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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · 1d

#photography

💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Another community college course, another attempt to learn something essential about photography. The theme of this exercise was abstract images, and the critical feedback I got wa…

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Routledge Business, Economics & Law Editors @routledgeeditor.bsky.social · 8d

📕📕NEW EDITION

Research Methods in Law (Eds: Dawn Watkins & Mandy Burton)

Feat. Terry Hutchinson, Fiona Cowie, Anthony Bradney, Steven Cammiss, Philip Handler, Geoffrey Samuel, Albert Sanchez-Graells, Vanessa E. Munro, Anthony Good & @panuminkkinen.bsky.social

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Front cover of the third edition of Research Methods in Law

Table of Contents I:

Introduction

1. Doctrinal research Researching Jury

Terry Hutchinson

2. Socio-legal studies: A challenge to the doctrinal approach

Fiona Cowie and Anthony Bradney

3. Doing empirical research: Exploring the decision-making of

magistrates and juries

Mandy Burton

4. Legal research in the humanities

Steven Cammiss and Dawn Watkins

5. Legal history

Philip Handler

6. Comparative law and its methodology

Geoffrey Samuel

7. Biographical approaches: Using life writing as a research method

Fiona Cownie and Mandy Burton

Table of Contents II:

8. Economic analysis of law, or economically informed legal research

Albert Sanchez-Graells

9. The Master’s Tools? A Feminist Approach to Legal and Lay Decision-Making

Vanessa E Munro

10. Law and anthropolpgy: legal pluralism and ‘lay’ decision making

Anthony Good

11. Creative Approaches

Dawn Watkins

12. Critical legal ‘method’ as attitude

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · 13d

While fellow crits are swarming in #Exeter, some of us are infiltrating into EU law circles in #Prague. Book coming out soon through #Hart.

Panel on critical theory and EU law in Prague.

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FREE @freefreeforum.bsky.social · 25d

Why #Oligarchy never disappears: power concentrates at the top, leaders gain knowledge, resources & connections, then detach from the people.
@camilavergara.bsky.social & #ClaraMattei unpack how #SystemicCorruption works: youtu.be/UT0y1CRFfBA

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · 28d

As Head at Leicester, my senior colleagues were giving me a hard time. I insisted that if the school wanted to improve in research, it had to adopt a more socio-legal approach. Our VC appointed Conor and Hazel Genn as externals to settle the score. They generously agreed with me, and that was that.

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Bernard Keenan @bernardkeenan.bsky.social · 28d

I'm devastated by Conor Gearty's passing. His seminars were electrifying, his research courageous and inspirational, and as a doctoral supervisor he was never less than kind, diligent, and wise. It is such a huge loss. In this beautiful article, he left us some of his wisdom, humour, and humility.

NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing.

Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!

Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · 28d

As a ‘nephologist’ (i.e. a keen admirer of clouds) and a proud member of the #CloudAppreciationSociety, I have today participated in the annual cloud appreciation day by recording the skies above me.

Loviisa, Uusimaa, Finland by Panu Minkkinen

Indian summer has finally made way for early autumn.

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Camila Vergara @camilavergara.bsky.social · 28d

Watch the full Forum for Real Economic Emancipation (FREE) Podcast with Clara Mattei & myself. We talked about representative democracy, oligarchy, expropriation w/o compensation, praxis, the need to bring art & music as part of political activity, and...
youtu.be/UT0y1CRFfBA?...

Legal Corruption: How Power Really Works | Camila Vergara & Clara Mattei

YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today our house celebrated its 70th anniversary, and the board of our condominium had organised a lovely garden party to mark the occasion (thanks!). 🥂 One occupant has lived here from the very beginning, so practically all her life. The word ‘community’ was often heard. 🙏🏻

People standing in front of an apartment building.

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Sep 5

In Finland and in Sweden, summer ends with lots of crayfish, dill and schnapps. Autumn is here.

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Emilia Korkea-aho @emiliakorkeaaho.bsky.social · Sep 3

Last weekend our house participated in the annual #LoviisaHistoricalHouses weekend. Despite the house being far from finished, we welcomed several hundreds of curious visitors and had lovely discussions with other fans of old houses. Next year again! #olosenpapantalo #LWT

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Sep 3

We have a new and interesting neighbour living on our front yard: a giant funnel (aspropaxillus giganteus). Not poisonous, but barely edible. Smells of bitter almond. But it is vast!

