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Just Published: "Are Supply Chains Transnational Legal Orders? What We Can Learn from the Rana Plaza Factory Building Collapse"
25 May 2017, 5:46 pm
What We Can Learn from the Rana Plaza Factory Building Collapse Larry Catá Backer*Abstract: In 2013, over a thousand workers were killed when the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Bangladesh, one housing several garment factories producing goods for global consumer markets. [read post]
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Just Published: "Shaping a Global Law for Business Enterprises: Framing Principles and the Promise of a Comprehensive Treaty on Business and Human Rights"
12 May 2017, 12:45 pm
 Shaping a Global Law for Business Enterprises: Framing Principles and the Promise of a Comprehensive Treaty on Business and Human Rights Larry Catá Backer† I. [read post]
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27th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy: Two CLE Programs; "Foreign Investment in Cuba: Law, Policy, and Practicalities" and "Coordinating U.S. and Cuban Legal Principles to Resolve Property and Damage Claims"
8 May 2017, 9:21 am
These sessions will cover the following: Foreign Investment in Cuba: Law, Policy, and Practicalities Presenter: Larry Catá Backer, W. [read post]
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Comparative and Interdisciplinary Analysis From the May Edition of Cuba CounterPoints: (1)When Women Leave, Who Cares for the Elderly?; (2) The North Korean Missile Crisis; (3) On Being a Lukumi Patient; and (4) From Viñales to Varadero
5 May 2017, 6:55 am
By RICHARD E. [read post]
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Congress Introduces Legislation to Amend DOSHA
26 Apr 2017, 8:16 pm by Jim Walker
  Kelly Hammer Lankford and Jill Hammer Malott, the daughters of Larry and Christy Hammer, who perished during a deadly river cruise fire last year, are part of the efforts to amend DOSHA. [read post]
Cruise Law News - http://www.cruiselawnews.com/
Preliminary Draft Posted: "The Corporate Social Responsibilities of Financial Institutions for the Conduct of their Borrowers: The View from International Law and Standards"
17 Apr 2017, 1:26 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I have just posted a preliminary draft of an article that is currently entitled The Corporate Social Responsibilities of Financial Institutions for the Conduct of their Borrowers: The View from International Law and Standards. [read post]
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Comparative and Interdisciplinary Analysis From Cuba Counterpoints: (1) If Betsy DeVos met Ena Elsa Velázquez; (2) Cuban Travelogues into the Future’s Past; (3) Havana City of the Dead; and (4) Afro-Cuban Religion's "New Man"
17 Apr 2017, 5:27 am
Our friends at Cuba CounterPoints have published a great April issue XVI. [read post]
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Corporate Social Responsibility Law--A Tentative Syllabus
11 Apr 2017, 3:01 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) I will be teaching a course on Corporate Social Responsibility. [read post]
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Chinese Investment in the United States: Time for New Rules?
11 Apr 2017, 6:00 am by Jennifer M. Harris
Last month, Tesla announced that it sold a 5% stake to Tencent, a Chinese conglomerate that might best be described as a cross between Facebook and Zynga, with the Huffington Post, Pay-Pal (two Pay-Pals, to be precise), and VC-giant Andreissen-Horowitz thrown in for good measure. [read post]
Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/
IBM’s Motion to Dismiss ERISA Claims Granted
10 Apr 2017, 5:00 am by Nicole Jones
P. 12(b)(6) with leave to amend Larry W. [read post]
The Race to the Bottom - http://www.theracetothebottom.org/
Just Published: "The Emerging Normative Structures of Transnational Law: Non-State Enterprises in Polycentric Asymmetric Global Orders"
9 Apr 2017, 8:35 am
  The Emerging Normative Structures of Transnational Law: Non-State Enterprises in Polycentric Asymmetric Global Orders Larry Catá Backer* Abstract Globalization has produced a wealth of writing that seeks to theorize the emerging relationships between states, non-state actors (especially multinational corporations), and international organizations. [read post]
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Cross: Ed Whelan, An EPPC Eye On Judicial Confirmations
5 Apr 2017, 3:01 am by David Meyer Lindenberg
Larry Tribe’s course on constitutional law was excellent in some respects, but Tribe’s interest wasn’t in studying the actual Constitution but in teaching us how to take precedents he liked and leverage them into more expansive rulings. [read post]
Simple Justice - http://blog.simplejustice.us
Just Published: "A Lex Mercatoria for Corporate Social Responsibility Codes Without the State?: A Critique of Legalization Within the State Under the Premises of Globalization"
1 Apr 2017, 11:52 am
A Critiqueof Legalization Within the State Under the Premises of Globalization Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Vol. 24, No.1, 2017 Larry Catá Backer Abstract Recent efforts have sought to theorize the legalization of the social and economic sphere that is undiminished by time. [read post]
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Presentation at Western Ontario Law School's Mining Finance and Law Speaker Series: "The Responsibilities of Banks, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Other Financial Institutions to Respect Human Rights: The Example of the Extractives Sector Financing"
30 Mar 2017, 9:44 am
Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar, Professor of Law and International Affairs Pennsylvania State University 2. [read post]
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"The Future of Sovereign Wealth Funds": Notes From the Symposium Sposored by the Wake Forest Law Reviewonsired , sponsored by the Wake Forest Law Review 2017
24 Mar 2017, 8:46 am
It is my great pleasure to announce an upcoming conference: The Future of Sovereign Wealth Funds, sponsored by the Wake Forest Law Review 2017 as their Spring Symposium. [read post]
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Posting Preliminary Conference Draft,"Sovereign Wealth Funds, Capacity Building, Development, and Governance" for the Conference "The Future of Sovereign Wealth Funds" March 24, 2017 Wake Forest Law School
23 Mar 2017, 1:59 pm
   --> Sovereign Wealth Funds, Capacity Building, Development, and Governance  Larry Catá BackerAbstract:  Though operating in some form or another for over half a century, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) did not become an object of general attention until the early part of the 21st century when a combination of the need of developed states for investment and the growing acceptability of state investment in private markets abroad made them… [read post]
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Announcing Upcoming Conference: "The Future of Sovereign Wealth Funds" March 2017
19 Mar 2017, 8:58 am
Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar, Penn State Law 3.30 p.m. [read post]
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The Trump administration’s variation on the theme of nauseating American arrogance and the bombing of Cambodia
13 Mar 2017, 10:18 am
 May, Larry. [read post]
Ratio Juris - http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/
Florida House Passes Bill to Slow Revolving Door
10 Mar 2017, 1:44 pm by Kevin Newman, Esq.
Larry Metz, believes the new restriction will prevent legislators from favoring lobbyists in order to land high-paying jobs after leaving office. [read post]
Lobby Comply Blog - http://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/
Chapter 17 (Chapter Summaries) " The Role of the Courts: The Techniques of Judicial Interpretation” in Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
9 Mar 2017, 3:25 pm
The Role of the Courts: The Role of the Courts: The Techniques of Judicial Interpretation --A note on Richard Posner, Statutory Interpretation—In the Classroom and in the Courtroom --Philip P. [read post]
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