Law at the End of the Day

Larry Catá Backer's comments on current issues in transnational law and policy. These essays focus on the constitution of regulatory communities (political, economic, and religious) as they manage their constituencies and the conflicts between them. The context is globalization. This is an academic field-free zone: expect to travel "without documents" through the sometimes strongly guarded boundaries of international relations, constitutional, international, comparative, and corporate law.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

"Is NATO still relevant? Transatlantic Relations & the Future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization" A Conversaiton with Ambassador Julie Smith

I am delighted to pass along this announcement of an upcoming virtual event, part of the Krasno Global Events Series:

ONLINE ONLY EVENT
Zoom link for access: https://zoom.us/j/98072415115
(no RSVP necessary - just click the link)

Thursday, October 1, 2026 - 3.30pm EDT

Krasno Global Events Series
with

Ambassador Julie Smith

Is NATO still relevant?
Transatlantic Relations & the Future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Ambassador Julie Smith in
conversation with Prof. Klaus Larres

Location - ZOOM:
https://zoom.us/j/98072415115

Ambassador Julie Smith
is the President and Co-Founder of Clarion Strategies. Amb Smith is the former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO (2021-2024); and the former Deputy National Security Adviser to Vice President Biden.

Zoom link for accessing the event:
https://zoom.us/j/98072415115

* We are most grateful for the financial support of the UNC Peace, War and Defense Curriculum (PWAD), the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS - https://tiss-nc.org/) and of course the UNC Department of History.
These sponsorships are greatly appreciated! *

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200 event videos
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About this Site:

At the end of the day, law?

. . . . Emperors and kings

Are but obeyed in their several provinces,

Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds;

But his domain that exceeds in this

Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man.

A sound magician is a mighty god.

* * *

Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight,

And burned is Apollo's laurel bough,

That sometimes grew within this learned man.

Faustus is gone; regard his hellish fall,

Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise

Only to wonder at unlawful things,

Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits

To practise more than heavenly power permits.

Christopher Marlowe, "Dr. Faustus" (before 1593)

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The author holds a faculty appointment at Pennsylvania State University. Notice is hereby given that irrespective of that appointment, this blog serves as a purely personal enterprise created to serve as an independent site focusing on issues of general concern to the public. The views and opinions expressed here are those of its author. This site is neither affiliated with nor does it in any way state, reflect, or represent the views of Pennsylvania State University or any of its entities, units or affiliates.

Globalization Law and Policy Series from Ashgate Publishing

About the Series:

Globalization: Law and Policy will include an integrated body
of scholarship that critically addresses key issues and theoretical debates in comparative and transnational law. Volumes in the series will focus on the consequential effects of globalization, including emerging frameworks and processes for the internationalization, legal harmonization, juridification and democratization of law among increasingly connected political, economic, religious, cultural, ethnic and other functionally differentiated governance communities. This series is intended as a resource for scholars, students, policy makers and civil society actors, and will include a balance of theoretical and policy studies in single-authored volumes and collections of original essays.

An interview with the Series Editor

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Larry Catá Backer
W. Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar
and Professor of Law, Professor of International Affairs
Pennsylvania State University
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University Park, PA 16802
email: lcb911@gmail.com

or

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