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Law & Literature, legal history, criminal law, IP, 18c/19C British literature || U of Toronto Law & English || OUP Law & Lit series http://tinyurl.com/y7fhvh36 || Oxford Hbk of Law & Humanities http://tinyurl.com/y95rdzl3 || SSRN https://tinyurl.com/SSRNss .. more

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Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · 8d
Stronger than a comma; able to contain an entire clause with a single mark!

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Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 20d
The deadline for paper proposals has been extended to

🗓️ 16 January 2026!

We would be grateful if you could forward this call to your respective networks, particularly those in the humanities.

Please find details for the call for paper here: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

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Anya Bernstein @anyabernstein.bsky.social · 27d
Yeah, this is *legal* corpus linguistics. Not at all the same thing. Corpus linguistics in linguistics is actually kind of awesome. A little primer with examples in Part I here (and an explanation of why the two things share a name but not a methodology):
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Legal Corpus Linguistics and the Half Empirical Attitude
Legal writers have recently turned to corpus linguistics to interpret legal texts. Corpus linguistics, a social-science methodology, provides a sophisticated wa
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Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · 27d
just out: The Place of Race in Law & Literature; Guest Editors: Andrew Bricker, Cedric Essi & @elisewang.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/toc/neje20/2... w essays by Almas Khan, Emma Brush, @jackquirk.bsky.social, Faith Barter, more! @lpcprof.bsky.social @law-and-humanities.bsky.social
European Journal of English Studies
The Place of Race in Law & Literature; Guest Editors: Andrew Bricker, Cedric Essi and Elise Wang. Volume 29, Issue 1 of European Journal of English Studies
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Jack Quirk @jackquirk.bsky.social · 27d
My latest piece "Gerald Murnane's Terra Nullius" has just been published in MFS' latest issue. Thanks to @moniquerooney.bsky.social, @tynedaile.bsky.social and those at CALC for letting me present an earlier version of this piece. Check it out over here: muse.jhu.edu/article/977805
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Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · 27d
Jack Quirk, "Gerald Murnane’s Terra Nullius" - just out in MFS: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... : Murnane puts to work settler-colonial myths of empty land, property, and possession; this work dramatizes the imaginative and juridical mechanisms by which terra nullius was rendered present and real.
Project MUSE - Gerald Murnane’s <i>Terra Nullius</i>
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Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Dec 12
I did not know that! But I believe it was when Kagan was dean? It certainly had a very dramatic effect.
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Dec 12
As Dorothy Parker said, change one letter and you have the story of my life.

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Dec 12
WINTER Term Card:

We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics.

Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎

@ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

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Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Dec 12
If you have access to Oxford Scholarship Online, you can now read Geoffrey Baker's new book, Belief in Evidence in the 19C Novel, an analysis of key aspects of evidence law in conjunction with nineteenth-century novels: age, experience, character, and otherness global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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moonchildjs.bsky.social @moonchildjs.bsky.social · Dec 8
They don’t want you to hear this song.
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Dec 3
yikes! I guess that must have been more painful.
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Dec 2
The Dental Review, 1892: "Bananas are again plenty in the market , and we frequently see some very expeditious moves , aided by the treacherous " peel " as we pace the streets."
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The Dental Review
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Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 19
it just ain't that hard to understand Rule 6(f) of the Fed R Crim P. Not one of those you need to read a lot of cases and lawyertalk to get ...
Rule 6(f) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provides: "An indictment may be found only upon the concurrence of 12 or more jurors." And Rule 6(c) emphasizes the requirement that 12 jurors shall "find" each indictment by its provision that the foreman "shall keep a record of the number of jurors concurring in the finding of every indictment * * *." The requirement of the Criminal Rules that every indictment must be "found" by at least 12 grand jurors is a further specification of the Fifth Amendment's command that " [n]o person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury.

Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 19
There's a little book we like to call the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Not a bad idea to read it first if you plan to prosecute a federal case.
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 18
Melissa Ganz, Exploring Law and Literature in the Long Eighteenth Century, cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/expl...
Exploring Law and Literature in the Long Eighteenth Century
The law underwent significant developments in eighteenth-century Britain as jurists and legislators adapted older doctrines to fit the needs of an increasingly commercial, industrial, and imperial soc...
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Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 13
posting the full ToC for those who'd like to see it
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 12
So many fantastic contributions to this issue, thanks @juliestonepeters.bsky.social and Lindsay Stern for organizing it!
juliestonepeters.bsky.social juliestonepeters.bsky.social @juliestonepeters.bsky.social · Nov 12
TECHNIQUES OF LEGAL PERSONHOOD, ed Lindsay Stern & me! Essays: Emily Apter, Jeannine DeLombard, Daniel Heller-Roazen, Renisa Mawani, Andreas PhilippopoulosM, Alain Pottage, Paul Saint-Amour, @lsiraganian.bsky.social, Lindsay, @simon8.bsky.social, Patricia Williams! online.ucpress.edu/representati...
Volume 172 Issue 1 | Representations | University of California Press
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juliestonepeters.bsky.social @juliestonepeters.bsky.social · Nov 12
TECHNIQUES OF LEGAL PERSONHOOD, ed Lindsay Stern & me! Essays: Emily Apter, Jeannine DeLombard, Daniel Heller-Roazen, Renisa Mawani, Andreas PhilippopoulosM, Alain Pottage, Paul Saint-Amour, @lsiraganian.bsky.social, Lindsay, @simon8.bsky.social, Patricia Williams! online.ucpress.edu/representati...
Volume 172 Issue 1 | Representations | University of California Press
online.ucpress.edu

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · Nov 9
My incredible book cover is based on an illustration drawn from this!
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 7
Miller, D.A., heart of, broken by a cardiologist [see index]
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 6
I demand sandwich-proof vests!!
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 6
I demand one of those immediate appeal injunc stop do-over things!!
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 6
a proud tradition since 1670! utoronto.scholaris.ca/items/a683f3...
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 6
shouldn't that be - The Ovaltine Office?

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Dr. Katie Sagal @aksagal.bsky.social · Nov 5
I'm thrilled to see that the special issue of ECS, "Eighteenth-Century Coasts," is finally out today! Check out my essay on coral, and many other fantastic contributions: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
Project MUSE - Eighteenth-Century Studies-Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2025
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Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 4
sorry, my bad attempt at humor ... all 3 were known for writing in the first person, inhabiting the persona of someone who is semi-illitrit

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Laura McGrath @lbmcgrath.bsky.social · Nov 4
Excited to reveal the cover of my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, which is available for pre-order now!
Simon Stern @simon8.bsky.social · Nov 4
I think they are using "much less" to mean "not even" -- a long-attested usage going back to George Ade, Anita Loos, and Ring Lardner

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Matthew Chambers @matthewchambers.bsky.social · Nov 3
A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
CFP: Bookselling and Literature
Bookselling and LiteratureA Special Issue of English Studies Guest Editor: Matthew Chambers ([email protected]) One of the best-known literary friendships was formed in a bookshop, and one…
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