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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 4d

“They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger…(...) They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.” (Tacitus, Agricola)

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 29d

Happening tomorrow, in Maastricht and on line #JurisprudenSky

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....

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · Jul 25

Does this need any comment?

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · Jun 19

My pleasure

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Tom Hickey @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social · Jun 19

What a few days we've had at the University of Maastricht for the RECONNET Conference in Constitutional Theory. Thanks in particular to @massimofichera.bsky.social.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · Jun 18

The first panel has Cormac Mac Amhlaigh talking on the harm of populism, particularly to pluralism, Donald Bello Hutt asking what the role of citizens is in ensuring the rule of law, and @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social on how the Irish constitution exemplifies constitutions as a legitimacy pact

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · Jun 18

Starting with Carmen Pavel’s keynote on postnational constitutionalism and the (dis)advantages of codification in that context. Great discussion right off the bat - what do we want to constitutionalise, why, and how, what role for courts and communities, &c

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · Jun 18

In the 3rd session of the day, Victoria Kristan develops a framework for restoring the rule of law after illiberal rule of law violations, and @jscholt.bsky.social gives us a mental map of European constitutionalism

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · Jun 18

In the 2nd session, @ruthhoughton.bsky.social reflects on the relationship between constituent power and utopia, @massimofichera.bsky.social connects legitimate authority to communal constitutionalism, & Francesco Rizzi Brignoli discusses constitutional identity and future generations

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · Jun 18

Today and tomorrow, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social and @um-foundations.bsky.social are hosting the #RECONNET conference on Constitutionalism and Democracy: Tensions and Transformations, organised by @massimofichera.bsky.social, Donald Bello Hutt and Francesco Rizzi Brignoli

Massimo, Donald and Francesco kicking off the conference with words of welcome in the Feestzaal of Maastricht’s Faculty of Law

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · Jun 10

Catchy title, no doubt

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · Jun 10

Damn, how did you find out about my secret paper?

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · Jun 3

Really looking forward to this 👇 #JurisprudenSky #ConstitutionalTheory #LegalPhilosophy

Law in Maastricht @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social · Jun 3

📢 Only 2 weeks left to register for the RECONNET Conference 2025 (18-19 June)!
Theme: Constitutionalism & Democracy: Tensions and Transformations
Keynote by Carmen Pavel (King’s College London)

Don’t miss out – secure your spot now! www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

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Law in Maastricht @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social · Jun 3

📢 Only 2 weeks left to register for the RECONNET Conference 2025 (18-19 June)!
Theme: Constitutionalism & Democracy: Tensions and Transformations
Keynote by Carmen Pavel (King’s College London)

Don’t miss out – secure your spot now! www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

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Law in Maastricht @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social · May 13

RECONNET Conference 2025: "Constitutionalism and Democracy: Tensions and Transformations" at Maastricht University, 18-19 June. Keynote by Carmen Pavel (King's College).

PhD/Master's students are welcome!

Full programme and registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

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Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · Apr 9

Looking forward to heading back to Maastricht in June to present at the Reconnet Conference. I'll be talking about 'Constituent Power as Utopian Impulse'
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · May 28

Classic 'late stage capitalism' joke imho

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · May 28

Next IVR Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, 28 June-3 July 2026 'Law in the Face of the Changing Problems of the World' #IVR #legalphilosophy #JurisprudenSky #constitutionaltheory ivr2026istanbul.org/home/

IVR 2026

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · May 23

RIP Alasdair MacIntyre dailynous.com/2025/05/22/a...

Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) - Daily Nous

Alasdair MacIntyre, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, well-known for his work in moral and political philosophy, has died. Professor MacIntyre wrote...

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dimitrios-kyritsis.bsky.social @dimitrios-kyritsis.bsky.social · Apr 25

I look forward to presenting my paper 'Law in the Service of Legitimacy' at a Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquium on 30 April. The colloquium will be hybrid. To register go to www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/maast...

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · Apr 16

The march is underway. The crowd has left Vrijthof and is making its way through the city center.

The message: our region's economy is at risk! UM is the largest employer in Limburg. Citizens hold also a stake in defending all other educational institutions against these cuts!

#WOinActie

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · Apr 16

Representatives from trade unions, political parties, and the UM take the stage

"We care about the future. We want to let the government that we should all care about the future and stop the cuts." - Pamela Habibovic, Rector UM

#WOinActie

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · Apr 16

Colleagues from @um-foundations.bsky.social @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at the protest against the budget cuts today 🟥

WOinActie Limburg🟥 @woinactielimburg.bsky.social · Apr 16

“Historici weten beter—rechtsgeschiedenis tegen de bezuinigingen.”

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · Apr 11

John Finnis on Joseph Raz #JurisprudenSky www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/m...

Raz, Joseph, 1939-2022

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