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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · 21d

With Matt Dyson (Oxford), Rachel Tolley (Cambridge), & Paul Jarvis (Criminal Bar Association), I will host the next Assize Seminar in Criminal Law at UCL Laws on 7 Nov. Speakers include: @jonathanherring.bsky.social, Jessica Corsi, Findlay Stark. Info + (free) tickets: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Assize Seminar – Cutting Edge Criminal Law

organised by Mark Dsouza (UCL), Matthew Dyson (Oxford, Chair), Paul Jarvis (CBA) and Rachel Clement Tolley (Cambridge)

www.ucl.ac.uk

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michael veale @michae.lv · May 6

How should legal education respond to AI? Together with 11 UCL Laws colleagues, this paper is our vision for the sector. It's rooted in academic integrity, fundamental competences, and concerns around impacts on learning to learn and intellectual risk taking. (🧵)

discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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Hadassa Noorda @hadassanoorda.bsky.social · May 3

The #LPW2025 program is live!

Speakers include @shbarclay.bsky.social, Anna Lukina, Julian Davis, Suzanne Bloks, @apoama.bsky.social, @markedsouza1.bsky.social, and Tarek Yusari.

@uvalawschool.bsky.social

🔗 Check the program and register: sites.google.com/site/legalph...

Legal Philosophy Workshop

The Legal Philosophy Workshop (LPW) is an annual conference designed to foster reflection on the nature of law and the philosophical issues underlying its different areas. Our aim is to promote work t...

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Sorcha Mc Cormack @sorchamcc.bsky.social · Apr 11

A little snippet into my upcoming monograph with Routledge...

Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Apr 9

In our next post, Sorcha Mc Cormack, @leedsbeckett.bsky.social argues that we are defined, in part, by our vulnerability to circumstances, and each other. Our autonomy-focused law of sexual consent should reflect this common vulnerability. Coming this Friday! criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Apr 11

This is now live at criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/v...

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Apr 11

This is imminent!

Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Apr 9

In our next post, Sorcha Mc Cormack, @leedsbeckett.bsky.social argues that we are defined, in part, by our vulnerability to circumstances, and each other. Our autonomy-focused law of sexual consent should reflect this common vulnerability. Coming this Friday! criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

Accessible, Interesting, Excellent

criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Apr 9

In our next post, Sorcha Mc Cormack, @leedsbeckett.bsky.social argues that we are defined, in part, by our vulnerability to circumstances, and each other. Our autonomy-focused law of sexual consent should reflect this common vulnerability. Coming this Friday! criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

Accessible, Interesting, Excellent

criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Mar 28

And here it is: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/i... Comments and reflections most welcome! Thanks to @marthe.bsky.social!

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Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Mar 26

In our next post, @marthe.bsky.social (Max Planck, Freiburg) argues that the wrongfulness of image-based sexual abuse lies in its infringement of personhood, and this infringement is better captured using a relational definition of persons. Coming this Friday: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

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criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Kate Leader @leader-kate.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚨BOOK LAUNCH - The Criminal Justice Centre at QMUL is delighted to host the launch of @chloekennedy.bsky.social 's Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law with an amazing panel incl @markedsouza1.bsky.social

📍QMUL (hybrid)
🗓️ Wed 9 April at 6 pm

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Book Launch - Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law

Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law (CUP) by Chloë Kennedy

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Feb 14

Last autumn, I interviewed Andrew Simester (Dean, NUS Law, and leading Criminal Law academic) for The Art of Crime magazine. Here it is, out in print and free to read for all: theartofcrime.gr/interview-of...

Interview of Prof. Andew Simester by Assoc. Prof. Mark Dsouza – The Art of Crime

Professor Andrew Simester is Dean of National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law, and Amaladass […]

theartofcrime.gr

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Philipp-Alexander Hirsch @phirsch.bsky.social · Feb 7

Finally!

📢Our volume "Rights in Criminal Law" is out!📢

17 essays on a rights-based approach to criminal law, featuring @malcolmthorburn.bsky.social A. Duff @markedsouza1.bsky.social T. Hörnle @michellecoleman.bsky.social &more

Best of all 🎉 it's OPEN ACCESS! 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rights-in...

