I was recently interviewed by Payman Yazdani for Mehr News Agency (Iran). We discussed the changes in global trade in the wake of the 2016 U.S: elections. The text of the interview, China Will Replace the U.S. in Global Trade, as published by Mehr News 5 March 2017, follows below.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
Cuba Beyond the Cusp of Change (Day 3): Reflections on a Week Long Penn State Graduate Course in Cuba
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)
It is my great privilege to have been encouraged to design and hold a
week long embedded course program through Pennsylvania State University.
My thanks to the office of the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost
for Global Programs, Michael Adewumi and Kate Manni, Assistant Director for Embedded Programs, for making this possible. Thanks as well to Scott Gartner, the Director, Penn State School of International Affairs,
and special thanks to Claudia Prieto (SIA Academic Adviser and Student
Services Coordinator) and Rachel Arnold (Assistant to the Financial
Officer, Penn State Law/SIA), without whose help and encouragement this
program would not have happened. Great thanks as well to our hosts in
Cuba, the Centro de Estudios Martianos that went out of its way to enrich the course and the experiences of our students.
This is the next of a series of posts that will develop reflections
both on the teaching of embedded programs in Cuba, generally, but more
specifically as a way of documenting the way my students and see see
Cuba today. For many years Cuba and its political order was said to be
on the "cusp of change" (e.g., here).
Since the start of normalization of relations with the United States,
it is quite evident that Cuba has now moved beyond the "cusp" and into
the realities of integration within a global system to which it has had
both privileged access and been excluded over the last half century.
The re-adjustments in both respects will mark the trajectory of Cuban
life for the next generation (compare here, with here).
I started with the embedded course syllabus (INTAF 597C Penn State SIA) and then will post reflections for each day of the journey through the course materials and within Cuba. The hope is that this provides some food for thought respecting the necessary evolution of political and economic systems, and the constraints within which systems change or expend great energy to stay the same.
Links for full contents HERE.
This post considers our activities on Day 3--Cuban Health Sectors, Cuban cemeteries, and Cuban Social Structures From a National and Regional Trade Perspective.
I started with the embedded course syllabus (INTAF 597C Penn State SIA) and then will post reflections for each day of the journey through the course materials and within Cuba. The hope is that this provides some food for thought respecting the necessary evolution of political and economic systems, and the constraints within which systems change or expend great energy to stay the same.
Links for full contents HERE.
This post considers our activities on Day 3--Cuban Health Sectors, Cuban cemeteries, and Cuban Social Structures From a National and Regional Trade Perspective.
Chapter 18 (Chapter Summaries) "The Role of the Courts: Stare Decisis in Constitutional Cases and Under State Law” in Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
(Washington Monument Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)
I recently announced the forthcoming publication by Carolina Academic Press of my Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
(ISBN: 978-1-61163-927-8 • e-ISBN: 978-1-61163-984-1).
The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. The system is a complex amalgamation of distinct approaches to legalization, and the mechanics of its implementation, that tends to be mystifying to everyone, even individuals trained in law elsewhere. Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. Most would find it difficult unravel the distinct strands of law in the United States, each of which deeply embedded within their own internally coherent systems of generation, interpretation and application. The object of the book is to make the elements of law within the U.S. legal system more accessible and easier to invoke.
This set of posts provide interested readers with a more detailed description-summary of each chapter along with teaching objectives. After these descriptions I will circulate a chapter by chapter based draft Teacher's Manual. Comments welcome for all.
The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. The system is a complex amalgamation of distinct approaches to legalization, and the mechanics of its implementation, that tends to be mystifying to everyone, even individuals trained in law elsewhere. Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. Most would find it difficult unravel the distinct strands of law in the United States, each of which deeply embedded within their own internally coherent systems of generation, interpretation and application. The object of the book is to make the elements of law within the U.S. legal system more accessible and easier to invoke.
This set of posts provide interested readers with a more detailed description-summary of each chapter along with teaching objectives. After these descriptions I will circulate a chapter by chapter based draft Teacher's Manual. Comments welcome for all.
All contents posted on line may be accessed here:
Summary book organization and the third of the three chapters of Part V--The Role of the Courts: Stare Decisis in Constitutional Cases and Under State Law, Chapter 18 Summary follows. This concludes the work. Future posts will include Teaching Notes for Each Chapter. Stay tuned!
