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25 Nov 2016, 9:03 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)The indulgence of extremes in politics  invariably has a terrible effect--not on the political classes that profit from cultivating these schisms, but on the people on whose bodies these ideologies are etched--in hunger, deprivation, and forced migration. [read post]
25 Nov 2022, 7:31 am
(Larry Catá Backer, Emasculated Men, Effeminate Law in the United States, Zimbabwe and Malaysia, (2005) 17(1) Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 1-63 (2005), pp. 1-2).Corruption remains the defining issue in the relationship between them, and between the ruling elites and the people and collective structures of Malaysia, as it has since the end of the 1990s. [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]
11 May 2021, 5:56 pm
(Larry Catá Backer, “The Metamorphosis of COVID-19: State, Society, Law, Analytics” Emancipating the Mind in the New Era: Bulletin of the Coalition for Peace & Ethics 15(2):261-352, 264-265 (View HERE))One has evidence of the accelerator effect in virtually every aspect of human organization, and some of the consequences have been quite profound ("Hong Kong Between 'One Country' and 'Two Systems': Essays from the… [read post]
31 Aug 2019, 9:01 am
.__________ Programme 9:30 Opening and welcome –Frauke Gerlach (Grimme-Institute) 9:45 – 11:15 Social Credit System in China (case study) Chair: Björn AhlEvolution of the Social Credit System: A Public Law Perspective –Yongxi Chen (Hong Kong University)Beyond “Digital Big Brother”: Five things to… [read post]
19 Mar 2022, 11:01 am
The Penn State Law Federalist Society sponsored a conversation discuss the constitutionality of vaccine mandates, religious exemptions and their uses, and a variety of other topics with Professor Larry Catá Backer and Mr. [read post]
12 Sep 2022, 4:21 pm
  PROGRAMMEDay 1: 23 September 2022Introduction (8:55-9.00 am): Ngoc Son Bui (Oxford)Panel 1 (9:00-10.30 am): Chair - Timothy Endicott (Oxford)Larry Catá Backer (Penn State University), Linking People to Governing Institutions: 全过程民主 (Whole Process Democracy) Leninist Political Parties, Socialist Constitutional Democracy… [read post]
27 Oct 2013, 1:51 pm by Larry Catá Backer
 (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)Gobal civil society elements is gearing up for the upcoming 2013 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. [read post]
27 Feb 2018, 12:33 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)I have written about the ESIL Research Forum: "International Law in Times of Disorder and Contestation;" ESIL Research Forum at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to be held 28 February to 2 March at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [read post]
30 Nov 2023, 7:21 am by Emmanuel Didier
 RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON LEGAL SEMIOTICS  Anne WAGNER & Sarah MARUSEK (Eds)   Edward Elgar Publishing  Sarah Marusek and I are delighted to announce that the « Research Handbook on Legal Semiotics » is now accessible online at:   https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-legal-semiotics-9781802207255.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781802207262/9781802207262.xml   TABLE OF CONTENTS:PART I LEGAL SEMIOTICS AS AN… [read post]
24 Aug 2019, 5:50 am
”China’s Social Credit System: Data-Driven Governance for a ‘New Era’by Larry Catá Backer“Social credit redirects the power of data away from markets and strengthens the state’s ability to comprehensively control behavior. [read post]
23 Apr 2024, 8:14 am
 Pix credit here Delighted to pass along links to the articles just published in Issue 37(3) of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law (2024). [read post]
5 Apr 2024, 6:20 am
 Download the latest version of the full programme Confirmed speakers: Antoine Duval (Senior researcher, Asser Institute)Klaas Eller (Assistant professor at the ACT, University of Amsterdam)Anna Beckers (Professor, Maastricht University)Galit Sarfaty (Associate professor, University of Toronto) [Online]Antoine Heuty (CEO, Ulula)Nanne Tolsma (Business development director, Satelligence)Lucas Pennanen (Account executive, Prewave)Michelle Westermann-Behaylo… [read post]
19 Mar 2014, 11:44 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014 )--> This article builds substantially on a paper presented at the International Conference on the Realization of Socio-Economic Rights in Emerging Free Markets: Perspectives from China and India, City University of Hong Kong School of Law, Nov. 29–30, 2012, to be published elsewhere as -->"The Role of Companies in Privatizing Socio-Economic Rights in India and China Under Emerging Global… [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 3:18 pm by Larry Catá Backer
  (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2'13)Please, click on any of the links below for more information.Welcome DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONS, a blog sponsored by The Development Research Center. [read post]
25 Nov 2016, 12:45 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) --> Human Rights Council Resolution 28/14 established a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. [read post]
10 Feb 2023, 1:12 am
(About the Book)Those participating include: Dr Alessandro Spano, Lecturer in Chinese Law and Co-Director, UCL China Centre (Chair); Prof Leila Choukroune, Professor of International Law and Director of the University of Portsmouth Thematic Area in Democratic Citizenship (Co-Chair);Prof Larry Catá Backer, Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University; Mr Ji Ma, Research Associate, China, Law and Development Project at Oxford University;Prof Julien… [read post]