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10 Aug 2015, 8:18 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) I have been suggesting the way in which state protection of religion against insult or incitement can contribute significantly to societal norms in which offenses against religion might itself be viewed as enough to insulate people from the legal effects of killing (Ruminations 57: On Hacking Bloggers to Death in Bangladesh and the Price of Insulting Religion). [read post]
9 Aug 2015, 6:38 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)On August 7, 2015, the Wall Street Journal, like other Western media outlets, reported that another blogger, 40-year-old Niloy Chattopadhyay writing under the pseudonym Niloy Neel, had been hacked to death in Bangladesh. [read post]
9 Aug 2015, 4:58 pm
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 7:51 pm
BHP: Yes Larry Catá Backer we have talked about this. [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 10:19 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) Venkatesh Nayak, Programme Coordinator, Access to Information Programme, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in New Delhi, has been writing about the evolution of whistle blower protections in India, its relation to governmental transparency policies, and recent efforts to shrink both transparency and accountability (through whisteblowing) in the name of state security. [read post]
2 Aug 2015, 7:04 pm
-North Korea Case” Discussants: Kyunghwa Lee, Songsil University (Wootae Lee); Larry Catá-Backer, Pennsylvania State University (Jung-Chul Lee); Suk-hoon Hung, KINU (Young-Ja Lee)This post focuses on one of those papers, Jung-Chul Lee, “A Lesson from Cuba’s Party-Military Relations and a Tale of ‘Two Fronts Line’ in North Korea” for which I served as discussant. [read post]
1 Aug 2015, 8:47 am
” July 30-August 1, 2015 Conference Larry Catá Backer ABSTRACT: The 2014 move toward normalization between the U.S. and Cuba has substantial repercussions beyond the scope of the terms of their rapprochement. [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 6:46 pm
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 8:24 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)The history of the United States has been, if nothing else, a history of tremendous battles over the definition and control of the societal structures that define and discipline its politics, law, and culture--its sense of self as a polity and community. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 8:11 am
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
18 Jul 2015, 11:57 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) Recent reports from our friends at the Conference Board suggest that, especially among large transnational enterprises that may feel the effects of pressure to conform to international business and human rights standards more strongly, U.S. enterprises are more strongly embracing these international business and human rights standards in their formal practices and policies. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 11:17 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015)I have suggested the ways in which the sites of law and power have been shifting away from a state centered system to one that is more diffuse (see here). [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 8:36 am
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 1:33 pm
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 12:58 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) Venkatesh Nayak, Programme Coordinator, Access to Information Programme, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in New Delhi, has requested the circulation of the following research report, which he prepared, entitled, Award of Death Sentences and Commutations of Life Imprisonment: Analysis of Statistical Trends in India Based on Prison Statistics for the Years 1998-2013 (2015).The research report is described as a rapid… [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 8:37 pm
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
7 Jul 2015, 4:45 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)At the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, two resolutions were tabled for adoption by the Council. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 5:57 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) I have been considering issues of shared governance at the university for some time (e.g., here, here, here, and here). [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 2:41 pm
See, Larry Catá Backer, Introducing a New Essay Site on Chinese Law by Zhiwei Tong, Law at the End of the Day, Oct. 16, 2010. [read post]
27 Jun 2015, 6:13 am
For ease of reading Flora Sapio is identified as (FS), and Larry Catá Backer as (LCB). [read post]
