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Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · Mar 19

BOOK: Donal K. COFFEY & Stefan VOGENAUER (eds.), Legal Transfer and Legal Geography in the British Empire [Global Perspectives on Legal History; 25] (Frankfurt am Main: @mpilhlt.bsky.social h 2025), XVII + 328 p. ISBN 978-3-944773-48-3, € 20,27 [OPEN ACCESS] 📖

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BOOK: Donal K. COFFEY & Stefan VOGENAUER (eds.), Legal Transfer and Legal Geography in the British Empire [Global Perspectives on Legal History; 25] (Frankfurt am Main: Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsg...

(image source: MPILHLT) Presentation: The legal history of the British Empire is in its infancy. The research field Legal Transfer in the Co...

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · Jan 10

A group of over 60 German universities have left Twitter/X. These include the major Berlin universities:

nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/10/h...

Hochschulen und Forschungsinstitutionen verlassen Plattform X - Gemeinsam für Vielfalt, Freiheit und Wissenschaft

nachrichten.idw-online.de

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FID intRecht @intrecht.bsky.social · Dec 20

Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History 2025 - Call for Applications, www.lhlt.mpg.de/summeracadem...

Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History 2024 - Call for Applications

www.lhlt.mpg.de

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Peter Oliver @petercoliver.bsky.social · Dec 6

If you’re going to Montreal, Les cowboys fringants.

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Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Project @ucnpproject.bsky.social · Nov 22

Topics under discussion at our project workshop this week at Humboldt University include the place of the ‘unwritten’ in German law; legal populism; the principle of the rule of law; legality; and the legal and political dimensions of unwritten principles.

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Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle) @roojinhabibi.org · Nov 13

Deadline is fast approaching for these two positions at the uOttawa Faculty of Law (Common Law Section): uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...

Specific needs in admin law, constitutional law, commercial law and tax law. Faculty are awesome & Ottawa is a great place to be!

Assistant Professor

Job Family: Academic Leadership and Faculty Union affiliation: APUO Faculty/Department: Faculty of Law - Common Law Section Campus: Main Campus Date Posted: October 17, 2024 Applications must be recei...

uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

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Peter Oliver @petercoliver.bsky.social · Nov 14

Unwritten constitutional norms; a sustainable jurisprudence of Canadian constitutional law.

Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · Oct 6

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.

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Centre for Constitutional Studies @centreconststud.bsky.social · Oct 31

There's still plenty of time to register for this lecture by Seana Glennon of the U Ottawa Public Law Centre!! Dr Glennon will be talking about the role of deliberative minipublics in Ireland (and their potential role in Canada). Register here: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Philippe Lagassé @plagasse.bsky.social · Sep 16

As part of our recently completed SSHRC project on royal prerogative reform, Robert Hazell and Tim Foot authored the book:

"Executive Power The Prerogative, Past, Present and Future"

The book is now available open access:

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/executive...

Executive Power

This open access book considers the function of the royal prerogative in the changing landscape of the British constitution.It explains each of the prerogative…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social · Aug 20

Have started a list of public/ constitutional lawyers on bluesky. Happy to add ppl!

bsky.app/profile/bymy...

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Donal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · Aug 3

Interesting article on the revival of constitutional history (in history depts)
www.historytoday.com/archive/maki...

Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?

www.historytoday.com

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𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚑 @abizadeh.bsky.social · Jul 16

More on the mass resignation of editors of 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 & 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴: an op-ed by yrs truly in The Guardian, about the commercial academic publishing scam

#PolTheory #philsky #polisky #academicsky

Academic publishing is a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadeh

Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Oliver @petercoliver.bsky.social · Mar 25

Many congratulations Yuvraj!

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

Very happy that my piece 'Challenging common good constitutionalism' - a review essay on Adrian Vermeule's book - has been accepted by Jurisprudence. Pre-print should be on SSRN soon...

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Peter Oliver @petercoliver.bsky.social · Dec 29

I’m saying this keeping in mind that this is careful formal writing not a rushed signature.

Peter Oliver @petercoliver.bsky.social · Dec 29

To me it’s Laurence. Look at the other ‘r’s, for example in ‘Nora’, isolate the ‘r’ in ‘L—rence’ and then see what’s in front of the ‘r’. The only way you can make a ‘w’ is if you take away from the ‘r’. The spelling ‘Laurence’ keeps the ‘r’ whole.

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David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Dec 14

Deeply sad to learn that John Pocock passed away yesterday at the extraordinary age of 99. The greatest historian of political thought of his generation, he was perhaps the greatest historian of historiography we'll ever see. Il miglior fabbro.

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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · Dec 13

Posted elsewhere: Some thoughts promoted by Policy Exchange's paper on the Rwanda Bill, in which I (and other academics) are accused of being wildly irresponsible and inviting the courts to overthrow parliamentary sovereignty: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17348...

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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · Dec 6

Required reading. publiclawforeveryone.com/2023/12/06/t...

The Rwanda Bill and its constitutional implications

The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill has been published with much fanfare, following the conclusion a treaty between the UK and Rwanda that provides for some asylum-seekers to be removed...

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · Dec 1

My Law and Society presidential address has finally been published and it’s open access. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The life and death of constitutions

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Michaela Hailbronner @mhailbronner.bsky.social · Nov 24

Join us for the next annual conference of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) on July 8-10 in Madrid - details in the call 👇

Conference Call of Papers | Call for Papers | ICON•S

Contribute to the latest conference call of papers on any subject related to the year's theme or to public law in general.

www.icon-society.org

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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.bsky.social · Nov 1

Dalhousie's law school is hiring for the James S. Palmer Chair in Public Policy and Law. It's a 5 year position with incredible latitude and significant resources to help make connections, both theoretical and practical, between law and public policy. Tenure track, level open, JD required. Join us!

James S. Palmer Chair in Public Policy & Law - Dalhousie University - job portal | myScience

www.myscience.ca

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Peter Oliver @petercoliver.bsky.social · Oct 26

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Peter Oliver @petercoliver.bsky.social · Oct 26

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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · Oct 16

Here it is -- come and get it!!

ablawg.ca/2023/10/16/w...

Always good cooking w/ @nigelb.bsky.social & @davevwright.bsky.social!

Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · Oct 15

Hoooo boy… we’re stirring up some tasty @ablawg.bsky.social soup over here, friends (w/ @nigelb.bsky.social). Should be ready for Monday morning… #ableg #cdnpoli #IAA

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