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\u201cTrust platforms: The digitalization of corporate governance and the transformation of trust in polycentric space,\u201d Regulation and Governance<\/em> (2024) doi:10.1111\/rego.12614 <\/strong>Download HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLegal Semiotics, Globalization, and Governance,\u201d in (Anne Wagner and Sarah Marusek (editors)) Research Handbook on Legal Semiotics (Cheltenham, Eng., Edward Elgar, 2023) 61-85. Access submission draft here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer and Matthew McQuilla, \u201cThe algorithmic law of business and human rights: constructing private transnational law of ratings, social credit and accountability measures,\u201d International Journal of Law in Context (2022), 1\u2013<\/strong>19 (doi:10.1017\/S1744552322000453) DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Algo_Law_Bus_HR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer and Rafael Vel\u00e1zquez P\u00e9rez, \u201cThe EU to the Rescue of the Cuban Economy? The Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) and the State of Cuba-EU Economic Relations,\u201d 21 (2021) Cuba in Transition: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy <\/em>70-88. Access HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer and Flora Sapio, \u201cPopular Consultation and Referendum in the Making of Contemporary Cuban Socialist Democracy Practice and Constitutional Theory, University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review 27(1):37-130 (2020).<\/strong> ACCESS ARTICLE HERE: https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Popular-Consultation-and-Referendum-in-the-Making-of-Contemporary.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNext Generation Law: Data Driven Governance and Accountability Based Regulatory Systems in the West, and in Social Credit Regimes in China,\u201d <\/strong>Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 28:123-172 (2018). DOWNLOAD HERE: https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/28-1-Backer.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheorizing Regulatory Governance Within its Ecology: The Structure of Management in an Age of Globalization,\u201d<\/em>  Contemporary Politics<\/em> 24(5):\u2014 (Special Issue (online, 2018; print forthcoming)). <\/strong>DOWNLOAD PRE-PUBLICATION VERSION HERE:REV_12-2017BackerV5_CLEAN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBetween the Judge and the Law\u2014Judicial Independence and Authority with Chinese Characteristics,\u201d Connecticut Journal of International Law<\/em> 33(1):1-41 (2017); <\/strong>DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Backer Formatted (Final)33(1)CJIL2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Corporate Social Responsibilities of Financial Institutions For the Conduct of their Borrowers: The View From International Law Standards,\u201d<\/a> Lewis & Clark Law Review<\/em> 21(4):881-919 (2017) DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: LCB_21_4_Article_1_Backer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Human Rights Obligations of State-Owned Enterprises: Emerging Conceptual Structures and Principles in National and International Law and Policy<\/a>, Vanderbilt Journal of International Law<\/em> 50(4):827-888  (2017) DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Vanderbilt_SOES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSovereign Wealth Funds, Capacity Building, Development and Governance<\/a>,\u201d Wake Forest Law Review<\/em> 52(4):735-780 (2017); DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE:  Backer_Backerinlaw2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaping a Global Law for Business Enterprises: Framing Principles and the Promise of a Comprehensive Treaty on Business and Human Rights<\/em>, North Carolina Journal of International Law 42(2): 417-504 (2016). <\/strong>DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: REV_Backer_2AE1_CLEAN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emerging Normative Structures of Transnational Law: Non-State Enterprises in Polycentric Asymmetric Global Orders<\/em>, Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law 31(1):1-52 ( 2016). <\/strong>DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: BYU Journal of Public Law<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are Supply Chains Transnational Legal Orders? What We Can Learn from the Rana Plaza Factory Building Collapse<\/a><\/em>, UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law 1(1):11-66 (Fall 2016). DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE:Jour. Internationl, Transnat., & Comparative Law<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) as instruments to combat corruption and enhance fiscal discipline in Developing States, <\/em>International Review of Law 2015<\/strong>; http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5339\/irl.2015.swf.5 DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: irl%2E2015%2Eswf%2E5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving Forward the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights: Between Enterprise Social Norm, State Domestic Legal Orders, and the Treaty Law That Might Bind Them All<\/em><\/a>,<\/strong>  Fordham Int\u2019l L.J. 38:457 (2015<\/strong>) DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: FILJ_Backer_MovingForward<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer, The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Japan, China, the U.S., and the Emerging Shape of a New World Trade Regulatory Order<\/em>, 13 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 049 (2014)<\/strong>,
