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Announcing Symposium "On the Internationalization of the RMB: Risks and...
It is my great pleasure to announce an upcoming "Symposium On the Internationalization of the RMB: Risks and Challenges Ahead." The Symposium is presented by the Queen Mary University of London Centre...
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国务院办公厅关于进一步完善 国有企业法人治理结构的指导意见 (Guiding Opinions on Corporate Governance...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017) I have posted a draft of my essay, "The Human Rights Obligations of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs): Emerging Conceptual Structures and Principles in National and...
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Congressional-Executive Commission on China Event: "Gagging the Lawyers:...
(Pix Credit here)The Congressional-Executive Commission on China was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 "with the legislative mandate to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in...
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China's Social Credit Initiative in a Global Context:...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)The Coalition for Peace and Ethics and the Foundation for Law and International Affairs have started a joint project on "Social Credit." Series Contents HERE. Social...
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"One Belt One Road and RMB Internationalization—A Strategic...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016))It was my great pleasure to participate in the recently concluded "Symposium On the Internationalization of the RMB: Risks and Challenges Ahead," presented by the Queen...
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CECC Releases Video From the Event: "Gagging the Lawyers: China’s Crackdown...
(Pix Credit here)I recently posted on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) program with its focus on what it views as the un-American way in which China has been dealing with its...
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Announcing Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy Annual Conference
The 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy will take place in Miami, Florida 27-29 July 2017. The three-day conference, around the theme Cuba: Navigating a Turbulent...
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Norway Government Pension Fund Global--Responsibility or Duty; Observation or...
There has been a noticeable widening of what may eventually be a conceptual rift between the Norges Bank and the Ethics Council with respect to the interpretation and (especially with respect to ) the...
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Transnational Regulation of Bangladesh's Economic and Labor Conditions:...
(link to original pix here)I have been writing about the fracturing of law and the rise of extra-national governance structures as the forms of economic globalization mature around transnational...
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Reshaping the Norwegian Pension Fund Global? From Global-Legal to Welfare...
The Norwegians recently released its Official Norwegian Reports NOU 2017:13 (Summary): The Act relating to Norges Bank and the Monetary System and the organisation of Norges Bank and the management of...
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John Ruggie and John Sherman Respond to Jonathan Bonnitcha and Robert...
(Pix © Larry Catña Backer 2017)The role of human rights due diligence is central to the understanding of the societal responsibilities of enterprises under the Second Pillar of the UN Guiding...
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"Unpacking Accountability: The Multinational Enterprise, the State, and the...
(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:...
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USTR Releases NAFTA Negotiating Objectives--The Outlines of 'A Better Deal...
It was a long time coming, but recently the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued its Summary of Objectives for the NAFTA Renegotiation. The Press Release and Table of Content and...
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Announcing European China Law Studies Association 欧洲中国法研究协会 12th Annual...
It gives me great pleasure to pass along information about the upcoming 12th Annual Conference of the European China Law Studies Association. The Conference is hosted with the support of the University...
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Conference Draft Posted for Comment: "The Algorithms of Ideology in Economic...
The 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy will take place in Miami, Florida 27-29 July 2017. The three-day conference, around the theme Cuba: Navigating a Turbulent...
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June 2017 Newsletter From John Knox, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and...
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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PowerPoints for Conference Draft: "The Algorithms of Ideology in Economic...
(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,...
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Cuban Economic Developments: Insights from the 27th Annual Meeting of the...
The 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy will take place in Miami, Florida 27-29 July 2017. The three-day conference, around the theme Cuba: Navigating a Turbulent...
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