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4 Dec 2014, 8:09 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Since 2010, I have been posting on the development of a new course I have been developing for our first year law school students, "Elements of Law. [read post]
3 Jul 2016, 6:22 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Human Rights Council Resolution 28/14 (9 April 2015) established a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:19 am
Larry Catá Backer[1] Asser Institute: Center for International and European Law & University of Amsterdam Law School--[Spring Academy] Technologies of sustainability due diligence: Digital tools and global value chain regulations 8 April 2024 Executive Summary: Regulatory governance is well within a process of transformation from a managerial system deeply embedded in the classical model of the rule-of-law… [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 5:11 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]
30 Jul 2012, 5:00 am
Putting together a list of all law faculty blogs and law faculty bloggers is a surprisingly difficult task. [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]
2 Sep 2019, 6:05 am
Larry Catà Backer considers the meaning of the Joint Declaration within the context of forms and modes of sovereignty that are rapidly changing, and that exist in the absence of an adequate theorization. [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 7:06 pm
For the last several months I have been sharing sneak peeks of a book to be published in early 2021: Hong Kong Between 'One Country' and 'Two Systems': Essays from the Year that Transformed the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (June 2019 – June 2020) (Little Sir Press). [read post]
13 May 2016, 7:55 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)In 2012, the American Law Institute (in which I am a member), agreed to launch a revision of its famous and quite influential Model Penal Code to focus specifically on rising issues of "sexual assault and related offenses. [read post]
30 Nov 2018, 12:25 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018; Musée Ariana, porcelain figures Meissen 1725-1730 )Flora Sapio (Comments on the "Zero-Draft"), and I (Making Sausages? [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 3:52 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015)The move toward a global economic order, sitting atop and within the traditional system of states, one grounded on free movement of capital and investment, and constructed through a complex web of inter-state bi-lateral and multi-lateral agreements that have created a network of customary norms, has produced conflict and contradiction. [read post]
19 Mar 2016, 8:38 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2104)Among state and intergovernmental organizations, the Member States of the European Union, acting in concert or individually, have been among the most aggressive in seeking to create incentives for its Member States to embed the principles of the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights within their domestic legal orders. [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 7:08 pm
(Pix Source HERE)This Blog Essay site devotes every February to a series of integrated but short essays on a single theme. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 9:02 am
The first day of the 2015 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights offered a dual track palette of offerings that were meant to engage the broad spectrum of participants in attendance. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 8:30 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) This Blog Essay site devotes every February to a series of integrated but short essays on a single theme. [read post]
9 Jun 2020, 10:58 am
Pix © Larry Catá Backer Cappy Thopmpson "Study for i Image Us as a Holy Family Engaging in the Great Work of Gathering the Light, Tacoma Museum 2006The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has recently announced the commencement of a major project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the endorsement of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 8:33 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) On August 11, 2014, the President of the Human Rights Council, Baudelaire Ndong Ella, appointed the members of the Human Rights Council's "independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law" in the area that the Human Rights Council describes as "the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,… [read post]
14 May 2015, 7:04 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) Sexual Assault has been much in the news in the United States. [read post]
30 Mar 2017, 9:44 am
Financial Sector Responsibility for Human Rights Conduct of Borrowers: Lessons from the Extractives Sector The Responsibilities of Banks, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Other Financial Institutions to Respect Human Rights: The Example of the Extractives Sector Financing (March 2017) Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]
26 Mar 2021, 10:51 am
For the last several months I have been sharing sneak peeks of a book to be published in early 2021: Hong Kong Between 'One Country' and 'Two Systems': Essays from the Year that Transformed the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (June 2019 – June 2020) (Little Sir Press). [read post]
