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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hi David, great to meet you too and thanks for your kind words and the excellent question. I'll send you the 'paper'.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Sep 8

📢 Staff at the University of Edinburgh are on strike against £140m cuts.

Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊

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Lucas Miotto @miottoluc.bsky.social · Sep 2

A new Legal-Phi interview is out! We spoke with Alma Diamond
about how practices shape obligations, constitutional meaning, and much more. Check it out 👇https://legalphi.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/alma-diamond-practices-obligations-and-constitutions/

Alma Diamond: Practices, Obligations, and Constitutions

It is a pleasure to have Alma Diamond as our next interviewee. Alma obtained her LLM and JSD from NYU School of Law, where her dissertation was supervised by Jeremy Waldron. She has taught at the U…

legalphi.wordpress.com

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Aug 31

Goodbye old office

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jul 31

Awesome! Thanks

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jul 30

Why?

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jul 24

Wondrous ambiguity... @scottwortley.bsky.social

The text pictured reads: Parliament is said to be omnipotent, and that it is capable of dealing' with curious matters will be seen from the subjoined specimen of an eighteenth century preamble:
"And whereas it has been customary for the Rector of the Parish of Eckington aforesaid for the time being, to keep and maintain a Boar for the Use and Benefit of the said Parish And whereas an Organ hath lately been erected in the Parish Church of Eckington aforesaid, and no Annual Salary being provided for the Organist thereof, and the said Parishioners being desirous to abolish and set aside the aforesaid Custom, and to appropriate an Annual Money Payment to the Organist for the time being in lieu thereof" (35 Geo. 3, c. 100, private). The
marginal note is: ''Rector exempted from keeping a Boar, on payment of an Annual Sum to the Organist".

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jul 22

I had a very similar experience to Mark and I am also appalled by this change (as well as by the drastic cuts to PhD funding by universities). I would not be an academic now were it not for the AHRC funding my doctorate. Academia should not return to being the preserve of those with wealth parents.

Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · Jul 21

As someone who couldn't have undertaken a PhD without funding, the AHRC scholarship I received (many years ago) was life-changing. It's incredibly concerning that the the next generation of prospective academics are being denied such opportunities. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...

‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’

Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jul 5

Congrats Guy 👏🏻

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jun 28

That doesn’t mean that no-one has sought advice about it.

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jun 28

Exactly that.

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jun 28

If it’s legal advice, I’d imagine that it means allowed by the law.

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jun 7

Safe to go in, or not? @scottwortley.bsky.social

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · Jun 4

#conferencekids

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · Jun 1

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Dr Stuart Wallace @echrhawk.bsky.social · May 30

If you would like to come to our conference "25 years of the HRA" on 18 September you can get tickets here - www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

Select tickets – 25 Years of the Human Rights Act – Moot Court, Liberty Building

A one-day conference will take place at the University of Leeds to mark the 25th anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998. Few ...

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · May 30

Is the overlap zone not ‘necessary but stupid’?

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · May 29

Thanks Eric 🙏🏻 I’ll still be around and about.

Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · May 29

Looking forward to this!

Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · May 29

Our Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival starts this coming Monday! Here are the programmes - please note that the end time of the workshop on day 2 (Tuesday) is now 3.25pm.

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The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy @collectivewlp.bsky.social · May 29

Conference uploading....

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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · May 25

For fans of legislative intention. Max Radin nods

Tory MSP hands SNP victory in vote - after hitting Yes button instead of No

TORY MSP Brian Whittle handed the SNP victory in a knife-edge Holyrood vote — after hitting the Yes button instead of No. The former Team GB relay runner’s blunder saved Nats from defeat as MSPs …

www.thescottishsun.co.uk

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · May 28

Thanks Mathieu, you’re too kind

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · May 28

I'm very happy to share that, after 12.5 years teaching at the University of Edinburgh, this September I'll be moving to the Public Law team at the University of Glasgow. I'm honoured to be joining such a great team of scholars in this amazing Law School, and I'm looking forward to this new chapter.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · May 13

Looking forward to the 2025 Legal Theory Festival at the University of Edinburgh @legaltheoryed.bsky.social. I’ll be presenting a paper entitled ‘Interpretation as Collaboration’. Thanks to @philosophy-law.bsky.social for the invite!

Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · May 13

Here's the poster for this year's Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival. Come join us, and please share widely!

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Martin David Kelly @martindavidkelly.bsky.social · May 13

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Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · May 13

Here's the poster for this year's Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival. Come join us, and please share widely!

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