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Data, Analytics and Algorithm as Fetish and the Semiotics of Fake Facts
23 Sep 2018, 1:43 pm
 (Pix c Larry Catá Backer 2017)Generally one ought to become worried--as one ought often to be worried in the United States--when  intellectuals start using ordinary words as fetishes. [read post]
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Making Sausages?: Preliminary Thoughts on the "Zero-Draft," the first official draft of the legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
18 Sep 2018, 12:01 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)"Laws are like sausages. [read post]
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The EU Parliament's "Statement on China-EU Relations"
16 Sep 2018, 8:06 am
the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) and in Larry Catá Backer, Caribbean Marxism: Essays on Cuba (forthcoming 2018). [read post]
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"China: Challenges and Opportunities A Conversation with Penn State and East China University of Political Science and Law Faculty" 中国：挑战与机遇 宾州州立大学与华东政法大学学者对话
9 Sep 2018, 6:42 pm
  Tong Zhiwei, Sun Ping, and Larry Catá Backer will consider the interplay of issues that together pose the greatest challenges and suggest maximum opportunity for China, and for U.S. [read post]
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Annual Conference: European China Law Studies Association (欧洲中国法研究协会) Torino Italy--Tentative Program
6 Sep 2018, 8:06 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)These are very dynamic times in China. [read post]
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弗洛拉萨皮奥评强 许章润:我们当下的恐惧与期待/ Flora Sapio, Thoughts on Xu Zhangrun: Our current fears and expectations
17 Aug 2018, 4:33 pm
My reflection,  白轲评强 许章润:我们当下的恐惧与期待/ Larry Catá Backer, Thoughts on Xu Zhangrun: Our current fears and expectations was recently posted. [read post]
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白轲评强 许章润:我们当下的恐惧与期待/ Larry Catá Backer, Thoughts on Xu Zhangrun: Our current fears and expectations
16 Aug 2018, 8:04 pm
Very recently, Professor Xu Zhangrun (许章润) Professor of Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law at Tsinghua University, posted an essay, "Our current fears and expectations" (我们当下的恐惧与期待). [read post]
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Teaching Corporate Social Responsibility Law: A Syllabus 2.0
6 Aug 2018, 8:38 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)Last year I taught a course on Corporate Social Responsibility Law for the very first time (Corporate Social Responsibility Law--A Tentative Syllabus). [read post]
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Teaching Law and Religion in the United States: The Inter-Regulation of Beliefs and Institutions
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]
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ASCE 2018 Presentation Summary: "The Challenge of Preserving the Revolutionary Moment in Changing Times--Cuba's Integration into the Global Economy "
29 Jul 2018, 8:35 am
The paper from which this is derived may be accessed here: Backer, Larry Catá, Cuba's Integration into the Global Economy — How Much is Cuba Expected to Change; How Far is Cuba Willing to Go; and Will the EU Serve as the Mediator of Those Changes? [read post]
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A New Constitution for Cuba--Principles and Reform (Visión hacia el presente y el futuro de la Patria Aspectos principales del Anteproyecto de Constitución)
15 Jul 2018, 8:50 pm
., Larry Catá Backer Comment to the Conceptualización; Flora Sapio Comment to the Conceptualización). [read post]
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评强世功教授《哲学与历史 —从党的十九大报告解读“习近平时代”》一文 作者：白轲（Larry Catá Backer） 译者：戴苗强
10 Jul 2018, 7:04 pm
评强世功教授《哲学与历史 —从党的十九大报告解读“习近平时代”》一文 作者：白轲（Larry Catá Backer） 译者：戴苗强English Version HERE:  Reflections on Jiang Shigong on… [read post]
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A Peek at the Slow Emergence of Cuban Economic Activity Within Global Capital Flows
10 Jul 2018, 7:58 am
Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017 Cuba's tourist sector continues to draw interest among global financial and management markets, especially those in Europe. [read post]
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New Draft Posted for Comment: "Cuba's Integration into the Global Economy—How Much is Cuba Expected to Change; How Far is Cuba Willing to Go; and Will the EU Serve as the Mediator of Those Changes?"
22 Jun 2018, 5:55 am
(Havana Harbor Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018) I post for comment the draft of an essay I have recently completed, entitled "Cuba's Integration into the Global Economy—How Much is Cuba Expected to Change; How Far is Cuba Willing to Go; and Will the EU Serve as the Mediator of Those Changes? [read post]
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Shan Gao Two Essays: (1) "Comments on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence: An Urgently Needed Agenda" and (2) "Business AND Human Rights: will it be a lasting happy marriage?"
21 Jun 2018, 6:20 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)This post highlights two short essays produced by Shan Gao, a valued member of the research team at the Coalition for Peace and Ethics. [read post]
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Just Published: "Chinese Constitutionalism in the 'New Era': The Constitution in Emerging Idea and Practice," 33(2) Connecticut Journal of International Law 163-213 (2018)
18 Jun 2018, 7:17 pm
"Chinese Constitutionalism in the 'New Era': The Constitution in Emerging Idea and Practice," Larry Catá Backer Connecticut Journal of International Law 33(2):163-213 (2018). [read post]
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Think Piece: "And an Algorithm to Bind them All? Social Credit, Data Driven Governance, and the Emergence of an Operating System for Global Normative Orders" for Workshop: Entangled Legalities
21 May 2018, 6:35 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2006)I am delighted to be part of the upcoming workshop entitled Entangled Legalities hosted by  the Graduate Institute of Geneva and its Global Governance Center (more HERE). [read post]
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Malaysia Under Anwar Ibrahim and Mahatir Mohamad. . . Again: Sex, the Serpent and the Phoenix.
16 May 2018, 2:28 pm
(Larry Catá Backer, Emasculated Men, Effeminate Law in the United States, Zimbabwe and Malaysia,  Yale Journal of Law & Feminism17(1):1-63 (2005, pp. )1-2).Further thoughts followed here, here, here, here, here, and here. [read post]
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ASIL International Legal Theory Interest Group Symposium: "When Corporate and International Law Meet: Corporate Agency in a Global Context"
12 May 2018, 9:11 am
Coffee/Tea 10.40-11.00am Panel II Social Considerations and MNEs 11.00am-12.10pm Chair: John Linarelli Professor of Commercial Law, Durham University Panellists: Larry Catá Backer W. [read post]
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白轲, 在商业与人权中理解问责制：跨国企业、国家和国际社会 [New Paper Posted: “Unpacking Accountability in Business and Human Rights: The Multinational Enterprise, the State, and the International Community
20 Apr 2018, 4:27 pm
在商业与人权中理解问责制：跨国企业、国家和国际社会 [“Unpacking Accountability in Business andHuman Rights: The Multinational Enterprise, the State, and the International Community”]白轲 [Larry Catá Backer]English Version Access HERE. 摘要：… [read post]
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