Thursday, March 09, 2017
Call for Papers: Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy Annual Meeting Miami July 2017
The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) cordially invites you to submit an abstract to its upcoming conference scheduled for July 27-29, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
To submit an abstract for a regular paper: HERE.
Chapter 17 (Chapter Summaries) " The Role of the Courts: The Techniques of Judicial Interpretation” in Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
(Washington Monument Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)
I recently announced the forthcoming publication by Carolina Academic Press of my Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
(ISBN: 978-1-61163-927-8 • e-ISBN: 978-1-61163-984-1).
The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. The system is a complex amalgamation of distinct approaches to legalization, and the mechanics of its implementation, that tends to be mystifying to everyone, even individuals trained in law elsewhere. Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. Most would find it difficult unravel the distinct strands of law in the United States, each of which deeply embedded within their own internally coherent systems of generation, interpretation and application. The object of the book is to make the elements of law within the U.S. legal system more accessible and easier to invoke.
This set of posts provide interested readers with a more detailed description-summary of each chapter along with teaching objectives. After these descriptions I will circulate a chapter by chapter based draft Teacher's Manual. Comments welcome for all.
The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. The system is a complex amalgamation of distinct approaches to legalization, and the mechanics of its implementation, that tends to be mystifying to everyone, even individuals trained in law elsewhere. Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. Most would find it difficult unravel the distinct strands of law in the United States, each of which deeply embedded within their own internally coherent systems of generation, interpretation and application. The object of the book is to make the elements of law within the U.S. legal system more accessible and easier to invoke.
This set of posts provide interested readers with a more detailed description-summary of each chapter along with teaching objectives. After these descriptions I will circulate a chapter by chapter based draft Teacher's Manual. Comments welcome for all.
All contents posted on line may be accessed here:
Summary book organization and the second of the three chapters of Part V: The Role of the Courts in the Application of Law: Judicial Review, Methodologies of Interpretation, and Legitimacy, Chapter 17 Summary follows.
Cuba Beyond the Cusp of Change (Day 2): Reflections on a Week Long Penn State Graduate Course in Cuba
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)
It is my great privilege to have been encouraged to design and hold a
week long embedded course program through Pennsylvania State University.
My thanks to the office of the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost
for Global Prgrams, Michael Adewumi and Kate Manni, Assistant Director for Embedded Programs, for making this possible. Thanks as well to Scott Gartner, the Director, Penn State School of International Affairs,
and special thanks to Claudia Prieto (SIA Academic Adviser and Student
Services Coordinator) and Rachel Arnold (Assistant to the Financial
Officer, Penn State Law/SIA), without whose help and encouragement this
program would not have happened. Great thanks as well to our hosts in
Cuba, the Centro de Estudios Martianos that went out of its way to enrich the course and the experiences of our students.
This is the next of a series of posts that will develop reflections
both on the teaching of embedded programs in Cuba, generally, but more
specifically as a way of documenting the way my students and see see
Cuba today. For many years Cuba and its political order was said to be
on the "cusp of change" (e.g., here).
Since the start of normalization of relations with the United States,
it is quite evident that Cuba has now moved beyond the "cusp" and into
the realities of integration within a global system to which it has had
both privileged access and been excluded over the last half century.
The re-adjustments in both respects will mark the trajectory of Cuban
life for the next generation (compare here, with here).
I started with the embedded course syllabus (INTAF 597C Penn State SIA) and then will post reflections for each day of the journey through the course materials and within Cuba. The hope is that this provides some food for thought respecting the necessary evolution of political and economic systems, and the constraints within which systems change or expend great energy to stay the same.
Links for full contents HERE.
This post considers our activities on Day 2--Plaza de la Revolución and Lecture, The Thought of José Martí: Political Ideology of Cuba.
I started with the embedded course syllabus (INTAF 597C Penn State SIA) and then will post reflections for each day of the journey through the course materials and within Cuba. The hope is that this provides some food for thought respecting the necessary evolution of political and economic systems, and the constraints within which systems change or expend great energy to stay the same.
Links for full contents HERE.
This post considers our activities on Day 2--Plaza de la Revolución and Lecture, The Thought of José Martí: Political Ideology of Cuba.
