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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 5d

Glad you enjoyed it! The whole chapter is good: academic.oup.com/book/11185/c...?

Abstract. This chapter relates the experiences of the author at the University of Khartoum in Sudan. The anecdotes in here can all be interpreted as cross-

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 6d

Had a good reading day while preparing a lecture on customary law for the Global Law LLB at the @uoelawschool.bsky.social.

From William Twining, ‘The Camel in the Zoo’ in Law in Context: Enlarging a Discipline (Oxford University Press 1997):

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Laurent Cesari @laurentcesari.bsky.social · 7d

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Dollar dominance, de-dollarization, and international law

Abstract. Recent proposals to seize Russian Central Bank assets expose how little international lawyers have engaged with the intensifying competition over

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 11d

What does de-dollarisation mean in practice? How does it relate to global law and governance?

My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.

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Dollar dominance, de-dollarization, and international law

Abstract. Recent proposals to seize Russian Central Bank assets expose how little international lawyers have engaged with the intensifying competition over

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 15d

One Battle After Another. That’s the tweet.

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Rebecca Ingber @becingber.bsky.social · 26d

“When they come by land we’re going to be stopping them the same way we stopped the boats.”

The President of the United States threatening to use force on another state’s territory to summarily execute people of suspected crimes. —Adding a violation of the UN Charter to the mix.

Rapid Response 47 on X: ".@POTUS on striking Venezuelan narcoterrorists: "We have noticed that there are no ships in the ocean anymore... I wonder why." https://t.co/UBedkoVXiq" / X

.@POTUS on striking Venezuelan narcoterrorists

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27d

"The MAGA assault on the Fed poses the awkward but important question: What kind of central bank should we want for America?

A sensible discussion about that question cannot start from political innocence. How we generate credit and money will always be political."

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Opinion | Don’t Just Defend the Fed. Reinvent It.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27d

Critique need not propose, but it must orient. Otherwise it’s just noise.

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · Sep 12

Conor Gearty was, without hesitation, the best academic writer I’ve read. He was also a thoroughly decent and kind human being who fearlessly used his position speak truth to power.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · Sep 12

this is truly terrible news. a great scholar and thinker who used his voice and academic standing for all the right causes.

Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · Sep 12

Conor Gearty was, without hesitation, the best academic writer I’ve read. He was also a thoroughly decent and kind human being who fearlessly used his position speak truth to power.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Sep 7

I v much enjoyed reading this provocative and important indictment of 'contributionism' in the historiography of international law in Latin America by M. Díaz Chalela and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Aug 29

This week, despite Venezuela's 2012 denunciation of the American Convention, the IACtHR held that Venezuela remains bound. Why? Because Guaidó re-ratified the Convention, retroactive to 2013, in 2019. The catch? Maduro was incumbent before and after Guaidó, and, arguably, during Guaidó.

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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · Aug 29

Maduro, Guaidó, and the Two-Government Paradox in Chirinos Salamanca v Venezuela | by Francisco J. Quintana and Justina Uriburu

Maduro, Guaidó, and the Two-Government Paradox in Chirinos Salamanca v Venezuela

On 26 August 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) announced its judgment on preliminary objections in Chirinos Salamanca y otros vs. Venezuela, issued on 21 August 2025. Given the s...

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Aug 28

Waiting for the liberal IR monograph explaining how emperors make their horses senators assuming they can control them but then discovering that horses often socialise into norm entrepreneurs.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Aug 28

Waiting for the liberal IR monograph explaining how emperors make their horses senators assuming they can control them but then discovering that horses often socialise into norm entrepreneurs.

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Sarah Zarmsky @szarmsky.bsky.social · Aug 13

Given Judge Sebutinde has years of her term left, this would be the right move by the other court members - it’s clear that there can be no impartiality in future proceedings

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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
cientiously.
In order to guarantee his or her independence, no Member of the Court can be dismissed unless, in the unanimous opinion of the other Members, he/she no longer fulfils the required conditions. This has in fact never happened.

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 7

☁️ South America’s sovereignty is being lost in Big Tech’s cloud

IIPP Prof. @ceciliarikap.bsky.social calls for South American governments to stand up to #BigTech firms extracting data, knowledge and natural resources from the region.

✍️ Read her new @opendemocracy.net article here: buff.ly/9UFbU8L

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Aug 6

I very much enjoyed it too! Justina was very much involved in part of the legal groundwork that ultimately enabled the series - it’s her story to tell though!

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Aug 6

Just back from the LASIL (SLADI) Biennial in Montevideo, where ~100 scholars met for three days of rich, honest debate on international law, politics, and Latin America’s role in the world. Grateful to co-organise with amazing colleagues. See you in Mexico City 2027!

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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · Jul 29

There is a risk of thinking that because so much of Trump's trade talk is just diplomacy theatre that it doesn't matter much. But I got another lesson last week about why even posturing on trade matters last week--from my kid's orthodontist
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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · Jul 29

I am honestly at a loss about what journalists and academics should do when so much of what used to be policy decisions have become kayfabe

Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · Jul 29

So just so I have this straight. The EU has agreed to be bound by tariffs that Trump has neither legal nor constitutional authority to impose. It has agreed to buy an impossible amount of energy from the US, more than it currently imports from all sources. The EU cannot actually buy the energy. 1/2

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Jul 27

Preliminary EU-US trade deal reached. It sets a 15 percent tariff on most E.U. goods, including cars

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Preliminary E.U. Trade Deal Reached After Months of Tense Talks

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Jul 24

I'm delighted to be heading to Brasília 🇧🇷 for @icon-s.bsky.social 2025. I’ll be presenting my work on dollar dominance and de-dollarisation in a panel discussion with B. Kingsbury, D. Petrova, and A. Rodiles.

If you're around and would like to meet up for a coffee, do reach out!

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · Jul 24

King's 'Maradona theory of interest rates': By duping defenders into thinking he would change direction, Maradona scored without having to do so. Central banks can guide expectations of future interest rates so that inflation targets can be met without big changes.

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Diego Maradona offers central bankers enduring lessons

Recent years ought to have reduced the importance of a skilful feint. They have not

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Justina Uriburu @justinauriburu.bsky.social · Jul 24

There is, undoubtedly, much to say about the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. In this post, Julian and I begin by unpacking the Court’s treatment of the sources of international law governing climate change and how those sources interact.

EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · Jul 24

Treaty and Custom in the ICJ’s Climate Change Opinion | by @aratojulian.bsky.social and @justinauriburu.bsky.social

Treaty and Custom in the ICJ’s Climate Change Opinion

The International Court of Justice has released its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. Delivered yesterday by a unanimous Court, the Opinion marks a t...

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · Jul 23

ICJ opinion says states are legally obligated to tackle climate change

The International Court of Justice, the UN's highest court, has issued a landmark advisory opinion on states' legal obligations to tackle climate change, which could pave the way for litigation over reparations.

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