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Should Financial Institutions Have Obligations to Manage the Human Rights...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Over the last half decade, at least, and in international circles, the relationships between banks and their borrowers has proven a fertile doorway through which to...
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SUN Yuhua on “How Can the Judicial Interpretation of Internet Libel Break...
The law of libel, and especially the law of libel as applied to emerging forms of communication via the Internet has become a quite lively area of discussion in China. The liveliness cane be...
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My Commentary on the Charity Undertakings Law of the PRC (2nd Draft)...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015 )In 2015, Chinese authorities released an initial draft of a Charity Undertakings Law 中华人民共和国慈善事业法（草案）to which Chinese authorities invited commentary. My submitted...
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Foundation for Law and International Affairs (FLIA): Commentary on Charity...
Chinese authorities have invited commentaries on the 2nd Draft of the People's Republic of China Charity Undertakings Law of the PRC 中华人民共和国慈善事业法（二审草案) , which they have circulated earlier this year. I...
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New Paper Posted: "The Evolving Relationship Between TNCs and Political...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)The relationships among states, transnational corporations (TNCs) and political actors stands at the center of the evolving nature and character of governance in the...
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Incoherence in Corruption and Investment Approaches--The Norwegian Pension...
Norges Bank has decided to place Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) under observation because of the risk of severe corruption. Petrobras is one of the largest state owned petroleum TNCs in Latin...
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Workshop on Regulatory Governance at the Department of Business and Politics:...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)It has been my great pleasure to participate in an excellent workshop being held at the Copenhagen Business School. Organized by Poul F. Kjear and Antje Vetterlein both...
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Workshop Presentation: "Theorizing Regulatory Governance Within its Ecology:...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)I have written about the interdisciplinary workshop--Workshop on Regulatory Governance at the Department of Business and Politics: The Transformative Power of Regulatory...
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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) hearing on Gendercide:...
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) tends to be a good barometer of legislative thinking about China in the United States. Not that this thinking is either coherent or well...
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John Knox UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment Presents...
John H. Knox, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment (former Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment) and Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law has been...
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Just Published: "Regulating Multinational Corporations — Trends, Challenges...
I am pleased to announce the publication of an article that I hope might be of interest to some of you: "Regulating Multinational Corporations — Trends, Challenges and Opportunities", Brown Journal of...
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Just Published: Backer and Haddad, "Philanthropy and the Character of the...
Happy to announce the publication of "Philanthropy and the Character of the Public Research University: The Intersections of Private Giving, Institutional Autonomy, and Shared Governance", which...
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In Memoriam: G. William (Bill Rice) Associate Professor of Law, University of...
G. WIlliam (Bill) RiceIt is my sad duty to report the death of my former colleague, G. WIlliam (Bill) Rice. Professor Rice was an enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in...
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New Paper Posted: "Pragmatism Without Principle?: How a Comprehensive Treaty...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)In June 2014, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution “to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group on a legally binding instrument on transnational...
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Ruminations 61: Justice, Law, and Context; Flora Sapio on "Justice: Socialist...
(Dr. Flora Sapio)The Lund University, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies will be hosting an open lecture by Dr. Flora Sapio, entitled "Justice: Socialist Core Values, Symbols, and...
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Announcing Conference: "Business and Human Rights: Implications for...
I am happy to report through my colleague and friend Karin Buhmann that The BHRight Initiative and the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management of the Copenhagen Business School have...
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Flora Sapio, Jean Mittelstaedt, Shaoming Zhou, and Larry Catá Backer on...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) Issues of democratic legitimacy of the Chinese political, constitutional. legal and economic order are fairly common in the West. Indeed there are legislative...
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Flora Sapio on Jerome A. Cohen, “A Looming Crisis for China’s Legal System:...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) Issues of democratic legitimacy of the Chinese political, constitutional. legal and economic order are fairly common in the West. Indeed there are legislative...
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