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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 14h

A stunning treasure of legal history to read about on my way home - The Textus Roffensis - a medieval 'legal encyclopaedia' containing some of the oldest English laws
www.historyextra.com/period/medie...
#medievalsky

The Textus Roffensis: a medieval manuscript to rival Magna Carta

The Textus Roffensis, produced at Rochester Cathedral in the 12th-century, is 100 years older than Magna Carta and contains the only copy of the oldest set of laws in English...

www.historyextra.com

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 14h

EU ROL/Judicial independence - recent Hague Journal on the Rule of Law article of interest out 'exploring the issue of transfer of judges within an international and constitutional framework of judicial independence'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 22h

New EU law live piece of interest- 'AG Emiliou clarifies the legality of judge liability for failing to make preliminary references, and considers the Italian tax warehouse scheme compatible with Union law' eulawlive.com/ag-emiliou-c...

AG Emiliou clarifies the legality of judge liability for failing to make preliminary references, and considers the Italian tax warehouse scheme compatible with Union law - EU Law Live

Today, Advocate General Emiliou delivered his Opinion in Centro Petroli Roma – II (C-386/24), a request for a preliminary ruling from the Italian Council of State in Centro Petroli …

eulawlive.com

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 1d

visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/treasu...

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 2d

Treasures - What makes a treasure? - Looking forward to seeing next weekend the exciting Bodleian library exhibition - 'Treasured' - visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/treasu...
(Image below - Ashmole-1511-f62r) #medievalsky

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 1d

State liablity - New EU law live Op-Ed of interest: “State Liability for Judicial Decisions Infringing EU Law, and the Half-Asleep Dogs of CILFIT: AG Rantos’ Opinion in BX v Statul Român (C-163/24)”

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 2d

Treasures - What makes a treasure? - Looking forward to seeing next weekend the exciting Bodleian library exhibition - 'Treasured' - visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/treasu...
(Image below - Ashmole-1511-f62r) #medievalsky

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 2d

EU digital - New book of interest - 'Digital Sovereignty and the Green Transition' www.bloomsbury.com/uk/digital-s...

Digital Sovereignty and the Green Transition

This book is the first investigation of the relationship between EU digital sovereignty and sustainability strategies.It maps the ambitions and limitations of E…

www.bloomsbury.com

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 3d

New book of interest out on the 'Book of Kells: exploring the evidence that points to Pictish origins in north-east Scotland'
theconversation.com/book-of-kell...
#medievalsky

Book of Kells: exploring the evidence that points to Pictish origins in north-east Scotland

While we know the manuscript spent at least 650 years at Kells, we do not know where it started its life. Now a new book offers some clues as to its provenance.

theconversation.com

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 3d

CJEU/EU defence - New EU law live Op-Ed of interest: “The Evolutionary Role of the Court of Justice in Defence Matters: Administrative or not Administrative, that is the Question”
eulawlive.com/op-ed-the-ev...

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 4d

A treasure of legal history for a medieval Monday – 'The Forsa Rune Ring the earliest written law in Scandinavia' viking.archeurope.com/runes/forsa-...
#medievalsky

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 4d

How should the EU handle emergencies? - An insightful article of interest to read on this matter - ‘Emergency Powers’ of the European Union: An Inquiry on the Supranational Model'
www.europeanpapers.eu/e-journal/em...

‘Emergency Powers’ of the European Union: An Inquiry on the Supranational Model

European Papers

www.europeanpapers.eu

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 5d

Blue skies over Lindesfarne - a tidal and historic island off the coast of Northumberland

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 6d

The magnificent Alnwick castle in Northumberland

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 7d

'Structural principles of EU law' - Exciting new book out this month on the principles shaping EU law: autonomy, conferral, equality, national identity, loyalty, solidarity, supremacy and effectiveness.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/structura...

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 7d

That Friday feeling

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 7d

EU ROL piece of interest from EU observer - 'EU Bulgaria’s rule-of-law crisis could be Europe’s next headache'
euobserver.com/Rule%20of%20...

Bulgaria’s rule-of-law crisis could be Europe’s next headache

The EU’s latest rule-of-law drama isn’t in Warsaw or Budapest — it’s brewing quietly in Sofia. Unlike Poland and Hungary, Bulgaria isn’t rewriting or bending its constitution to political will, nor is...

euobserver.com

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 8d

Treasures of legal history - A magnificient medieval illuminated legal statutes book containing the 1225 Magna Carta and which was recently displayed at the Weston library in Oxford #medievalsky

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 8d

Cloudy and cool early morning skies over Durham Cathedral today

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 8d

CJEU news of interest - EULaw live analysis of the relationship between the CJEU and the Court of Arbitration for sport
eulawlive.com/op-ed-a-tale...

Op-Ed: “A Tale of Two Sui Generis Systems: The Case of RFC Seraing (C 600/23) in Front of the Court of Justice” - EU Law Live

The relationship between the Court of Justice and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has taken central stage once again, with the pronouncement of (yet) another case concerning …

eulawlive.com

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 9d

A purrfect academic companion packed and ready for another adventure

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 9d

Constitutional law book of interest out soon
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/key-ideas...

Key Ideas in Constitutional Law

This book argues that disagreement lies at the heart of all constitutions - particularly the UK's - and that efforts to manage it drive constitutional change.Di…

www.bloomsbury.com

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 10d

Private enforcement of Competition law - new EU Law live piece of interest
eulawlive.com/op-ed-when-d...

Op-Ed: “When Does the Clock Start Ticking? The Court of Justice’s Judgment in Nissan Iberia” - EU Law Live

The Court of Justice’s judgment in CP v. Nissan Iberia (C-21/24) has refocused attention on a key issue in the private enforcement of EU competition law: when does the …

eulawlive.com

Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 10d

A visit to the excellent ‘Magna Carta and the North exhibition’ at Durham Cathedral www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/visit-us/thi...

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 11d

Blue skies over Durham today

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 11d

CJEU/ROL - New EU law live Op-Ed of interest: “Freezing and Unfreezing EU Funds to Ensure Fundamental Rights Compliance: The Commission’s Discretion Under Review Before the Court of Justice: Parliament v Commission (C-225/24)”
eulawlive.com/op-ed-freezi...

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