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16 Mar 2017, 12:48 pm
(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]
24 Jun 2022, 6:54 am
Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]
6 Sep 2014, 8:26 am
 (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014 )Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, hosted an excellent research event this past Friday, September 5, 2014: Africa’s Sovereign Wealth Funds: Demand, Development and Delivery. [read post]
18 Jan 2014, 1:07 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)But those reforms may well have an impact on the system of Xin Fang, China's petition system. [read post]
2 Nov 2021, 6:59 pm
Links to the business and human rights governance constellation Panellists include Professor Larry Catá Backer (Pennsylvania State University), Professor Dorothée Baumann-Pauly (University of Geneva), Dr David Birchall (London South Bank University), Dr Jernej Letnar Černič (Nova Univerza, Slovenia), Dr Sorcha McLeod (University of Copenhagen) and Dr Miho Taka (Coventry University). [read post]
3 Nov 2020, 11:52 am
   The Semiotics of Consent and the American Law Institute’sReform of the Model Penal Code’s Sexual Assault Provisions Larry Catá Backer   Abstract:  The concept of consent is  ubiquitous in the West. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 8:34 pm by Larry Catá Backer
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013) There has been a strong convergence of Marxist and capitalist states within the context of economic globalization since the later decades of the 20th Century. [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 8:44 pm by Larry Catá Backer
The third plenum of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party has historically been a platform for announcing substantial reforms. [read post]
5 Feb 2013, 8:22 pm by Larry Catá Backer
  See Larry Catá Backer, "The United Nations’ “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” Human Rights Project: On Operationalizing a Global Framework for the Regulation of Transnational Corporations,"  Santa Clara J. [read post]
4 Aug 2018, 8:18 pm
(Pix credit: ©Larry Catá Backer 2018)It is virtually impossible to understand the construction and cultures of law and governance without cultivating a deep appreciation for religion--both as a belief system and as the structures of great institutions whose relationship with the state and other communities is quite complex. [read post]
15 May 2016, 8:38 am
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) Flora Sapio (FS), Beitita Horm Pepulim (BHP), and I (LCB) continue our experiment in collaborative dialogue. [read post]
2 Apr 2017, 8:49 pm
(Pix  Larry Catñá Backer 2017) Our time in Cuba ended on Sunday, 12 March, when the group returned home to the U.S. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 2:17 pm
: 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 Abstract: John Ruggie is both famous and notorious for advancing the notion of principled pragmatism as a basis for framing the three pillar “Protect-Respect-Remedy” framework and ultimately the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights endorsed in 2011. [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 3:25 pm
(Washington Monument Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)I recently announced the forthcoming publication by Carolina Academic Press of my Elements of Law and the United States Legal System (ISBN: 978-1-61163-927-8 • e-ISBN: 978-1-61163-984-1).The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 7:08 pm
Joel Slawotsky, of the Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel, and the Law and Business Schools of the College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Israel has guest blogged for "Law at the End of the Day"  on issues relating to corporate liability under international law  (e.g., "Rethinking Financial Crimes and Violations of International Law", Jan. 9, 2013; "Corporate Liability Under The Alien Tort Statute: The Latest Twist"April 26,… [read post]
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]