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Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · 23d

The Edinburgh Legal Theory group is delighted to share with you the line-up for our Autumn semester. We have lots of exciting events coming up, so make sure to save the dates in your calendar and to come along for what we can guarantee will be lively and inspiring discussions. See you there! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The image shows a poster with a list of events that will be held at the Edinburgh Law School between September and December 2025. The events can also be found on the Law School’s website at: https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/events.

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Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · 26d

The entire Legal Theory community in Edinburgh is extremely saddened to hear about the passing of Conor Gearty. He was an extremely kind and inspiring person, and he will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.

Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 26d

Huge, huge loss for the UK legal and political community

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#conorgearty #humanrights #ruleoflaw #justice #academia #lse #inmemoriam | Cherie Blair CBE KC

💔 I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of my dear friend and colleague, Professor Conor Gearty. Conor was a man of remarkable intellect—brilliant, principled, endlessly curious, and always gene...

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · 26d

I’ve officially entered the ‘legitimacy beyond the state’ academic chat! My paper ’Theories of Normative Legitimacy Beyond the State and the Role of their Conceptual Dimension: A Methodological Insight from Raz’s Service Conception of Authority’ is now available on SSRN 🎉 dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Theories of Normative Legitimacy Beyond the State and the Role of their Conceptual Dimension: A Methodological Insight from Raz's Service Conception of Authority

<p><span>Many contemporary accounts of normative legitimacy beyond the State have tried to apply legitimacy requirements traditionally developed to justify Stat

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · May 20

…, lived experiences and legal education. We’ll also debate whether it's possible to do CRT without identifying as a ‘crit’ and if critical approaches have a place in ’traditional’ LT. The event is co-sponsored by Hart Publishing and the Subject Section Fund of the Society of Legal Scholars. 3/3

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · May 20

Margaret Davies (Flinders) will join us online to deliver opening remarks, followed by an in-person discussion with Lucia Kula (SOAS), @illanwall.bsky.social (Galway), Sahar Shah (Bristol) and Patricia Tuitt. Some of the themes will centre around ideas of collectivity, identity... 2/3

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · May 20

It’s been a while since we had a critical legal theory panel at the Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival! Holly and I are super excited to host this collaborative workshop, where we’ll discuss what it means to do CRT and to ‘be’ a critical scholar, and how to engage with ‘traditional’ #legaltheory 1/3

Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · May 12

The workshop on Contemporary Critical Legal Theory is on Wednesday 4th June @ 9.30am-12.40pm and is organised by our own Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social and Holly Hayes. Speakers are Sidonia Lucia Kula (SOAS), Illan rua Wall (Galway), Sahar Shah (Bristol), and Patricia Tuitt (independent).

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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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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · May 8

I might be biased, but there’s truly no better place to present your work and obtain valuable feedback in a friendly and supporting environment 🤓 Don’t miss out on this opportunity: send us your abstract soon!! And feel free to get in touch if you have any questions concerning the call or the ECLT.

Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · May 8

We've just extended the deadline for our 2025/26 Seminar Series! you can now submit your abstract until Friday, 23rd of May 2025, with outcomes communicated by Monday, 30th of June. If you've not done so already, make sure to submit your work, and to share this call with your colleagues and friends.

Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · Mar 17

Our annual Call for Abstracts is out! We really look forward to reading about your fascinating research as we select the speakers for our 2025/2026 Seminar Series. Also, feel free to share this call with your friends and colleagues. You can find more details (including deadlines) below:

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Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · Apr 24

This afternoon we will host a Work-in-Progress session with visiting PhD candidate Filipa Paes (University of Oxford), who will be presenting a paper on ‘Juridical Bivalence’. The event is pre-read, so make sure to get in touch if you’d like to receive a copy! www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

WiP: Filipa Paes (University of Oxford) - ‘Juridical Bivalence’ | Edinburgh Law School

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

We’re back with another ELTRG seminar today! We look forward to discussing Camille Bordere's (Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne) paper titled ‘A Very Little Key to a Very Heavy Door: Comparative Law as Applied Legal Philosophy’ More info and registration at: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/....

