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17 Sep 2017, 1:45 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I have started thinking through the issues around social credit generally, and the Chinese Social Credit project. [read post]
16 Sep 2017, 1:56 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I have started thinking through the issues around social credit generally, and the Chinese Social Credit project. [read post]
16 Sep 2017, 7:30 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)  --> I have started thinking through the issues around social credit generally, and the Chinese Social Credit project. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 5:57 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I am happy to report the posting of a new paper, currently titled "From a “Two Thrust Approach” to a “Two Sword One Thrust Strategy” to Combat Criminal Corruption: Corporate Compliance, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Sovereign Investor Oversight. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 8:46 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)The IGWG (the Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights) will hold its Third session, 23-27 October 2017, in Geneva. [read post]
4 Sep 2017, 3:08 pm
(Pix © 2017 Larry Catá Backer)I have started thinking through the issues around social credit generally, and the Chinese Social Credit project specifically ((1) China's Social Credit Initiative in a Global Context: (2) Introduction and the Problem of Transparency; (3 )China's Social Credit Initiative in a Global Context: First Attempt at FAQs); (4) China's Mass Line Online:… [read post]
26 Aug 2017, 5:46 am
Larry Backer, Professor of Law and International Affairs in Penn State University through an interview by Payman Yazdani. [read post]
20 Aug 2017, 6:37 pm
PROGRAM“European China Law Studies Young Scholars Workshop” at the 12th annual conference of European China Law Studies Association (ECLS) Wednesday, 23 August 2017 Leiden University 12.30 h Registration Leiden University, Law School Kamerlingh Onnes Building Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden 13.00 – 14.30 h Paving the Way for an Academic Career / Ways of Self-Presentation and Promotion as a Young Scholar ▪ Susan Finder (Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong) ▪ Rogier… [read post]
11 Aug 2017, 2:28 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Issues around the safety and scope of operation of individuals identified as human rights defenders has become an increasingly important area of concern. [read post]
5 Aug 2017, 5:37 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) Several months ago I posted a draft syllabus for a new course on Corporate Social Responsibility (Corporate Social Responsibility Law--A Tentative Syllabus). [read post]
4 Aug 2017, 7:52 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I am happy to announce publication of Larry Catá Backer, "Tongguo Jiti Zuzhi de shehui zhuyi xiandaihua (通过集体组织的社会主义现代化 评中华人民共和国慈善法) [Commentary on the New Charity Undertakings Law:Socialist… [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 9:24 am
(View of Havana Harbor from the Shrine of our Lady of Regla; Image © Larry Catá Backer 2017)The 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy will take place in Miami, Florida 27-29 July 2017. [read post]
19 Jul 2017, 1:06 pm
The Algorithms of Ideology in Economic Planning: A Critical Look at Cuba’s National Economic and Social Development Plan 2030, With a Focus on the Pharma Sector (Conference Draft) Larry Catá Backer[1]Short Abstract: The development plans of Marxist Leninist states are usually given short shrift as expressions of ideology (at best) and propaganda (at its most pathetic). [read post]
16 Jul 2017, 3:02 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)In May, 2017, the Utrecht Center for Accountability and and Liability Law (UCALL), sponsored an excellent conference, Accountability and International Business Operations: Providing Justice for Corporate Violations of Human Rights, Labor and Environmental Standards. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 1:54 pm
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)A reading of the two articles suggests the continuing richness of the debate about the UNGP in the evolving context of managing behaviors in global production. [read post]