tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24800874.post8037612984570633668..comments2024-03-26T01:56:02.444-04:00Comments on Law at the End of the Day: Between Law and Norm, State and Globe: Thoughts on the Exporpriation of Repsol by the Argentine StateLarry Catá Backerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545101367530775497noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24800874.post-63883705492983718242012-04-26T21:46:53.219-04:002012-04-26T21:46:53.219-04:00Amusing state of affairsAmusing state of affairsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24800874.post-48407308282337717352012-04-26T11:17:45.686-04:002012-04-26T11:17:45.686-04:00Fascinating case for understanding contemporary st...Fascinating case for understanding contemporary struggles over the global position of states vis non-state entities. This concern echoes a major hypothesis in writing on the future of the state, that the state has becomes a supporting actor of globalization and thereby its own decline (see Susan Strange (1995) considering such issues in her balanced essay “The Defective State” DAEDALUS). Also, another case I imagine you're well aware of has to do with Phillip Morris in Columbia years ago regarding PM's ability to pressure Colombian officials to lift the tariff on US cigarettes in order to discourage smugglers from illegally importing them into the Colombian state (which, of course, PM was responsible for). Nicely, the combination of US-based lobbyists working in Colombia and somewhat disenfranchised indigenous Colombian smugglers created an elegant solution where non-state actors (variously arranged) helped to usurp state power (see it here: http://articles.latimes.com/2000/may/25/business/fi-33753 or here: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/columbia-files-smuggling-suit-against-philip-morris/262807.html).Nicholas Rowlandhttps://sites.google.com/site/professorrowland/noreply@blogger.com