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Just Published: "Governance Polycentrism or Regulated Self-Regulation: Rule...
I am happy to report the publication of "Governance Polycentrism or Regulated Self-Regulation: Rule Systems for Human Rights Impacts of Economic Activity Where National, Private, and International...
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Dehumanization and Control: Essay by Melissa Tatum and Jennifer Hendry: "Not...
(Image of Adam Goodes from Adam Clarke, Facebook Memes Compare Aboriginal Athlete To Gorilla That Was Fatally Shot, BuzzFeed, June 2, 2016; image Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)It has been something of a...
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关于推行法律顾问制度和公职律师公司律师制度的意见--CPC Central Committee and Chinese State Council:...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)The Chinese continue to develop an institutional architecture for Socialist rule of law (and here, here, here, and here). The object is to develop a deep and deeply inter...
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Upcoming Conference: Jessup's Bold Proposal: Engagement With Transnational...
I take this opportunity to spread the word about an upcoming conference: "Jessup’s Bold Proposal: Engagements with ‘Transnational Law’ after Sixty Years." this is the Transnational Law Institute...
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Statement by Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein on the Opening of the 32nd Session of the...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Madamina, il catalogo è questo Delle belle che amò il padron mio;un catalogo egli è che ho fatt'io;Osservate, leggete con me.(Lorenzo da Ponte, Aria "Madamina, il...
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Part 10 (The Social Self and God)--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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OECD Watch to Governments: "A 4X10 Plan For Why and How to Unlock the...
June 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guiding Principles for Multinational Enterprises. Over the course of those 40...
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Consultation - Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law -...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Human Rights Council Resolution 28/14 established a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. Further to that effort the UN announced its first Forum to be held in...
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Just Published: "Multinationals and the Constitutionalization of the World...
I am happy to report the publication of Multinationals and the Constitutionalization of the World Power System (Jean-Philippe Robé, Antoine Lyon-Caen, and Stéphane Vernac, eds., Routledge (Taylor &...
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Just Published: "The Concept of Constitutionalization and the Multi-Corporate...
I was happy to report the publication of Multinationals and the Constitutionalization of the World Power System (Jean-Philippe Robé, Antoine Lyon-Caen, and Stéphane Vernac, eds., Routledge (Taylor...
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My Commentary for the U.N. Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Human Rights Council Resolution 28/14 (9 April 2015) established a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. Further to that effort the UN announced its first...
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Democracy Part 34: Brexit, Mass Democracy and the Contradictions of Voting in...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)There has always been a tension between mass democracy--the notion of popular sovereignty directly or indirectly exercised through the performative act of voting on...
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Democracy Part 35: Brexit and Its Consequences--The End of the Emerging...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)In a prior post I suggested the nature of the consequences when the tension between mass democracy--the notion of popular sovereignty directly or indirectly exercised...
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对首届人权、民主与法治论坛“扩大民主空间：青年在公共决策中的作为”主题的一些看法 (My Commentary for the U.N. Forum on...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Human Rights Council Resolution 28/14 (9 April 2015) established a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. Further to that effort the UN announced its first...
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Democracy Part 36: Representative Democracy in an Age Beyond the State--The...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)For American Independence Day I have gotten into the habit of considering questions touching on the essence of American political ideology (e.g., Ruminations 56: On...
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U.N. Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law - "Widening the...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)Human Rights Council Resolution 28/14 (9 April 2015) established a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. Further to that effort the UN announced its first...
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ABA Corporate Laws Committee Publishes for Comment an Exposure Draft of the...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)In the United States since the 20th century, important non state actors have assumed powerful quasi legislative functions. The American Law Institutes Restatements of the...
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26th Annual Conference: Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy:...
The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) will hold its 26th Annual Conference in Miami 28-30 July 2016. The conference theme this year is "Cuba: Assessing the Reforms." Conference...
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Commentary on Michael Strauss's Essay: "Returning Guantanamo Bay to Cuban...
(Michael Strauss, Pix from The Global Journal)The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) will hold its 26th Annual Conference in Miami 28-30 July 2016. The conference theme this year is...
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