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23 Nov 2017, 7:55 pm
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)A question that emerged during the course of the recently concluded Round Table on the Implications of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress (here, here and here) the speakers wondered, collectively, about the extent and character of the evolution of CPC thinking, and the CPC Basic Line, with respect to Socialist Rule of Law and Socialist Constitutionalism. [read post]
22 Nov 2017, 9:42 am
Closing Remarks: Social Credit, Big Data Management and Governance—New Possibilities, New Realities 闭幕致辞:  法治和信用国际研讨会结束陈词:社会信用,大数据管理与新机遇,新现实… [read post]
22 Nov 2017, 9:32 am
The PPT f my own presentation will follow in another post.International Symposium on The Corporation in a Changing World Shanghai University of Finance and Economics School of Law SUFE Law School Commercial Law Center October 21st – 22nd, 2017 Conference Agenda Day One: Oct 21st (Saturday) Opening Ceremony Moderator: Xiaoyan Song, Professor & Acting Vice Dean, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics School of Law Speakers:Shaohua Zheng, Professor & Assistant to the President,… [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 6:18 am
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)In October 2017 Professor Knox, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, circulated a Draft Guidelines on Human Rights and the Environment for which he is soliciting views (available here in English, French, Spanish). [read post]
17 Nov 2017, 5:03 pm
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)A question that emerged during the course of the recently concluded Round Table on the Implications of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress (here, here and here) the speakers raised a very interesting issue that might merit some further initial discussion. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 8:12 am
(Pix  ©Larry Catá Backer 2017)Even as the new U.S. regulations touching on travel and trade were being announced (see, here), Cuban authorities were ensuring that their narrative was also much in evidence. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 3:44 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)Those interested in the state of relations between the United States and Cuba have been awaiting the issuance of the modifications to the regulations that implement the ancient U.S. trade embargo ever since President Trump announced a change in direction of U.S. [read post]
8 Nov 2017, 5:51 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017) On the eve of the November 2017 meeting between the leaders of the United States and China, "John F. [read post]
2 Nov 2017, 8:49 am
Larry Catá Backer The work of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress was significant, judged even by the standards of past Congresses, There was a sense that its work ought to be ranked at the level of the 3rd Plenum of the 11th CPC Congress. [read post]
30 Oct 2017, 8:18 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)Someone recently wrote me from abroad with a set of questions relating to the recent decision by the President not to certify that Iran was complying with all terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)  (here). [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 10:41 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017 Vatican Museum Episodes of the Passion Tournai 14th cent) If the Affair of the Sonic Weapons Attack  has a defining element, it is the way in which it may substantially affect Cuba's efforts to rejoin the global economic and finance communities it turned its back on in the early 1960s. [read post]
14 Oct 2017, 8:16 pm
" Concept NoteLarry Catá Backer 12 October 2017Globalization has produced a growing number of governance regimes beyond the reach of the domestic legal orders of states. [read post]
14 Oct 2017, 2:38 am
(Pix ©Larry Catá Backer 2017)Now that the United States and Cuba have staked out their (well rehearsed and often deployed routine) positions, the two states have begun the "litigation" phase of their state-to-state conflict in the courts of public opinion. [read post]
8 Oct 2017, 2:01 pm
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)Working Paper 10/1 (October 2017)Reflections onthe 2017 “Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights andtransnational corporations and other business enterprises” (A/72/162; 18 July2017)Larry Catá BackerAbstract: The Working Group for Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises 2017 Report to the U.N. [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 7:54 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)The effects of the Affair of the Sonic Weapons Attack continue ot become clearer. [read post]
4 Oct 2017, 3:59 pm
Melish https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316797990.005 5 - From Guiding Principles to Interpretive Organizations: Developing a Framework for Applying the UNGPs to Disputes That Institutionalizes the Advocacy Role of Civil Society pp 76-96 By Larry Catá Backer https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316797990.006 6 - A Treaty on Business and Human Rights? [read post]