http:\/\/openscholarship.wustl.edu\/law_globalstudies\/vol13\/iss1\/6 DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: The Trans-Pacific Partnership_ Japan China the U.S. and the Em<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transparency Between Norm, Technique and Property in International Law and Governance\u2014The Example of Corporate Disclosure Regimes and Environmental Impacts, 22 Minnesota Journal of International Law 1-70 (2013).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: BACKER \u2013 Corporate Transparency (22 MINN J INTL L 1 (Winter 2013))<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Institutional Misalignments to Socially Sustainable Governance:  The Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the United Nation\u2019s \u201cProtect, Respect and Remedy\u201d and the Construction of Inter-Systemic Global Governance, 25(1) Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal 69-171 (2012)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 25McGeorgeGBDL69(2012)GenPrincpls<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Structural Characteristics of Global Law for the 21st Century: Fracture, Fluidity, Permeability, and Polycentricity, 17(2) Tilburg Law Review 177-199 (2012)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: TILR_017_02_Backer_art05<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private Actors and Public Governance Beyond the State:  The Multinational Corporation, the Financial Stability Board and the Global Governance Order, 18(2) Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 751 (2011)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Vol 18 Summer 2011<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sovereign Investing in Times of Crisis: Global Regulation of Sovereign Wealth Funds, State Owned Enterprises and the Chinese Experience, 19(1) Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 3-144 (2010)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: 19(3)TranatlLContempPrbs3(2010)COMPRESSEDChinaSWFS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuba And The Construction Of Alternative Global Trade Systems: ALBA And Free Trade In The Americas, 31(3) University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 679-752 (2010) (with Augusto Molina Roman<\/strong>). DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: Cuba adn the Construct of Alternative Global Trade Sys<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symposium Issue: A Constitutional Court for China Within the Chinese Communist Party?: Scientific Development and a Reconsideration of the Institutional Role of the CCP, 43(3) Suffolk Law Review 593-624 (2010)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: A Const Ct for China wi the Chinese Comm Pty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remarks: The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund: Between Private and Public, 40 Georgetown Journal of International Law 1271-1280 (2009)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: 40GJIL1271(2009)NorwaySWFs<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuba and the Development of Odious Debt Doctrine in an Age of Financial Crisis, 6 Transnational Dispute Management Journal 1 (Jan. 2009) (http:\/\/www.transnational-dispute-management.com\/article.asp?key=1311<\/a>).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: tdm(2009)-article003<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theocratic Constitutionalism:  An Introduction to a New Legal Global Ordering, 16(1) Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 85-172 (2009).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: 16IndJGlobalStub85(2009)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Constitution to Constitutionalism: A Global Framework for Legitimate Public Power Systems, 113(3) Penn State Law Review 671-732 (2009).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: 113PennStateLRev671(2009) updated 6-11-09<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case Note: Rights And Accountability In Development (Raid) V Das Air (21\u2028July 2008) And Global Witness V Afrimex (28 August 2008); Small Steps Toward an Autonomous Transnational Legal System for the Regulation of Multinational Corporations, 10(1) Melbourne Journal of International Law 258-307 (2009).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: 13Backer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGlobal Panopticism:  Surveillance Lawmaking by Corporations, States, and Other Entities,\u201d Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies<\/em> 15(1):101-148 (2008).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Global Panopticism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMultinational Corporations as Objects and Sources of Transnational Regulation,\u201d ILSA Journal Of International & Comparative Law<\/em> 14:499-523 (2008).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 14ILSAJIntl&CompL499(2007-2008)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod(s) Over Constitutions: International and Religious Transnational Constitutionalism in the 21st<\/sup> Century,\u201d Mississippi College Law Review<\/em> 27:11-65 (2008).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 27MissCollLRev11(2007)God(s)OverConst<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom Moral Obligation to International Law: Disclosure Systems, Markets and the Regulation of Multinational Corporations,\u201d  Georgetown Journal of International Law<\/em> 39:591-653 (2008).