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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · 7d

Some reflections on my experiences of #AI in academia (tl,dr: too apolitical, too a-humanities). Hopefully of interest to anyone as ambivalent about tech zealotry as me.

intlegalcraft.substack.com/p/on-ai

On A.I.

Remembering why we learn

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just released - what a feast for the start of term!

www.sup.org/books/law/ra...

Race, Racism, and International Law: Table of Contents | Stanford University Press

IntroductionDevon W. Carbado, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Justin Desautels-Stein, and Chantal ThomasIHistories and Structures1.Race and Empire in International LawE. Tendayi Achiume and Aslı Bâli

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Aug 19

The latest international legal craft Substack is up!

This week, I'm thinking about scholarly canons, floorplans and Hannah Arendt. Check it out/subscribe here: intlegalcraft.substack.com/p/the-houses...

The houses we live in

On canonical texts

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Aug 7

My latest Substack post on the 'academic artisan'

intlegalcraft.substack.com/p/enter-the-...

Enter the academic artisan?

Early in my doctoral research, I came across many fascinating and strange texts.

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Jul 16

The fact that this intro post alone has 100 reads already tells me there might be something to this... Thanks to everyone who's subscribed so far!

Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Jul 16

If it helps, you can remove the ai-generated summary by adding -ai at the end of any google search. I'm not sure it differs environmentally since it might just be that the user no longer sees it but it's still being generated, but also nice not to have automated garbage shoved in your face...

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Jul 15

Why, you ask? The constraints of academic writing, the publishing racket, and for a different - better? - scholarly community: intlegalcraft.substack.com/p/a-substack...

A Substack on the international law academy?

Really?

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Jul 15

After some humming and hahing, I set up a Substack. Will be writing about intl law, the field, writing, teaching, the university, and more. Subscribe/share if you're interested (or, as I still am, mildly amused): substack.com/@intlegalcra...

International legal craft | Substack

I'm an academic based in The Netherlands teaching & writing about international law, as well as other things that take my fancy.

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Jul 3

I had the pleasure to review The Justice Factory: Management practices at the ICC (academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...) for IA (@iajournal.bsky.social). Richard ‪Clements' (@riclements.bsky.social‬) pathbreaking book is a must read for those interested in the ICC and global governance more generally .

The justice factory: management practices at the International Criminal Court

In The justice factory, Richard Clements explores the relationship between global justice and management discourses that permeate the International Crimina

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Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

One way to understand the nature of legal work is to ask how the jurist becomes oriented towards their materials. What draws us in or excites us, what leaves us unmoved or repels us - (1/n)

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Jun 6

A nice overview from editors Negar Mansouri and @drqv.bsky.social on this excellent volume on alternative approaches to international institutional law: cambridgeblog.org/2025/06/inte...

International Organisations as Vessels for Visions of World Ordering

What do international institutional lawyers see when they peek out from a window? If, as David Kennedy argues, public international lawyers see a “world of nation-states and war” while trade lawyers s...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 26

Forgive me, but if your "industry" depends entirely on stealing someone else's work, it deserves to die.

"Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Karen Engle @karengle.bsky.social · May 27

Terrific to see my book available online — and soon in print! Many thanks to series editors Nadia Lambek, @riclements.bsky.social, @leslava.bsky.social, and Markus Gunneflo! And congrats on the new series!

International Law & Politics CRN @intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social · May 22

The Element is *FREE* to access online for the next 2 weeks and pre-order print copies can be purchased in advance of print publication in June at a VERY reasonable price: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court

Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court

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International Law & Politics CRN @intllawpoliticscrn.bsky.social · May 22

The Element is *FREE* to access online for the next 2 weeks and pre-order print copies can be purchased in advance of print publication in June at a VERY reasonable price: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court

Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · May 14

Wonderful - good luck with the writing up/presenting in the meantime!

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · May 13

Would love to read the paper if you are willing to share - currently thinking about legal interpretation as composition (drawing on Cover, Manderson and others).

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · May 8

In a short piece I wrote for @ejiltalk.bsky.social, I ask how the finalised #PandemicAgreement innovates the existing #globalhealth infrastructure, and how it reflects/adjusts relations between global north/south states in seeking to tackle pandemics equitably.

www.ejiltalk.org/the-who-pand...

The WHO Pandemic Agreement: Equity for Developing States or Business as Usual?

At 3am on Wednesday 16th April 2025, after three years of intense negotiations, WHO member states (minus the United States) preliminarily consented to a final text of the so-called Pandemic Agreement....

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thanks!

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Priya Pillai @pillaipriy.bsky.social · Apr 17

Todays big international law news, that seems to be buried in the back pages. This pandemic treaty now needs to be adopted at the World Health Assembky in May.
#PandemicAccord www.bbc.com/news/article...

World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty

The agreement is designed to ensure more cooperation between nations in the event of another pandemic.

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Apr 17

'Ways of Seeing International Organisations: New Perspectives for International Institutional Law', edited by @drqv.bsky.social and Negar Mansouri is now available online! Wonderful to have been part of this project. Open access and 20% discount here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ways-of-seeing-international-organisations/0133708A460AEFDFD65838622E6B0D54🎉

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Apr 15

The Pandemic Agreement is close to being finalised. However, north/south vaccine-sharing remains the most contentious issue: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

WHO members close to accord on tackling future pandemics, sources say

Members of the World Health Organization are close to a deal on a treaty to prepare for future pandemics, sources involved in the talks told Reuters on Saturday, with a WHO spokesperson saying discussions had been paused until Tuesday.

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Apr 10

It's official! Our CUP Elements book series on International Law & Society now has a webpage! Check us out here if you are interested in publishing a short piece (20k-30k) with us: www.cambridge.org/core/publica.... Thanks to all at @cambridgeup.bsky.social for making this possible!

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Ali Struthers @dralistruthers.bsky.social · Mar 31

Associate/Assistant Professor job at Warwick Law School is now being advertised.

Preference for candidates who can contribute to the teaching of Tort Law or Global Health Law, but teaching & research in other areas also considered.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMN009/a...

Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325) at University of Warwick

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Richard Clements @riclements.bsky.social · Mar 24

The International Law & Politics CRN team @ LSA is now on Bluesky! Follow here for updates on all things Chicago 2025: bsky.app/profile/intl...

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