Introduction Cuba has been facing increasingly challenging economic problems since the fall of the Soviet Union[1] and the end of the Soviet system of state-to-state based economic activity.[2] In the absence of Soviet aid, and in the face of U.S. political and economic hostility,[3] Cuba has sought new partners and allies.[4] Cuba also has increasingly experimented with innovative ways of organizing economic activity that avoid reducing the paramount power of the State to own and control… [read post]

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As many LHB readers are aware, the Law and Society Association hosts "Collaborative Research Networks" that sponsors panels for its annual meeting. [read post]

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