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE:Georgetown Law Review \u2013 From Moral Obligation to International Law<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Private Law of Public Law:  Public Authorities As Shareholders, Golden Shares, Sovereign Wealth Funds, And The Public Law Element In Private Choice of Law,\u201d Tulane Law Review<\/em> 82(5):1801-1868 (2008).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Tulane Law Review \u2013 Backer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEconomic Globalization and the Rise of Efficient Systems of Global Private Law Making:  Wal-Mart as Global Legislator,\u201d   University of  Connecticut Law Review<\/em>39(4): 1739-1784 (2007).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 39(4)UConnLRev1739(2007)WalMart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOdious Debt Wears Two Faces: Systemic Illegitimacy, Problems and Opportunities in Traditional Odious Debt Conceptions in Globalized Economic Regimes,\u201d Duke Journal of Law & Contemporary Problems<\/em> 70:1-46 (2007).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 70LCP1OdiousDebts2007<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEconomic Globalization Ascendant:  Four Perspectives on the Emerging Ideology of the State in the New Global Order,\u201d  Berkeley La Raza Law Journal<\/em> 17(1):141-168 (2006).  Published as \u201cGlobaliza\u00e7\u00e3o Econ\u00f4mica e Crise do Estado: um estudo em quatro perspectives\u201d, Sequencia<\/em> No. 51: 255-276 (December 2005).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 17BerkLaRazaLJ141(2006)EconGlobal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/em>Multinational Corporations, Transnational Law: The United Nation\u2019s Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations as a Harbinger of Corporate Social Responsibility as International Law,\u201d  Columbia Human Rights Law Review<\/em> 37:287-389 (2006).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 37ColumbHmnRtsLRev287(2006)Multinational<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmasculated Men, Effeminate Law in the United States, Zimbabwe and Malaysia,\u201d  Yale Journal of Law & Feminism<\/em> 17:1 (2005).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: 17YaleJLaw&Fem1(2005)EmasculMen<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Extra-National State: American Confederate Federalism and the European Union,\u201d  Columbia Journal of European Law 7(2):173-240 (2001).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 7(2)ColumbJEurL173(2001)ExtraNatState<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome Thoughts on The American Declaration of Independence and the Irish Easter Proclamation,\u201d 8 Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law<\/em> 87 (2000)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE:  8TulsaJComp&IntlL1(2000)DeclIndepIrish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChroniclers in the Field of Cultural Production: Interpretive Conversations Between Courts and Culture,\u201d 20 Boston College Third World Law Journal<\/em> 291-343 (2000)<\/strong>.DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 20BCThirdWorldLJ291(2000)Chroniclers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInscribing Judicial Preferences into Our Basic Law: The Political Jurisprudence of European Margins of Appreciation As Constitutional Jurisprudence in the U.S.,\u201d 7 Tulsa Comparative & International Law Journal<\/em> 327-373 (2000)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 7TulsaJComp&IntlL327(2000) Inscribing Judicial Pref.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTweaking Facts, Speaking Judgment: Judicial Transmogrification of Case Narrative as Jurisprudence in the United States and Britain,\u201d 6 S. California Interdisciplinary Law Journal<\/em> 611-662 (1998).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 6SoCalInterdiscLJ611(1998TweakingFacts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harmonization, Subsidiarity and Cultural Differences: An Essay on the Dynamics of Opposition Within Federative and International Legal Systems, 4 Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law 185-217 (1997).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 4TulsaJComp&IntlL185(1997)Harmonization<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairness as a General Principle of American Constitutional Law: Applying Extra-Constitutional Principles to Constitutional cases in Hendricks and M.L.B., 33 Tulsa Law Journal 135-162 (1997).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 33TulsaLJ135(1997)FairnessGenPrin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInventing a \u2018Homosexual\u2019 for Constitutional Theory: Sodomy Narrative and Antipathy in U.S. and British Courts\u201d,<\/em> 71 Tulane Law Review<\/em> 529-596 (1996)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 71TulaneLRev529(1996)InventHomosex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Exposing the Perversions of Toleration: The Decriminalization of Private Sexual Conduct, The Model Penal Code, and the Private Sexual Conduct, The Model Penal Code, and the Oxymoron of Liberal Toleration Oxymoron of Liberal Toleration,” 45(5) Florida Law Review 755-802 (1993)<\/strong>. Download Article HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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