Rights in Criminal Law

This open access collection of 17 original essays is the first volume to provide an in-depth exploration of the potential of a rights-based approach to criminal…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Feb 14

This is imminent!

Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Feb 12

This Friday, @chloejskennedy.bsky.social outlines the argument in her recent book, Inducing Intimacy: we should consult the genealogy of legal responses to deceptively induced sexual/romantic relationships when evaluating how the law regulates such conduct: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

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Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Feb 12

This Friday, @chloejskennedy.bsky.social outlines the argument in her recent book, Inducing Intimacy: we should consult the genealogy of legal responses to deceptively induced sexual/romantic relationships when evaluating how the law regulates such conduct: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

Accessible, Interesting, Excellent

criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Feb 5

The collection on 'Rights in Criminal Law' edited by @phirsch.bsky.social and Elias Moser is now out and free to download at www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do.... In my contribution, Ch 7, I argue that victims' rights should make no difference to whether someone can plead a justification.

Rights in Criminal Law

www.bloomsburycollections.com

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Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Jan 31

And here is @adam-kolber.bsky.social's post: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/k...

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Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Jan 31

This is imminent!

Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Jan 29

This Friday, @adam-kolber.bsky.social argues: in our current non-ideal world, carceral punishment is better addressed through pure consequentialism (ie denying the value of deserved punishment) than standard retributivism (where desert justifies punishment): criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

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Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social · Jan 29

This Friday, @adam-kolber.bsky.social argues: in our current non-ideal world, carceral punishment is better addressed through pure consequentialism (ie denying the value of deserved punishment) than standard retributivism (where desert justifies punishment): criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

Accessible, Interesting, Excellent

criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Jan 17

And here it is:
@should-b-workin.bsky.social's post on whether actions can manifest traits or attitudes that are not actually present: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/c... Enjoy!

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Jan 15

In our next post, @should-b-workin.bsky.social argues that, to a limited extent, the criminal law can fairly take D’s actions to manifest traits/attitudes even when we know that D does not actually possess them! Under what conditions? Find out this Friday on criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com!

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

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criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Dec 13

For some reason, links aren't working on Bluesky today, but there's a link to the general blog in the quoted post, and Valerij's blogpost is the first one.

Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Dec 13

New post by Valerij Zisman (MPI for Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg) now live on the Criminal Justice Theory Blog. Zisman addresses the relevance of empirical research into psychology on punishment theory. Comments/Qs welcome!

Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Dec 11

In our next post on criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com, coming Friday, Valerij Zisman considers the use of empirical research in human psychology on punishment theory. He say that it can be an important yardstick for ethical and legal theories, but we must use it more carefully. Watch for that!

Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Dec 13

New post by Valerij Zisman (MPI for Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg) now live on the Criminal Justice Theory Blog. Zisman addresses the relevance of empirical research into psychology on punishment theory. Comments/Qs welcome!

Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Dec 11

In our next post on criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com, coming Friday, Valerij Zisman considers the use of empirical research in human psychology on punishment theory. He say that it can be an important yardstick for ethical and legal theories, but we must use it more carefully. Watch for that!

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

Accessible, Interesting, Excellent

criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Dec 13

This will be out imminently.

Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Dec 11

In our next post on criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com, coming Friday, Valerij Zisman considers the use of empirical research in human psychology on punishment theory. He say that it can be an important yardstick for ethical and legal theories, but we must use it more carefully. Watch for that!

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

Accessible, Interesting, Excellent

criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Dec 11

In our next post on criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com, coming Friday, Valerij Zisman considers the use of empirical research in human psychology on punishment theory. He say that it can be an important yardstick for ethical and legal theories, but we must use it more carefully. Watch for that!

Criminal Justice Theory Blog

Accessible, Interesting, Excellent

criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com

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Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social · Nov 29

Wow, that workshop looks really interesting! And fantastic that it was livestreamed, and so there is already a recording of it up on Youtube! Thanks for pointing me towards this treasure trove!

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