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Cuba Beyond the Cusp of Change: Reflections on a Week Long Penn State Graduate Course in Cuba
4 Mar 2017, 6:38 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)It is my great privilege to have been encouraged to design and hold a week long embedded course program through Pennsylvania State University. [read post]
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Frank S. Ravitch and Larry Catá Backer Talk Pedagogy and Approach as they Introduce the 4th Edition to their Casebook, Law and Religion: Cases and Materials (West Academic, 2021)
4 Aug 2021, 8:54 am
 Frank S. [read post]
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Part 13: (The Natural Slave?): Dialogues on a Philosophy for the Individual
14 Mar 2015, 8:19 am
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
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Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy: January 2017 Newsletter
27 Jan 2017, 8:15 pm
These mixed emotions are expressed eloquently by ASCE members including the OSV Newsweekly article by Enrique Pumar who reflected on Castro’s legacy and Cuba’s uncertain future, Jorge Luis Romeu’s article in Syracuse.com who discusses the impacts of Castro’s death on political and economic change in Cuba, and Larry Catá Backer's article which reflects on the lessons that might be drawn from Fidel Castro’s legacy and… [read post]
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Corporate Governance in OECD States, A Report on Changing Behaviors
12 Apr 2015, 7:23 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has been at the forefront of efforts to develop societal standards for business conduct beyond the core legal obligation of enterprises to maximize their own welfare (and or that of their equity holders), yet connected with the parallel development of regulation within the domestic legal orders of states. [read post]
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Part 26: The U.S. National Contact Point: Corporate Social Responsibility Between Nationalism, Internationalism and Private Markets Based Globalization
28 Feb 2013, 7:27 pm by Larry Catá Backer
    (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)Part 26: Charting the Reality of the Specific Instance Function--Single Country Analysis Countries UNDER CONSTRUCTION [read post]
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Joel Slawotsky: "Corporate liability for violating international law under The Alien Tort Statute: The corporation through the lens of globalization and privatization"
10 Jul 2013, 9:55 am by Larry Catá Backer
 (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)He considers ramifications of Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum 569 U. [read post]
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Purdy Crawford Workshop to explore the role of business regulation in advancing sustainable development goals, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
23 Sep 2019, 7:40 pm
Sherman, III, Shift• Penelope Simons, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa• Larry Catá Backer, Law & International Affairs, Penn State• Birgit Spiesshofer, International Law and Business Ethics, University of Bremen and Dentons Europe LLPBThe panel will be moderated by Schulich Law Professor Sara L Seck.CategoryStudent InterestTimeStarts: Thursday September 26, 2019 - 04:30 PMEnds: Thursday September 26, 2019 - 06:30 PMLocationRoom 105 … [read post]
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Announcing Publication of "The Many Lives of Transnational Law: Critical Engagements with Jessup's Bold Proposal" (Peer Zumbansen, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2020)
1 Apr 2020, 6:58 am
Claire Cutler, Jothie Rajah, Natasha Affolder, Larry Catá Backer, Prabhakar Singh, Ralf Michaels, Vik KanwarThis title is available for institutional purchase via Cambridge CoreLook Inside Index (230 KB) Marketing Excerpt (123 KB) Front Matter (159 KB) Copyright Information Page (48 KB) Table of Contents (55 KB) [read post]
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John Ruggie and John Sherman on "Adding Human Rights Punch to the New Lex Mercatoria: the Impact of the Un Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights on Commercial Legal Practice"
16 Sep 2015, 6:14 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) Law and legal practice continue to change, and change dramatically, in the wake of the emergence of regulatory regimes beyond the state and state based law. [read post]
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Interview: Bethany Salgado COVID-19, Covid-19, Supply Chains, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, for Upcoming Webinar "COVID-19 and International Affairs" (17 April 2020)
17 Apr 2020, 4:02 am
For our second interview, Larry Catá Backer spoke of COVID-19 and meaning making. [read post]
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Part 25: The U.S. National Contact Point: Corporate Social Responsibility Between Nationalism, Internationalism and Private Markets Based Globalization
28 Feb 2013, 7:25 pm by Larry Catá Backer
    (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)Part 25: Charting the Reality of the Specific Instance Function--Single Country Analysis Countries Continued UNDER CONSTRUCTION [read post]
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ASCE Interview Series: Methodological and Technical Challenges for Normative Change in Cuba's Economic Reforms, A Conversation with José Gabilondo
26 Jan 2021, 6:04 pm
For the ASCE Series' next interview, Larry Catá Backer had the great pleasure of speaking with José Gabilondo. [read post]
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Part 24: The U.S. National Contact Point: Corporate Social Responsibility Between Nationalism, Internationalism and Private Markets Based Globalization.
