Kenneth Armstrong
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Emeritus Professorial Fellow in Law at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. Co-editor of the Law in Context series published by Cambridge University Press. Academic Asspciate at 39 Essex Chambers. Can be found on Substack.
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It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive?
As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
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Offers the most comprehensive survey of the history of international law in the interwar period to date.

The Cambridge History of International Law: International Law at the Time of the League of Nations (1920–1945) eds. Robert Kolb & Momchil Milanov

https://cup.org/44MRdrA

💙📚 #LawSky #History
Cover of The Cambridge History of International Law
Volume No. 10, International Law at the Time of the League of Nations (1920–1945)
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profkaarmstrong.bsky.social
I’m baffled by a logic that recognises Parliament cannot be injucted but expects an injunction contra mundum to be observed the compatibility of which with constitutional principle rests on no one knowing the injunction exists so enforcement does not arise.
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I wonder @lewisgoodall.com what the mechanism was to injunct the Speaker and whether his office could make legal representation to raise compatibility with Bill of Rights?
lewisgoodall.com
Spoke to @pressgazette about why the Afghan superinjunction case is a huge moment for press freedom, open justice and parliamentary democracy in the UK- and why it must never be allowed to happen in the same way again.

pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/af...
Afghan data breach super injunction 'deeply disturbing' for press freedom, says Lewis Goodall
Podcast co-host Lewis Goodall has shared fears for the future of media over a court-imposed super injunction.
pressgazette.co.uk
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A remarkable and revealing account of the fragility of our legal and constitutional system of government in the face of a concerted effort to prevent journalists from doing their job.
lewisgoodall.com
For 2 years, 2 govts used a secret court to hide the truth: they put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. They used constitutionally unprecedented methods to prevent reporting.
My reflections on two years on this story and why it must ever happen again.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
My two years in secret court: How UK governments hid a national scandal
The government put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. Then used the force of law in a constitutionally unprecedented way to prevent anyone finding out.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
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We may be a year on from UK General Election but it’s less than a year to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd elections. Would welcome some analysis of how Labour’s year in power might affect outcomes of those elections.
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An SPS agreement with the EU may be less understandable than fisheries but it’s hugely important. And it’s also unclear what sort of arrangement if any would ever satisfy some in the fishing industry.
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When evaluating the EU-UK reset it’s important to recognise that the size and depth of any agreement is limited by what is possible while remaining a non-Member State.
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Sweden has remixed theme tune for Inspector Gadget as their #eurovision entry.
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UKIP never won a parliamentary seat. But it never faced a collapse in Conservative vote. Reform is picking up seats and votes now because of that collapse.
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politico.eu
🚨 BREAKING: The EU has fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for breaking Europe's digital rules.

Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a
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politico.eu
The European Commission issued the first fines under its Digital Markets Act today.

With this decision, the EU is able to show its digital rules can bite back, our competition correspondent Francesca Micheletti explains 👇

Our full rundown on the fines here: ow.ly/cMPO50VG7AC
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Interesting story about the policy context of the drafting of the Equality Act. The UKSC ruling will continue to generate plenty of news stories.
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In the end I wonder if cases will focus instead on gender reassignment as a protected characteristic? When and why cases take one form or another will be interesting to see. END
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Interesting to consider how significant this perception trigger will be and whether there will be any practical difference in how cases are brought by trans women and biological females. 3/
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Its answer is that the perception that a person is male or female is the trigger allowing legal protection of that characteristic. So treating a trans woman less favourably because of perception she is a woman’s give EA protection. 2/
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UKSC judgment interpreting Equality Act also answers question of whether “sex” discrimination claims can be brought by trans men and trans women after its conclusion that M/F=biological sex. 1/
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A note to anyone who plans to study today’s U.K. Supreme Court ruling on gender recognition and Equality Act. Start at para 156 and save yourself half a day of eye strain.
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politico.eu
Today, we’ll unpack the Commission’s new plan to help Europe compete in the global AI innovation race, which is being unveiled today.

Plus, more on the trade front as Trump’s raft of tariffs — including 20 percent on EU — are now up and running.

Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Tech dreams and trade nightmares
Presented by Ørsted By SUZANNE LYNCH with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Tweet @NicholasVinocur @swheaton @suzannelynch1 | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser GOOD MORNING …
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“In a recent poll, six out of ten Norwegians said they favour a vote [on EU membership], but even pro-EU politicians are dismissing the idea and it's unclear whether there would be sufficient support.

“The poll favoured non-membership 48% to 41%”

www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
Norway-EU 'situationship' blossoms in face of tariffs, reforms - Euractiv
Norwegian PM has argued that Brussels and Oslo need each other now more than ever.
www.euractiv.com
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Our friend and colleague George Ross passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. A sociologist by training and a political scientist at heart, he left his mark on political ethnography and the field of European studies.