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Josh Jowitt

@drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social

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Does Jurisprudence. Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Law School; Academic Fellow, Middle Temple; Past visitor @ Library of Congress, MPIL Heidelberg & Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law; Long-suffering fan of Barnsley FC. Views/opinions my own (He/him)

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Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · Jan 1

Drag queen Cheryl Hole on purple background. Text reads 'I'm ready for another YEAR of me doing mediocre.'

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Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 12m

I'm seconding this. Every Thursday evening I set an out of office to the effect that Friday is ring-fenced research time.

Which reminds me...

Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 1d

Everything about this looks excellent.

Julieta Rabanos @jrabanos.bsky.social · 1d

I am thrilled to be part of this volume, which critically explores the topic of law and the unity of practical reasoning - rarely explicitly and systematically discussed, despite it being a cornerstone of many contemporary debates.

Here the whole volume in Open Access:
👉 dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...

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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · 5d

It was a real pleasure to co-edit this special issue of Res Publica (@springernature.com) with @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social, which celebrated and examined the intellectual legacy of the late Joseph Raz. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Plural Visions of Law: The Legacy of Joseph Raz - Res Publica

Res Publica -

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Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Mean Girls Day to all who celebrate.

Two part panel of a scene from Mean Girls. Top panel has Aaron sat in front of Cady. Text reads 'On October 3rd he asked me what day it was.' Bottom panel shows similar scene with Cady speaking to Aaron, text reading 'It's October 3rd.'

Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 6d

Obsessed with Paramore again.

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Dr Ani Permana @dranipermana.bsky.social · 7d

#Primates
We’ve lost one of our pioneers

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 8d

What better day to launch a podcast than International Podcast Day? 🎉

We are thrilled to announce the Centre's podcast Animal Rights Tour is live!

The podcast offers bitesized episodes that explore the past, present, and potential future of animal rights law. (1/2)

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Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 8d

Away with you.

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Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 9d

The fact that this article on soy causing deforestation doesn't cover how all that soy is being used is a wild media failure. The vast majority (70-80%) is being fed to animals.

It's not the "world's taste for soya" it's the world's taste for meat.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon

Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social · 9d

"There have likely been 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25..."

Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 9d

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

By Glen O'Hara, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Oxford Brookes University

politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-n...

Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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Mathieu Carpentier @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Just out in Jurisprudence: a special issue, edited by D. Dyzenhaus and G.B. Ratti, devoted to the close relationship between HLA Hart and Norberto Bobbio.

It comprises a.o. the translations into English of five essays by Bobbio, substantial excerpts from the Hart-Bobbio correspondence...

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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 10d

Ah, Monday morning. The glorious Monday morning fills my heart with pride and joy.

a cartoon of a monkey laying upside down on the floor

Alt: a crying cartoon monkey slides from its bed on the floor visibly dispirited

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Newcastle Law School, UK @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social · 14d

We’re very excited to welcome our keynote speaker, Professor Linda Mulcahy from the University of Oxford’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. She discusses ‘Radical Lawyers, Radical Methodologies, and Life stories of law centre workers’.

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Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 15d

Russets are back in season and I'm thrilled.

Greengrocers' display of russet apples at 99p/lb

Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 15d

Duolingo making problematic assumptions about the limits of personhood.

Screenshot of Duolingo lesson. Text reads 'Un gatto non è una persona' - which means 'A cat is not a person' in Italian.

Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 16d

Slightly diminish a book:

Some Theologica

Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book:

Gone With The Breeze...

Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 25d

Solidarity, man.

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David Bretherton @dtbretherton.bsky.social · 26d

What this means is that government and UUK want to impose contract changes on vast swathes of academic staff to reduce research time, and ultimately make vast numbers of staff redundant.

Join UCU if you are not already a member www.ucu.org.uk/join

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Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 28d

I've onltly been here 3hrs, but Helsinki might be one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to. Stunning art nouveau architecture everywhere you look.

Helsinki central station frontage. Huge red granite single span romanesque arch portico with copper roof. Soft yellow light from glazed frontage. Entrancd flanked by four goliaths holding glowing orbs.

Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · 29d

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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · Sep 4

Next week, September 10th, 16-18h, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Massimo Fichera (UM)(@massimofichera.bsky.social) will present a paper on Communal Constitutionalism and the notion of legitimate authority. Please join us online or in Maastricht. For registration: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc....

Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · Sep 7

It's too busy for me to even contemplate leaving the house on Great North Run weekend, but living here does have its perks.

One of them is watching these guys do their thing from your sofa with a lovely cup of tea.

Flight radar view showing Red Arrows off the Tyneside coast

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James Greenwood-Reeves 🦇 @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · Aug 27

new academic drag king name just dropped:

August Resit

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · Aug 18

Fundraiser for Trans Legal Clinics case in the ECHR!

www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud

McCloud v UK | Trans Legal Clinic

www.translegalclinic.com

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Josh Jowitt @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social · Aug 17

The pressure is unfathomable

Duolingo 2000 day streak. Orange hell owl rising like Satan's phoenix on the right

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · Aug 12

Judge Athar Minallah (Supreme Court of Pakistan) delivered 'Empty the Cages' as part of the 'Judging Animal Rights' panel during our 2023 European Animal Rights Law Conference.

Our 2025 Conference will feature more fascinating presentations and discussions lead by animal rights law experts. (1/2)

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