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Political and Governance Systems (Theocracy, Marxist-Leninism, Liberal Democracy)<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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“Social Credit \u201cin\u201d or \u201cas\u201d the Cage of Regulation of Socialist Legality,” The China Review <\/em>24(3):71-106 (2024) <\/strong>DOWNLOAD HERE: https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CR24.3_71-106.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer, \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 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

Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer, Flora Sapio, and James Korman, “Popular Participation in the Constitution of the Illiberal State: An empirical Study of Popular Engagement and Constitutional Reform in Cuba and the Contours of Cuban Socialist Democracy 2.0,”<\/strong> Emory International Law Review<\/em> 34: 183-276 (2020). ACCESS ARTICLE HERE: https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/backer-sapio-korman.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe External Capitalist and Internal Marxist\u2014The Fundamental Contradiction of Cuban Economic Reintegration in the Global Economic Order and the Role of the U.S.\u201d<\/strong>  Cuba in Transition: Proceedings of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy<\/em> 29:\u2013 (2020) DOWNLOAD ESSAY HERE: Backer_29_ASCE_ProceedingsBACKERINLAW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“China\u2019s Social Credit System: Data-Driven Governance for a \u2018New Era\u2019,” Current History <\/em>(September 2019). <\/strong> ACCESS TEXT HERE: https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/curh_118_809_209.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

Central Planning Versus Markets Marxism: Their Differences and Consequences for the International Ordering of State, Law, Politics, and Economy<\/em>, Connecticut Journal of International Law 32(1) :1-47 (2016). DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: CT Journal of International Law<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cuban Communist Party at the Center of Political and Economic Reform: Current Status and Future Reform<\/em>, Northwestern Interdisciplinary Law Review 8:71-129 (2015)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Northwestern Interdisciplinary Law Review \u2013 Vol. VIII, No. 1 \u2013 Spring 2015<\/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>,  Fordham Int\u2019l L.J. 38:457 (2015<\/strong>) DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: FILJ_Backer_MovingForward<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emerging Structures of Socialist Constitutionalism With Chinese Characteristics: Extra-Judicial Detention (Laojiao and Shuanggui) and the Chinese Constitutional Order<\/em>, 23(2) Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 251-341 (2014)<\/strong> (With Keren Wang). https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/dspace-law\/handle\/1773.1\/1365 DOENLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 23PRLPJ0251<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crafting a Theory of Socialist Democracy for China in the 21st<\/sup> Century: Considering Hu Angang\u2019s Theory of Collective Presidency in the Context of the Emerging Chinese Constitutional State<\/em>, 16(1) Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal 29-82 (2014).<\/strong>   blog.hawaii.edu\/aplpj\/files\/2015\/01\/APLPJ_16.1_Backer.pdf DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: APLPJ_16.1_Backer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cooperative as a Proletarian Corporation:  The Global Dimensions of Property Rights and the Organization of Economic Activity in Cuba, 33 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business 527-618 (2013).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Backer_JILB_Final_Print<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Party, People, Government, and State: On Constitutional Values and the Legitimacy of the Chinese State-Party Rule of Law System, 30(1) Boston University International Law Journal 331-408 (2012)<\/strong>. DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 30BUIntlLJ331(2012)China<\/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

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

Values Economics And Theology: The Contribution Of Catholic Social Thought And Its Implications For Legal Regulatory Systems, 5(2) Economics, Management, and Financial Markets 17-56 (2010).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: Economics, Management, and Financial Markets Backer article only<\/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

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

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

\u201cMonitor and Manage:  MiFID and Power in the Regulation of EU Financial Markets,\u201d  Yearbook of European Law<\/em> 27:349-386 (Oxford U. Press, 2008); reprinted in MiFID:  A Competitive Landscape (Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press  (http:\/\/www.iupindia.org\/default.asp<\/a>), 2008).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Yearbook of European Law-2008-Cat\u00e1 Backer-349-86<\/a><\/strong><\/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

\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

Symposium:  Law and the State in the Transnational Legal Order: \u201cReifying Law:  Understanding Law Beyond the State,\u201d Penn State International Law Review<\/em> 26(3):521-563 (2008).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: Reifying Law<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom Hatuey to Che: Indigenous Cuba Without Indians and the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,\u201d American Indian Law Review<\/em> 33(1):201-238 (2008-2009). DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 33AmIndLRev201(2009)HatueyChe<\/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>Ideologies of Globalization and Sovereign Debt:  Cuba and the IMF\u201d,  Penn State International Law Review<\/em> 24:497-561 (2006).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 24(3)PSUIntlLRev497(2006)IdeologiesGlobal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuban Corporate Governance at the Crossroads: Cuban Marxism, Private Economic Collectives, and Free Market Globalism<\/em>, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 14(2):337-418 (2004).<\/strong> DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE<\/strong>: 14TransLawContempProbs337(2004)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Political and Governance Systems (Theocracy, Marxist-Leninism, Liberal Democracy) “Social Credit \u201cin\u201d or \u201cas\u201d the Cage of Regulation of Socialist Legality,” The China Review 24(3):71-106 (2024) DOWNLOAD HERE: https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CR24.3_71-106.pdf Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer, \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 … <\/p>\n

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