James Hand
@jamesahand.bsky.social
Legal academic (Assoc Prof, and an Assoc Head (R&I), at University of Portsmouth School of Law) https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/persons/james-hand;
Co-Editor of the Int Jrnl of Discrimination and the Law (Sage) https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JDI
Co-Editor of the Int Jrnl of Discrimination and the Law (Sage) https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JDI
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We are delighted to inaugurate our new Reflections on Teaching series with a very special first contribution!
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We are delighted to inaugurate our new Reflections on Teaching series with a very special first contribution!
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
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Today, 25 November 2025, marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women and Girls.
👉 This year's focus is on raising awareness about rising #digital #violence . Join the campaign to draw attention to the harm women face every day, both #offline and #online
👉 This year's focus is on raising awareness about rising #digital #violence . Join the campaign to draw attention to the harm women face every day, both #offline and #online
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
No Law PhD scholarships this year (unlike last) here at UoP but colleagues in the broader Faculty are advertising some including:
AI influence in advertising: Consumer perceptions, creative limitations and social implications of algorithmic bias - a compilation thesis www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...
AI influence in advertising: Consumer perceptions, creative limitations and social implications of algorithmic bias - a compilation thesis www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...
PhD scholarships
Explore funded PhD projects across a range of subject areas.
www.port.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
No Law PhD scholarships this year (unlike last) here at UoP but colleagues in the broader Faculty are advertising some including:
AI influence in advertising: Consumer perceptions, creative limitations and social implications of algorithmic bias - a compilation thesis www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...
AI influence in advertising: Consumer perceptions, creative limitations and social implications of algorithmic bias - a compilation thesis www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...
#LawJobs #AcademicJobs
(General law teaching roles and marking-specific roles - this round some academic teaching experience required)
(General law teaching roles and marking-specific roles - this round some academic teaching experience required)
Vacancies for sessional teaching fellows (hourly paid) in law @ University of Portsmouth (closing date 01/12/2025)
'academic expertise in any area of law, as well as those with legal practice experience who can contribute to our professional practice modules.'
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
'academic expertise in any area of law, as well as those with legal practice experience who can contribute to our professional practice modules.'
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#LawJobs #AcademicJobs
(General law teaching roles and marking-specific roles - this round some academic teaching experience required)
(General law teaching roles and marking-specific roles - this round some academic teaching experience required)
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Simon Jenkins claims in the Guardian that it would be a 'democratic outrage' if the House of Lords were to block the Terminally Ill Adults Bill: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That claim is constitutional nonsense, for the reasons I explain here: publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/06/20/w...
That claim is constitutional nonsense, for the reasons I explain here: publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/06/20/w...
Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins
Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Simon Jenkins claims in the Guardian that it would be a 'democratic outrage' if the House of Lords were to block the Terminally Ill Adults Bill: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That claim is constitutional nonsense, for the reasons I explain here: publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/06/20/w...
That claim is constitutional nonsense, for the reasons I explain here: publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/06/20/w...
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Now that it's on the @cambup-law.cambridge.org website, maybe now is the time to announce the forthcoming textbook on Family Law that Andy Hayward, Charlotte Bendall and I have co-authored. Expected in June 2026!
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Family Law | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Now that it's on the @cambup-law.cambridge.org website, maybe now is the time to announce the forthcoming textbook on Family Law that Andy Hayward, Charlotte Bendall and I have co-authored. Expected in June 2026!
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Some three dozen Bluesky posts on this Guardian story - but looking at the figures excluding the hereditary peers the Govt would still have lost by over 50 in each of the votes
‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights
#HR
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#HR
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights
Lords look ‘undemocratic and firmly against interest of working people’, say senior trade union and Labour figures
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Some three dozen Bluesky posts on this Guardian story - but looking at the figures excluding the hereditary peers the Govt would still have lost by over 50 in each of the votes
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Rarely spotted job fairy alert! A specific public law senior lecturer/reader post (and a few other positions - including in environmental law - to boot). Please spread the word! Happy to discuss with anyone who is tempted to come join us in Newcastle:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM199/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM199/s...