28 Feb 2013, 7:22 pm by Larry Catá Backer
    (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)Part 24: Charting the Reality of the Specific Instance Function--Single Country Analysis Countries UNDER CONSTRUCTION [read post]
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Workshop: "Constitutional Law of Greater China" Organised by Ngoc Son Bui and the Oxford Programme in Asian Laws (Virtual; 9-10 December 2021)
4 Dec 2021, 7:36 am
 11:40-12 pm: Zhaoxin Jiang (Shandong University), One Council Two Constitutional Courts: A Holistic View of the Council of Grand Justices (1948-2007)12-12:20 pm, Zhu Guobin (CityU), Constitutional Review “with Chinese Characteristics”: Law, Institutions and Recent DevelopmentsBreak: 12:20-1.00 pmPanel 2 (Chair: Ryan Mitchell, CUHK)1:00-1:20 pm: Larry Catá Backer (Penn State Law School), The Party as Polity: The Party-State… [read post]
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Corporate Transparency--A Report of the View of Sustainability Experts
29 Aug 2014, 6:53 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) GlobeScan/SustainAbility publishes about five reports a year that analyze expert perspectives on a range of business and sustainability topics. [read post]
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Summary and PPT of my Presentation: "The Just Transitions of Risk—Human Rights, Sustainability and the ESG Wars" to be Given at the Just Transitions Conference (University of Dundee; 7 September 2023)
4 Sep 2023, 10:25 am
  Out panel, "Just Transition and Business – Chair Claire O'Brien, University of Dundee) includes a number of marvelous speakers:• Tara Van Ho -Without Reforming the Corporate Purpose, All Of This Is Pointless• Alexandra R Harrington – Multisectoral Just Transitions to a Low Carbon Economy in a Post-Pandemic World• Caroline Lichuma – The Vernacularization of the Just Transition Concept: A Role for National Action Plans on Business and Human… [read post]
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Cuban Constitutionalism in a Global Context--A Conversation With Jorge Dominguez for the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy
15 Oct 2020, 5:57 pm
For our next interview, Larry Catá Backer had the great pleasure of speaking with Jorge Dominguez. [read post]
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From the U.S. Conference Board: "Proxy Voting Factsheet (July 2014)"; A Useful Data Snapshot
30 Jul 2014, 7:47 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Our friends at the Conference Board have just released some useful reporting on proxy voting in the United States: Melissa Aguilar,  "Proxy Voting Factsheet (July 2014)". [read post]
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Principled Pragmatism in the Elaboration of a Comprehensive Treaty on Business and Human Rights
16 Sep 2016, 10:25 am
: How a Comprehensive Treaty on Business and Human Rights Ought to Be Framed, Why It Can’t, and the Dangers of the Pragmatic Turn in Treaty Crafting Larry Catá Backer Pennsylvania State University, Penn State LawBuilding a Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Context and Contours (Surya Deva, David Bilchitz et al., eds)., Forthcoming Abstract: In June 2014, an “open-ended intergovernmental working group to elaborate an international legally… [read post]
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