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纪检监察办案中不正当性关系、包养、通奸、权色交易、钱色交易等的认定和区分 [Identification and differentiation of inappropriate sexual relations, support, adultery, power and sex transactions, money and sex transactions and other behaviors in disciplinary inspection and supervision cases]

14 Nov 2023, 1:09 pm

(Larry Catá Backer, "Emasculated Men, Effeminate Law in the United States, Zimbabwe and Malaysia," Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 17(1) (2005) pp. 1-63). [read post]

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Open for Signature Through 11 November 2023: Manifesto of Academy Representatives European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) [Manifiesto de Representantes de la Academia Directiva Europea sobre Diligencia Debida de las Empresas en materia de Sostenibilidad]

9 Nov 2023, 5:42 pm

Pix Credit ©Larry Catá Backer Vatican passageway For those who might be interested in signing on, a group of Spanish and other European Academics are circulating a Manifesto (the longer title above). [read post]

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中华人民共和国爱国主义教育法 [Patriotism Education Law of the People's Republic of China]

25 Oct 2023, 5:56 pm

It played a key role in the Chinese analysis of what went wrong in Hong Kong during the 2019-2020 crisis (Larry Catá Backer, Hong Kong Between One Country and Two Systems (2021), chapter 7)). [read post]

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Discussion Draft Posted for Comment: "Non-Carbon Based Autonomous (A.I. and Predictive) Intelligence and the Human Condition--An Encounter with Jan M. Broekman, Knowledge in Change: The Semiotics of Cognition and Conversation (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2023)"

17 Oct 2023, 3:38 pm

Broekman, Knowledge in Change: The Semiotics of Cognition and Conversation (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2023) Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]

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Now Available--Video Recording of Conference: "Governance of Social Listening in the context of Serious Health Threats [嚴重健康威脅下「社交監聽」的管治模式研討會] Universoty of Hong Kong 22-24 Augist 2023

30 Sep 2023, 6:35 pm

Leung Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Faculties of Law & Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Dr Marcelo Thompson &Prof Felix Chan Law & Technology Centre, Department of Computer Science & Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong “Social Listening” Day 1 Morning Session 22 Aug (Tue) 09:30-12:45 (HKT) Prof Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]

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Still Time to Register for SYMPOSIUM EVENT: "China’s Data Governance and its Impact on US-China Relations" (13.30 - 1600 East Coast Time; 26 September 2023)

25 Sep 2023, 12:23 pm

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Event Announcement: "China’s Data Governance and Its Impact on U.S.-China Relations" (26 September) The Carter Center (Emory University)

9 Sep 2023, 1:22 am

Larry Catá Backer, Ms. [read post]

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Now Available: Video Recording of Workshop-Conference: "The Current State and Future Trajectories of Human Rights Due Diligence Laws" (Virtual--6 September 2023)

8 Sep 2023, 6:09 am

The video recording are available in two parts:Morning Session Afternoon Session Pix credit hereOn 6 September 2023 this Workshop-Conference brought together a number of the contributors to the exploration of the critical issues that arise from mandatory human rights due diligence laws to be published in book The current state and future trajectories of human rights due diligence laws: New Legal Norms on Human Rights Due Diligence (Larry Catá Backer and… [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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Workshop-Conference: "The Current State and Future Trajectories of Human Rights Due Diligence Laws" (Virtual--6 September 2023)--Workshop and Registration Information

3 Sep 2023, 8:01 am

This Workshop-Conference brings together a number of the contributors to the exploration of the critical issues that arise from mandatory human rights due diligence laws to be published in book The current state and future trajectories of human rights due diligence laws: New Legal Norms on Human Rights Due Diligence (Larry Catá Backer and Claire Methven O’Bren (eds); Routledge, forthcoming 2024). [read post]

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European Chinese Law Research Hub: Company Law Amendments (Fang Ma), The Accuracy of Social Credit Information Hannah Klöber), SOEs Going Global (Larry Catá Backer)

31 Aug 2023, 4:43 am

" Larry Catá Backer sheds some much needed light on these institutions.The three work nicely together. [read post]

