Larry Catá Backer CV

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Publications: Books (Monographs)

The United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights: A Commentary (Oxford Commentaries in International Law ) (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2026).

Elements of Law and the United States Legal System (Carolina Academic Press (forthcoming 2026). ISBN: 978-1-61163-927-8 • e-ISBN: 978-1-61163-984-1.

War, Law, Policy, and the Changing Global (Legalist) Order: Essays On the First Anniversary of the End of Current Phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War,  Emancipating the Mind in the New Era: Bulletin of the Coalition for Peace & Ethics 17(1) (Summer 2022) (Larry Catá Backer and Alexander Hansen (eds), forthcoming 2026).

The Self-Reflexive Imaginaries of Law: Essays on Contemporary Legalization in an Age of Algorithmic Law and Platform Governance, Emancipating the Mind in the New Era: Bulletin of the Coalition for Peace & Ethics 16(1) (Summer 2021) (Larry Catá Backer and Matthew McQuilla (eds), 2022) (ISSN 2689-0283 (print); 2689-0291 (online); ISBN 978-1-949943-08-5 (paperback); 978-1-949943-09-2 (Digital).

Essays on Contemporary China–Heartland, Periphery, and Silk Roads, Emancipating the Mind in the New Era: Bulletin of the Coalition for Peace & Ethics 16(1) (Summer 2021) (Larry Catá Backer and Matthew McQuilla (eds), 2022) (ISSN 2689-0283 ((print); 2689-0291 (online); ISBN 978-1-949943-06-1 (online digital); 978-1-949943-07-8 (paperback)).

Hong Kong Between ‘One Country’ and ‘Two Systems’: Essays from the Year that Transformed the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (June 2019 – June 2020) (Little Sir Press, 2021) (ISBN: 978-1-949943-03-0 (ebk); 978-1-949943-05-4 (paperback)).

Cuba’s Caribbean Marxism: Essays on Ideology, Government, Society, and Economy in the Post Fidel Castro Era (Little Sir Press, 2018). ISBN: 978-1-949943-00-9 (pbk) • e-ISBN 978-1-949943-01-6 (ebk)).

Law & Religion: Cases and Materials (5th ed., West Academic, forthcoming 2026) (With Frank S. Ravitch). ISBN 13:978—-; Law & Religion: Cases and Materials (4th ed., West Academic, 2021) (With Frank S. Ravitch). ISBN 13:978-64708-764-7; Law and Religion: Cases, Materials, and Readings Law and Religion: Cases, Materials, and Readings (3rd ed., West Academic Publishing, 2015) (with Frank S. Ravitch). ISBN 13: 9780314284075.

Lawyers Making Meaning:  The Semiotics of Law in Legal Education II (Dordrecht: Springer, 2013) (with Jan M. Broekman) ISBN 978-94-007-5457-7; ISBN 978-94-007-5458-4 (eBook).

Comparative Corporate Law: United States, European Union, China and Japan (Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2002) ISBN 0-89089-526-0; LCCN 2001088034.

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