Monday, March 06, 2017
Cuba Beyond the Cusp of Change (Day 1): Reflections on a Week Long Penn State Graduate Course in Cuba
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)
It is my great privilege to have been encouraged to design and hold a
week long embedded course program through Pennsylvania State University.
My thanks to the office of the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost
for Global Prgrams, Michael Adewumi and Kate Manni, Assistant Director for Embedded Programs, for making this possible. Thanks as well to Scott Gartner, the Director, Penn State School of International Affairs,
and special thanks to Claudia Prieto (SIA Academic Adviser and Student
Services Coordinator) and Rachel Arnold (Assistant to the Financial
Officer, Penn State Law/SIA), without whose help and encouragement this
program would not have happened. Great thanks as well to our hosts in
Cuba, the Centro de Estudios Martianos that went out of its way to enrich the course and the experiences of our students.
This is the next in a series of posts that will develop reflections
both on the teaching of embedded programs in Cuba, generally, but more
specifically as a way of documenting the way my students and see see
Cuba today. For many years Cuba and its political order was said to be
on the "cusp of change" (e.g., here).
Since the start of normalization of relations with the United States,
it is quite evident that Cuba has now moved beyond the "cusp" and into
the realities of integration within a global system to which it has had
both privileged access and been excluded over the last half century.
The re-adjustments in both respects will mark the trajectory of Cuban
life for the next generation (compare here, with here).
I started with the embedded course syllabus (INTAF 597C Penn State SIA) and then will post reflections for each day of the journey through the course materials and within Cuba. The hope is that this provides some food for thought respecting the necessary evolution of political and economic systems, and the constraints within which systems change or expend great energy to stay the same.
Links for full contents HERE.
This post considers our activities on Day 1--Viñales.
I started with the embedded course syllabus (INTAF 597C Penn State SIA) and then will post reflections for each day of the journey through the course materials and within Cuba. The hope is that this provides some food for thought respecting the necessary evolution of political and economic systems, and the constraints within which systems change or expend great energy to stay the same.
Links for full contents HERE.
This post considers our activities on Day 1--Viñales.
Saturday, March 04, 2017
Chapter 16 (Chapter Summaries) "The Doctrine of Judicial Review: Judicial Authority to “Say What the Law Is” in Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
(Washington Monument Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)
I recently announced the forthcoming publication by Carolina Academic Press of my Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
(ISBN: 978-1-61163-927-8 • e-ISBN: 978-1-61163-984-1).
The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. The system is a complex amalgamation of distinct approaches to legalization, and the mechanics of its implementation, that tends to be mystifying to everyone, even individuals trained in law elsewhere. Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. Most would find it difficult unravel the distinct strands of law in the United States, each of which deeply embedded within their own internally coherent systems of generation, interpretation and application. The object of the book is to make the elements of law within the U.S. legal system more accessible and easier to invoke.
This set of posts provide interested readers with a more detailed description-summary of each chapter along with teaching objectives. After these descriptions I will circulate a chapter by chapter based draft Teacher's Manual. Comments welcome for all.
The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. The system is a complex amalgamation of distinct approaches to legalization, and the mechanics of its implementation, that tends to be mystifying to everyone, even individuals trained in law elsewhere. Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. Most would find it difficult unravel the distinct strands of law in the United States, each of which deeply embedded within their own internally coherent systems of generation, interpretation and application. The object of the book is to make the elements of law within the U.S. legal system more accessible and easier to invoke.
This set of posts provide interested readers with a more detailed description-summary of each chapter along with teaching objectives. After these descriptions I will circulate a chapter by chapter based draft Teacher's Manual. Comments welcome for all.
All contents posted on line may be accessed here:
Summary book organization and the first of the three chapters of Part V: The Role of the Courts in the Application of Law: Judicial Review, Methodologies of Interpretation, and Legitimacy, Chapter 16 Summary follows.
Cuba Beyond the Cusp of Change: Reflections on a Week Long Penn State Graduate Course in Cuba
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)
It is my great privilege to have been encouraged to design and hold a week long embedded course program through Pennsylvania State University. My thanks to the office of the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost for Global Programs, Michael Adewumi and Kate Manni, Assistant Director for Embedded Programs, for making this possible. Thanks as well to Scott Gartner, the Director, Penn State School of International Affairs, and special thanks to Claudia Prieto (SIA Academic Adviser and Student Services Coordinator) and Rachel Arnold (Assistant to the Financial Officer, Penn State Law/SIA), without whose help and encouragement this program would not have happened. Great thanks as well to our hosts in Cuba, the Centro de Estudios Martianos that went out of its way to enrich the course and the experiences of our students.