Giant funnel mushroom (aspropaxillus giganteus).

Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Sep 2

@joshaw.bsky.social, congrats!

Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · Sep 2

Look what arrived in the EUP office today! We're so excited to be holding these books in our hands! 😍

Meet the women who dared to defy the status quo in Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten. Haven't pre-ordered yet? There's still time! 👉 edin.ac/3DZZC1L

@iashedinburgh.bsky.social

Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten. Four hard copy books piled on a table in front of a houseplant.

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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · Jul 23

We're hiring two new roles on our legal team!

🎬 Abrams Legal Fellowship, providing legal assistance to documentary filmmakers. Apply by July 30.

📄 Paralegal, supporting our litigation and other legal programming. Apply by July 31.

Learn more:

Work with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Check out the full-time jobs, fellowships and internships available at the Reporters Committee.

www.rcfp.org

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Jul 21

In #Bilbao accompanying @emiliakorkeaaho.bsky.social who is lecturing at @alemanno.bsky.social’s citizen lobbying summer school. No real work except a little writing, then leisurely walks in very pleasant temperatures and pintxos with wine.

Vizcaya bridge seen from the Portugalete riverbank.

Book cover of Alemanno’s “Lobbying for Change”.

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Jul 16

If there’s one thing that neo-managerialist bureaucracy is good at it’s keeping itself indispensable.

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Illan wall @illanwall.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Transnational Association of Legal Scholars has reopened its Academy - this is a week-long, intensive, online training for a selected 16 grad students. criticallegalthinking.com/2025/07/14/c...

CfP: TALS Academy in Advanced Legal Research

Applications close 23 August 2025; Workshop 8-12 December 2025. The Transnational Association of Legal Scholars (TALS) is a group of legal

criticallegalthinking.com

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Jul 4

The first phase of renovating our second home in #Loviisa is nearly done. The old porch (left) has been demolished and replaced with the new angular one (right). The extension now also includes a proper wet room which allows us to spend nights there (in admittedly modest conditions).

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Jun 29

Ari passed away this day quite a few years ago. Still miss him.

Ari (right) and Maria ‘Manta’ Hänninen (left).

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Jun 20

At the London Conference in Critical Thought 2025 with friends and colleagues like @bernardkeenan.bsky.social from our media-theoretical project. Thanks to the organisers (🙏🏻 Shomo et al).

Bernard Keenan presenting on Luhmann in London.

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Jun 13

The renovation in #Loviisa continues. Today’s revelation under the wood panels: historical layers of old wallpaper dating from the early 20th century. Under the well-preserved floral tapestry (20s?) is the original green paper. Bakelite switch from the 50s.

Layers of wallpaper and an exposed light switch.

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · Jun 4

Rants of a retired man #1. Why do people like barnacle geese? In addition to them pooping all over the terrain, they’re basically just oversized chucks with a splash of colour. Unlike Canada geese which they are often mistaken for. The latter are properly geese: majestic, swan-like, dramatic.

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · May 28

This is the first ever weekend at our coastal summer house in Loviisa. It’s all still a construction site, but the cava on the new bright veranda tastes twice as good. We watch our neighbours’ cats hunting for voles (good!), and we listen to the jackdaws fighting it out in the damson trees.

Window sill with wine glasses and plates.

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Panu Minkkinen @panuminkkinen.bsky.social · May 21

Today before officially retiring next week my colleagues organised a sending-away do for me. I never realised I had so many good friends in the workplace. The handbound Festschrift also includes greetings from all over the world and is a work of art in itself. How lucky I’ve been. Thank you all.

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Lena Näre @lnare.bsky.social · May 21

Gaza | Yli 1 600 tutkijaa vaatii Suomea tunnustamaan Palestiinan
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Gaza | Yli 1 600 tutkijaa vaatii Suomea tunnustamaan Palestiinan

Tutkijat vaativat Suomen johtoa tekemään enemmän kansanmurhan ja etnisen puhdistuksen estämiseksi.

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