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7 Jun 2014, 6:24 pm
 (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Along with my co-author Keren Wang, I am happy to report that our article, "The Emerging Structures of Socialist Constitutionalism with Chinese Characteristics: Extra-Judicial Detention and the Chinese Constitutional Order" has just been published and appears in the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, 23(2):251-341 (2014). [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 6:36 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)Venkatesh Nayak, Programme Coordinator, Access to Information Programme, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in New Delhi, has requested the circulation of the following essay, entitled "Promulgating Ordinances – Public Scrutiny and Judicial Review. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 2:03 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Komesaroff is interested in the nature of decision making by executives of China's state owned enterprises. [read post]
19 May 2014, 2:49 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)This post considers the quite thorny issue of the way enterprises might approach their obligations to respect human rights under the GPs. [read post]
17 May 2014, 10:11 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)Two of my former students, Keren Wang (now in a PhD program at Penn State (Communication Arts and Sciences)) and Nabih Haddad (now in a PhD Program at Michigan State (Education)) have presented a very interesting paper at a recently concluded conference. [read post]
15 May 2014, 11:22 am
Human Rights and Corporations - Larry Catá BackerReleased May 14, 2014Interview with Larry Catá Backer on the responsibilities of corporations regarding human rights. [read post]
13 May 2014, 4:45 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)The abstract and introduction follows.Digital Commons link to article.SSRN link to abstract and article. [read post]
10 May 2014, 1:37 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)Using the framework of National Action Plans recently encouraged by the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, the post suggests that these plans, and the approach undertaken by many states to implement the GPs may be misdirected. [read post]
3 May 2014, 10:57 am
       Crafting a Theory of Socialist Democracy For China in the 21st Century: Considering Hu Angang’s (胡鞍钢) Theory of Collective Presidency in the Context of the Emerging Chinese Constitutional State Larry Catá Backer[1] ABSTRACT: In the West democratic constitutionalism is grounded on the premise that democracy occurs outside of the organs of state, through elections and discourse. [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
From SSRN:Asma Mushtaq, Akseer Ahmad Abbasi, Maroona Nazir, & Shagufta Omar, Inheritance, (Inheritance, Women Aid Trust, January 2014).Larry Catá Backer, The Crisis of Secular Liberalism and the Constitutional State in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Rule of Law, and Democratic Organization of Religion Privileging States, (Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 48, 2015).Robert W. [read post]
26 Apr 2014, 8:31 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) He has been following the complex judicial politics of the application of the U.S. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 6:54 pm
For these purposes, an initial set of collaborative lectures will be delivered at Pennsylvania State University, to be led by Professor Zhiwei Tong from East China University of Political Science and Law and Larry Catá Backer from Pennsylvania State University. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 2:59 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Can businesses protect human rights while protecting their bottom line? [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 2:43 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) On April 8, 2014, the European Court of Justice, sitting as the Grand Chamber, delivered its decision in Digital Rights Ireland Ltd (C‑293/12) v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, Ireland, The Attorney General. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 8:35 pm
Backer, Larry Catá, From Constitution to Constitutionalism: A Global Framework for Legitimate Public Power Systems, Penn State Law Review, Vol. 113, No. 3, 2009). [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 7:02 pm
For these purposes, an initial set of collaborative lectures will be delivered at Pennsylvania State University, to be led by Professor Zhiwei Tong from East China University of Political Science and Law and Larry Catá Backer from Pennsylvania State University. [read post]