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"Inside the Cage of the System (制度的笼子里): Standards Setting, National Security Values, Tech Platforms, Regulation, and the Central Contradiction of Legality in the Current Historical Era"--Text of Remarks Delivered at Conference: Technological Platforms and National Security in Hong Kong: The Domain of Standards Setting (University of Hong Kong; 25 August 2023)

23 Aug 2023, 7:45 pm

WongCenter for Chinese Law; University of Hong Kong; 25 August 2023) REMARKS: Inside the Cage of the System (制度的笼子里): Standards Setting, National Security Values, Tech Platforms, Regulation, and the Central Contradiction of Legality in the Current Historical EraLarry Catá Backer (白轲) W. [read post]

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"Social Listening and Infodemic—An Epidemiology for the Body Politic": Text of Remarks Delivered at Conference: Governance of Social Listening in the Context of Serious Health Threats (University of Hong Kong, 22 August 2023)

19 Aug 2023, 3:13 pm

Conference: Governance of Social Listening in the Context of Serious Health Threats Centre for Medical Ethics and Law The University of Hong Kong Remarks: Social Listening and Infodemic—An Epidemiology for the Body Politic Larry Catá Backer (白轲) W. [read post]

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Governance of Social Listening in the context of Serious Health Threats [嚴重健康威脅下「社交監聽」的管治模式研討會]

14 Aug 2023, 2:32 pm

Leung Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Faculties of Law & Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Dr Marcelo Thompson &Prof Felix Chan Law & Technology Centre, Department of Computer Science & Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong “Social Listening” Day 1 Morning Session 22 Aug (Tue) 09:30-12:45 (HKT) Prof Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]

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Just Published: Gulan Media Exclusive--Interview Discussing Challenges to Democracy, Cultural Responsibilities, and Constitutional Law in Kurdistan

13 Aug 2023, 8:02 am

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Annuncement Upcoming Event: "Technological Platforms and National Security in Hong Kong: The Domain of Standards Setting" 25 August 2023 University of Hong Kong

11 Aug 2023, 1:49 pm

Larry Catá Backer, W. [read post]

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Now Available: (Frank Fleerackers (ed)) "The Rearguard of Subjectivity On Legal Semiotics – Festschrift in Honour of Jan M. Broekman" (Springer, 2023)

6 Aug 2023, 6:45 am

Table of contents (15 chapters) Front Matter Pages i-x PDF The Efficient Jurist as a Semiotician: A Dialogue with Jan Broekman and… [read post]

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Call for Papers: "Sustainable Finance: between hard law, soft law and corporate governance," 6-8 May 2024 University of Southern Denmark

24 Jul 2023, 9:01 am

Pix Credit © Larry Catá Backer (2018) I am delighted to pass along an announcement of a Call for Papers for a Conference on "Sustainable Finance: between hard law, soft law and corporate governance," to be held 6-8 May 2024 at the University of Southern Denmark. [read post]

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The Emerging (Sanctions Fueled) Face of the Transnational Regulation of the Human Rights Effects of Economic Activity: The CECC Hearing on "Corporate Complicity: Subsidizing the PRC’s Human Rights Violations"

10 Jul 2023, 2:28 pm

Pix Credit Larry Catá Backer ©2023 (Narrative Reliefs Angkor Wat 12th c (Berlin) For at least a century, the United States has assumed the role of leadership core the leading forces of state vanguardism, tasked with ensuring progress toward the perfection of a specific way of seeing the world and remaking all of its social relations in its image. [read post]

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Revised Draft Posted: "Chinese State-Owned Companies and Investment in Latin America and Europe"

14 May 2023, 6:56 pm

Chinese State-Owned Companies and Investment in Latin America and Europe Larry Catá Backer (白轲)[1] Abstract: The Chinese state owned enterprise (CSOE) presents an anomaly in the operation of the well-ordered construction of a self-referencing and closed system of liberal democratic internationalism, especially as that system touches on business responsibilities under national and international human… [read post]

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