Senior Lecturer/Reader in Public Law at Newcastle University
Apply now for the Senior Lecturer/Reader in Public Law role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Rarely spotted job fairy alert! A specific public law senior lecturer/reader post (and a few other positions - including in environmental law - to boot). Please spread the word! Happy to discuss with anyone who is tempted to come join us in Newcastle:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM199/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM199/s...
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Companies Hoyse directors
Anyone else found this Verification process a ridiculously clunky affair? 😤
Anyone else found this Verification process a ridiculously clunky affair? 😤
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Companies Hoyse directors
Anyone else found this Verification process a ridiculously clunky affair? 😤
Anyone else found this Verification process a ridiculously clunky affair? 😤
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I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
Developing guidelines for supervising Neurodivergent HDR students
redcap.unisq.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
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Congratulations to @ckskm.bsky.social on her appointment as the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and the first woman to hold this post, the CEO of @houseoflords.parliament.uk ! www.parliament.uk/business/new...
Chloe Mawson appointed 66th Clerk of the Parliaments
Chloe Mawson has been appointed the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and is the first woman to take up the post. Read more
www.parliament.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Congratulations to @ckskm.bsky.social on her appointment as the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and the first woman to hold this post, the CEO of @houseoflords.parliament.uk ! www.parliament.uk/business/new...
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Chloe Mawson has been appointed the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and is the first woman to take up the post.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Chloe Mawson has been appointed the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and is the first woman to take up the post.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
Countries (or sub-divisions) which appear in titles of pieces in the IJDL (Vol 1(1) - Vol 25(3)) - Fig 3 in journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... - and more countries are set for the next few issues and onwards
#IJDL30
#IJDL30
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Countries (or sub-divisions) which appear in titles of pieces in the IJDL (Vol 1(1) - Vol 25(3)) - Fig 3 in journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... - and more countries are set for the next few issues and onwards
#IJDL30
#IJDL30
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As a percentage of the overall UK working-age population, the number of “economically inactive” people is very close to a record low. Yes, low, not high. There were more people not working in the 1970s.
The inactivity rate for people aged 16 to 64 in July 2025 was 21%, lower than at any point before Nov 2018. Since 1971, there has been only one 15-month period – Dec 2018 to Feb 2020 – when inactivity was lower than today.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As a percentage of the overall UK working-age population, the number of “economically inactive” people is very close to a record low. Yes, low, not high. There were more people not working in the 1970s.
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I’m not sure my fellow Americans realize what a momentous day this is
FREEDOM!
FREEDOM!
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I’m not sure my fellow Americans realize what a momentous day this is
FREEDOM!
FREEDOM!
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I was thinking about Zohran’s transition team and today’s anti-feminist piece in the New York Times, and my mother’s book on the first generation of women to work in the city government in New York City.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I was thinking about Zohran’s transition team and today’s anti-feminist piece in the New York Times, and my mother’s book on the first generation of women to work in the city government in New York City.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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The Sage Policy Profiles contest is live! Share your most surprising policy citation for a chance to win $500.
How to enter:
🔹Register for Sage Policy Profiles
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How to enter:
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November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Sage Policy Profiles contest is live! Share your most surprising policy citation for a chance to win $500.
How to enter:
🔹Register for Sage Policy Profiles
🔹Find your most surprising policy citation
🔹 Submit via our contest form by Nov 30 (T&Cs apply)
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WNaDJi
How to enter:
🔹Register for Sage Policy Profiles
🔹Find your most surprising policy citation
🔹 Submit via our contest form by Nov 30 (T&Cs apply)
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WNaDJi
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Do you use TikTok for professional stuff? Is it good for research or academia?
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Do you use TikTok for professional stuff? Is it good for research or academia?
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Ahead of the 100th issue of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law (coming in the next month), my article in it, which looks at some bibliographic snapshots marking its 30 years, has been made available OnlineFirst and fully Open Access journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Ahead of the 100th issue of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law (coming in the next month), my article in it, which looks at some bibliographic snapshots marking its 30 years, has been made available OnlineFirst and fully Open Access journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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November 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Ahead of the 100th issue of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law (coming in the next month), my article in it, which looks at some bibliographic snapshots marking its 30 years, has been made available OnlineFirst and fully Open Access journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Ahead of the 100th issue of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law (coming in the next month), my article in it, which looks at some bibliographic snapshots marking its 30 years, has been made available OnlineFirst and fully Open Access journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Saw this reposted today
Calling all barristers and solicitor-advocates. If you are able to help with my PhD research on the jury, please do get in contact with me. Thank you in advance!
