 2020)
12 Apr 2020, 8:35 am
For our second interview, Larry Catá Backer spoke of COVID-19 and meaning making. [read post]
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U.N. Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law - "Widening the Democratic Space: The Role of Youth in Public Decision Making"--Links to Submissions Received in Response to Call for Inputs
25 Jul 2016, 7:08 pm
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Human Rights Council Resolution 28/14 (9 April 2015) established a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. [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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Litigating Cuba: Havana Docks Corp. v. Carnival Corporation and the LIBERTAD Act
26 Sep 2020, 7:02 pm
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017 (Havana Harbor from Regla))Title III of the LIBERTAD Act, “created a private right of action against any person who ‘traffics’ in confiscated Cuban property. [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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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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Discussion Draft Posted: "Overcoming the Human, Rights, and the State in Human Rights"
25 Jan 2024, 8:12 am
.; Edward Elgar     Overcoming the Human, Rights,and the State in Human Rights Larry Catá Backer (白 轲) W. [read post]
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Video Recording of Panel 4 (Issues in Cuban Agriculture) Now Available--ASCE 2021 Conference (4-6 January 2021)--"Caught in a Perfect 'Storm': Are Havana's Responses Sufficient?
5 Jan 2021, 3:37 pm
     Agriculture   --Chair: Larry Catá Backer, Penn State University --Mario A. [read post]
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Announcing Publication of "Paths for Cuba: Reforming Communism in Comparative Perspective" (Scott Morgenstern, Jorge Pérez-López, and Jerome Branche, eds.)
21 Dec 2018, 12:50 pm
The Cuban Communist Party on the Cusp of Change Larry Catá Backer 7. [read post]
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The Problem With Quantitative Analysis is Fundamental Incomparability--Fernandez, et al. on "Huge Dispersion of the Risk-Free Rate and Market Risk Premium Used by Analysts in 2015"
10 Nov 2015, 7:14 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)As policy within the economic and political spheres becomes more "evidence based" it is useful to remember that while a number may serve as a proxy for something approaching an absolute value, the meaning of that number (or combinations of numbers--data) is a far less certain exercise. [read post]
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