This is the first of a series of posts that will develop reflections both on the teaching of embedded programs in Cuba, generally, but more specifically as a way of documenting the way my students and see see Cuba today. For many years Cuba and its political order was said to be on the "cusp of change" (e.g., here). Since the start of normalization of relations with the United States, it is quite evident that Cuba has now moved beyond the "cusp" and into the realities of integration within a global system to which it has had both privileged access and been excluded over the last half century. The re-adjustments in both respects will mark the trajectory of Cuban life for the next generation (compare here, with here).
I start with the embedded course syllabus (INTAF 597C Penn State SIA) and then will post reflections for each day of the journey through the course materials and within Cuba. The hope is that this provides some food for thought respecting the necessary evolution of political and economic systems, and the constraints within which systems change or expend great energy to stay the same.
Contents:
1. This post considers our activities on Day 1--Viñales and the Tourist Sector.
2. This post considers our activities on Day 2--Plaza de la Revolución and Lecture, The Thought of José Martí: Political Ideology of Cuba.
3. This post considers our activities on Day 3--Cuban Health Sectors, Cuban cemeteries, and Cuban Social Structures From a National and Regional Trade Perspective.
4a. This post considers our activities on Day 4 Morning--Organization of the Cuban State and the Economic Model of Cuba.
4b. This post considers our activities on Day 4 Afternoon--We Get to Feel LikeCubans—The Saratoga Hotel Refuses to Let Me and My U.S: Students Enter theirLobby—The Cuban People are Owed an Apology.
5. This post considers our activities on Day 5--The Future Direction of Cuba: From the Guidelines of the 6th PCC Congress (2011) to the Conceptualzación of the Cuban Socialist Model of the 7th PCC Congress (2016).
6. This post considers our activities on Day 6--Visitto the Organopónico de Alamar.
7. This post considers our activities on Day 7--Varadero and the Tourist Sector.
8. This post considers our activities on Day 8--Reflections on the Flight Home.
9. This post serves as an Executive Summary of the Program, Activities and Reflections on Our Experiences.
Friday, March 03, 2017
Chapter 15 (Chapter Summaries) "The Legal Structures of Federalism: The 9th and 10th Amendments of the Federal Constitution" in Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
(Washington Monument Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)
I recently announced the forthcoming publication by Carolina Academic Press of my Elements of Law and the United States Legal System
(ISBN: 978-1-61163-927-8 • e-ISBN: 978-1-61163-984-1).
The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. The system is a complex amalgamation of distinct approaches to legalization, and the mechanics of its implementation, that tends to be mystifying to everyone, even individuals trained in law elsewhere. Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. Most would find it difficult unravel the distinct strands of law in the United States, each of which deeply embedded within their own internally coherent systems of generation, interpretation and application. The object of the book is to make the elements of law within the U.S. legal system more accessible and easier to invoke.
This set of posts provide interested readers with a more detailed description-summary of each chapter along with teaching objectives. After these descriptions I will circulate a chapter by chapter based draft Teacher's Manual. Comments welcome for all.
The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. The system is a complex amalgamation of distinct approaches to legalization, and the mechanics of its implementation, that tends to be mystifying to everyone, even individuals trained in law elsewhere. Most people tend to be hard pressed to explain the U.S. legal system either to non-lawyers or to foreigners, even sophisticated foreign lawyers or jurists, or for that matter to each other. Most would find it difficult unravel the distinct strands of law in the United States, each of which deeply embedded within their own internally coherent systems of generation, interpretation and application. The object of the book is to make the elements of law within the U.S. legal system more accessible and easier to invoke.
This set of posts provide interested readers with a more detailed description-summary of each chapter along with teaching objectives. After these descriptions I will circulate a chapter by chapter based draft Teacher's Manual. Comments welcome for all.
All contents posted on line may be accessed here:
Summary book organization and Chapter 15 Summary follows.
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