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Part 6 (The Social Self and the Mother)--Dialogues on a Philosophy for the...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Flora Sapio (FS), Beitita Horm Pepulim (BHP), and I (LCB) continue our experiment in collaborative dialogue. We move from the individual to the social self as we work...
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Just Published: "Fractured Territories and Abstracted Terrains: Human Rights...
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015)Representation as the foundation of governance legitimacy is in crisis. The issue of representation hangs like a sword of the heads of those institutions and mechanisms...
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Part 7 (The Social Self and the Mother)--Dialogues on a Philosophy for the...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Flora Sapio (FS), Beitita Horm Pepulim (BHP), and I (LCB) continue our experiment in collaborative dialogue. We move from the individual to the social self as we work...
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Flora Sapio on "Musings on the concept of zhengfa (politics and law)"
On 17 March 2016, Flora Sapio, presented a marvelous paper at a Workshop on Zhengfa (Politics and law), held at the Australian Centre on China in the World - ANU. The paper is entitled Musings on the...
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Treasury and Commerce Announce Amendment to the Cuba Sanctions Regulations...
As is usual in connection with trips of this kind, and as President Obama seeks to solidify the legacy of his presidency in quite palpable ways, the Treasury Department has just issued a Press Release...
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EU Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Adopts Recommendation on Human...
(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...
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Sun Yuhua on "Commentary on Chinese Judicial Reform I: The Quota System"
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) There are differences in the way one can go about making critiques of the Chinese political, constitutional. legal and economic order, Each of these different paths to...
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SHIFT Launches New UNGP Reporting Database
This is a Press Release from our friends at SHIFT. The data base might be worth exploring. The UNGP Reporting Framework is the world's first comprehensive guidance for companies to report on how they...
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English Version: Jade White Adds Commentary on Jerome Cohen's Recent Article,...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) There are differences in the way one can go about making critiques of the Chinese political, constitutional. legal and economic order, Each of these different paths to...
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March 2016 Newsletter from John Knox, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights...
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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Ruminations 62/ Democracy 34: Human Rights as the Ordering Element of Global...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) I have been considering the work of a very few of the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council (see, e.g., here, and here).The special procedures of the Human...
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New Paper Posted: "The Emerging Normative Structures of Transnational Law:...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Globalization has produced a wealth of marvelous work that seeks to theorize the emerging relationships between states, non-state actors (especially multinational...
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‘International Human Rights Law and Business: Evaluating the Impact of...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)It was my great privilege to participate in the ASIL Business and Human Rights Roundtable, 'International Human Rights Law and Business: Evaluating the Impact of UNGPs’....
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"Drafting a Treaty on Business and Human Rights": My Presentation at the ASIL...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)I have previously posted about the marvelous ASIL Business and Human Rights Roundtable, 'International Human Rights Law and Business: Evaluating the Impact of UNGPs’,...
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Pace International Law Review 2016 Symposium: Cuba and Iran--A Look at Global...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016) It was my great privilege to have been invited to participate in the 2016 Pace International Law Review Symposium: Cuba and Iran: A Look at Global Trade and Development....
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"Global Corporate Social Responsibility (GCSR) Standards With Cuban...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)I have previously posted about the Pace International Law Review 2016 Symposium: Cuba and Iran--A Look at Global Trade and Development and its 2016 Blaine Sloan Lecture...
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A Conversation With Liao Shiping in Beijing About Globalization, Corporation...
This past December (2015) in Beijing, I was quite privileged to have had a chance to speak with Liao Shiping, Associate Professor of Beijing Normal University Law School. Professor Liang has been a...
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The internationalization of Ireland and the Irish: Tramble Thomas Turner on...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)The 2016 National Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies will be hosted by the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, the new Keough School of Global...
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