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Saw this reposted today
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This is great to see, but should apply to all grounds of discrimination - not just sexual harassment. Regulating just one area is going to create a mess.
Australian-first bill to ban use of NDAs to silence sexual harassment victims introduced in Victoria
Australian-first bill to ban use of NDAs to silence sexual harassment victims introduced in Victoria
Exclusive: If passed, laws would ban non-disclosure agreements in workplace sexual harassment cases unless expressly requested by an employee
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A long-awaited bill to curb the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases will be introduced to Victorian parliament, in an Australian-first move the government says will prevent victim-survivors from being silenced.
The premier, Jacinta Allan, and treasurer and industrial relations minister, Jaclyn Symes, will announce the introduction of the bill to parliament on Wednesday, which if passed would ban NDAs in workplace sexual harassment cases unless expressly requested by the employee. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is great to see, but should apply to all grounds of discrimination - not just sexual harassment. Regulating just one area is going to create a mess.
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We'd love you to join us to take part in the Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2026. The theme will be ‘Reimagining Legal Education for the Future of Law'.
📅16-17 April 2026
✳️Registration and call for abstracts is now open
sites.exeter.ac.uk/alt2026/
#AcademicSky
@altlaw.bsky.social
📅16-17 April 2026
✳️Registration and call for abstracts is now open
sites.exeter.ac.uk/alt2026/
#AcademicSky
@altlaw.bsky.social
Registration and call for abstracts: 61st Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference
Hosted by Exeter Law School: 16-17 April 2026
sites.exeter.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We'd love you to join us to take part in the Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2026. The theme will be ‘Reimagining Legal Education for the Future of Law'.
📅16-17 April 2026
✳️Registration and call for abstracts is now open
sites.exeter.ac.uk/alt2026/
#AcademicSky
@altlaw.bsky.social
📅16-17 April 2026
✳️Registration and call for abstracts is now open
sites.exeter.ac.uk/alt2026/
#AcademicSky
@altlaw.bsky.social
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On this day in 1929, a stock market crash launched the Great Depression. Public & private employers responded by intensifying their longstanding hostility to hiring married women. Before the crash, just 39.0% of cities would hire married women as teachers. That dropped to 23.4% in 1930–31. #WeTheMen
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On this day in 1929, a stock market crash launched the Great Depression. Public & private employers responded by intensifying their longstanding hostility to hiring married women. Before the crash, just 39.0% of cities would hire married women as teachers. That dropped to 23.4% in 1930–31. #WeTheMen
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Airline strands ex-BBC editor, citing Parkinson's www.bbc.com/news/article... Don’t travel with Turkish Airlines- they discriminate against people with Parkinson’s
'My sin was having Parkinson's': Presenter left stranded
Mark Mardell was left feeling 'humiliated' after he was told he could not board a flight.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Airline strands ex-BBC editor, citing Parkinson's www.bbc.com/news/article... Don’t travel with Turkish Airlines- they discriminate against people with Parkinson’s
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A deep-dive into the fictional will and murder-for-inheritance scenario in Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero through the lens of English law — private purpose trusts, certainties, perpetuities, forfeiture, butterfly lifespans, cat pictures, and capricious pet bequests.
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
She Who Laughs Last? Pets, Perpetuities, and Other Problems with the Last Will and Testament of Taylor A. Swift - Equity's Darling
A legal analysis of Taylor Swift’s fictional will from Anti-Hero, exploring pets, perpetuities, probate pitfalls and the perils of home-drafted wills under English law.
equitysdarling.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A deep-dive into the fictional will and murder-for-inheritance scenario in Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero through the lens of English law — private purpose trusts, certainties, perpetuities, forfeiture, butterfly lifespans, cat pictures, and capricious pet bequests.
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...
equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...