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Call for Papers: Special Issue--Spatial Dimensions and Cultural Changes in...
I am delighted to pass along the following CfP for what promises to be an exception issue of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique guest...
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The People Will be Observed: Thoughts on Bulelani Jili, "Africa’s Demand for...
Pix Credit Bulelani Jilin for the essay "Surveillance camera systems are deployed extensively within England and Wales, and these systems form part of a complex landscape of ownership, operation and...
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Qiao Liu: "Force Majeure or Change of Circumstances: An Enduring Dichotomy in...
Pix Credit here The folks over at the European Chinese Law Research Hub (with thanks to Marianne von Blomberg, Editor ECLR Hub, Research Associate, Chair for Chinese Legal Culture, University of...
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Seminar; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology: Doing Business with...
I am delighted to pass along information about a quite exciting seminar, Doing Business with SOEs – Examining Economic and Regulatory Risks, to be held Monday, 12 June 2023 at at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm...
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The Unabomber is Dead: But has his Manifesto Become Part of Manstream...
The Unabomber is dead. Theodore J. Kaczynski, the “Unabomber,” who killed three people and injured 23 in a bombing spree stretching from 1978 to 1995, died by suicide at a federal prison medical...
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On the Frontlines of the ESG Wars: Risk, the Profit Principle, and Investment...
Pix Credit here I have been following the increasingly theatrical performance of the ESG Wars. That theatricality veils a much more important battle--the fight over the risk principle of economic...
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Conference: "Just Transitions and International Law"; University of Dundee...
I am delighted to pass along information about what promises to be a marvelous conference. The University of Dundee is organising a conference on Just Transitions and International Law to be held on...
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Nenia (Dirge) and Laudatio Fenebris(Funeral Oration) for Silvio Berlusconi...
Pix Credit hereSilvio Berlusconi--Italian media tycoon, politician, billionaire; prime minister of Italy (1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011)--is dead. People will remember Silvio Berlusconi...
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Iuris Dictio Volume 31 (June 2023): Articles and Interview Now Available for...
I am deighted to pass along notice of the publication of Iuris Dictio vol. 31 (June 2023; e-ISSN 2528-7834). Juris Dictio es una publicación arbitrada que se orienta al estudio del Derecho. Su...
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Making the Unabomber Safe(r) for Democracy: Brief Thoughts on Adam Kirsch,...
Pix credit here It is always a delight when the leading press organs think enough about ideas to find a way to popularize them. It is even more valuable when one can discern from those efforts the...
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The UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights--Reflections on the...
The UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights were endorsed unanimously by the UN Human Rights Council this month twelve years ago s in its resolution 17/4 of 16 June 2011. A very different...
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Mr. Blinken Goes to China--The Initial Texts and Emerging Discursive Positions
Pix Credit here Mr. Blinken has gone to China on a long postponed visit. We have a responsibility to defend, protect, and advance the interests of the United States and its people. And that is what...
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The Masses Must be Educated!--The (Mis)Management of Business and Human...
Pix Credit hereOne of the most interesting turns in the organization of economic activity, at least within liberal democratic and post-colonial environments, has been the development of a rhetoric...
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Convocatoria abierta para el Nº 33 de la revista Iuris Dictio “La seguridad....
Convocatoria abierta para el Nº 33 de la revista Iuris Dictio 2023-06-23 Dossier Nº 33“La seguridad. Desafíos para los Estados y la comunidad internacional” La revista Iuris Dictio invita a...
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Я не позволяю (ne pozvolyayu/"I do not allow")--Mr. Putin's Address of 24...
Great feudal autocracies face a difficult balancing--one that is impossible to maintain for long periods without substantial and sometimes painful corrections. On the one hand, these feudal...
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Podcast: Lab Grown Meat Approved for Consumption by FDA
If you've been following the alternative-meat news lately, then you won't be too surprised to hear that a new alternative has been recently developed for market consumption: cell-cultivated or...
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Thoughts on Surya Deva and Tara Van Ho, "Addressing (In)Equality in Redress:...
Pix credit here The third decade of the 21st century has (at least) seen the emergence of a vigorous debate about the first principles of economic and political relations, one last seen in this form...
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Global SWF: 2023 GSR Scorecard--Governance, Sustainability, and Resiliance...
Over the last three years, Global SWF LLC has produced a quite useful GSR Scoreboard, which assesses the Governance, Sustainability, and Resilience progress and efforts of the world’s 200 largest...
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Just Released: "Good Practice Toolkit: Strengthening Modern Slavery Responses"
I am delighted to bring to the attention of readers the publication of the "Good Practice Toolkit: Strengthening Modern Slavery Responses." It is the 4th of a series of reports undertaken by academics...
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The Hard Nosed Business of Advocacy in Liberal Democracy's New Era: The View...
Pix Credit hereIt is a rare pleasure to peek within the workings of solidarity building among civil society organizations. Those practices, of course, have no ideology in and of themselves. And it...
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