ELTRG Seminar: Camille Bordere (Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne)- ‘A Very Little Key to a Very Heavy Door: Comparative Law as Applied Legal Philosophy’ | Edinburgh Law School

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Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · Mar 6

Today we will be joined by Alex Houghton (University of Stirling), who will present his fascinating research on 'Some Problems for the Standard View of Precedent, and an Epistemic Solution via Peer Disagreement'. More info and registration links at: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/....

ECLT Seminar: Alex Houghton (University of Stirling)- ‘Some Problems for the Standard View of Precedent, and an Epistemic Solution via Peer Disagreement’. | Edinburgh Law School

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Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · Feb 26

Our next Legal Theory Seminar is tomorrow, when we will be joined by @emilykiddwhite.bsky.social (York University, Canada) to discuss her fascinating research 'On Emotions in the Philosophy of Constitutional Law’. We hope to see many of you there! More details at: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/....

ELTRG Seminar: Emily Kidd White (York University, Canada)- ‘On Emotions in the Philosophy of Constitutional Law’ | Edinburgh Law School

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Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · Jan 28

Our next legal theory event is this Thursday (30th January) at 3-5pm when Tanja Porčnik (Universität Hamburg) will give a seminar on 'Human-AI Interactions in Law-making: Legal Subjectivity and a Right to Human Decision-Making'. See here for details: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/.... Come join us!

ECLT Seminar: Tanja Porčnik (Hamburg University)- ‘Human-AI Interactions in Law-making: Legal Subjectivity and a Right to Human Decision-Making’. | Edinburgh Law School

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

After a well-deserved break, we're now back with our legal theory events! Here’s our Spring 2025 line-up with the full list of speakers. You can find more details and registration links on the Law School’s website (www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...). We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Line-up of Spring 2025 events organised and hosted by the Edinburgh Centre for Legal Theory and the Edinburgh Legal Theory Research Group.

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Jan 3

at the end of the course) could be András Jakab’s VerfBlog on Three misconceptions about the EU rule of law crisis, which I think touches on many of these aspects in an original and thought-provoking way that may be good for essay writing. I hope this is somehow helpful!!

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Jan 3

of the Rule of Law in the EU Polity which I would recommend checking out. A lot has been published in the last 5 years but, again, it’s hard to recommend readings without knowing the target audience. An interesting piece that could be used to have students produce some critical reflections (perhaps

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Jan 3

EU/CJEU is as good as it says it is at upholding RoL standards itself, and the legitimacy of some of the measures taken against Poland/Hungary (with a discussion of conditionality).There’s actually a great book on this ‘institutional’ side of the RoL by Ramona Coman titled The Politics

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Jan 3

of a classic (Craig and de Búrca’s EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials with OUP) which I think would be a great starting point for students and discusses the RoL from the perspective of EU membership. For more advanced classes you’d probably want to have the students critically reflect on whether the

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Jan 3

to then move to the more recent developments which would also have some more ‘political’ considerations, but should still include reference to the Court’s activity (especially after Portuguese Judges) and to the EU Commission. There’s a fantastic introductory chapter on this in the new 2024 edition

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Jan 3

It really depends on the level of the students (master or undergrad) and their background (law, politics, IR etc), but I'd say that one would probably have to cover a bit of the ‘historical’-legal side (both in terms of CJEU’s judgments -notably Les Verts-and of inclusion of the RoL in the Treaties)

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Jan 3

There’s definitely people more qualified than me on this but I guess I can give some ideas!

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · Dec 6

Great to see @mhailbronner.bsky.social @rjjoconnell.bsky.social @saracanduzzi.bsky.social @esrademir.bsky.social @dzehtsiarou.bsky.social
@aliseaman.bsky.social & ors at the ECHR workshop @uoelawschool.bsky.social.

Thanks to Cormac Mac Amhlaigh & Mikael Madsen for organising & hosting.

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Edinburgh Legal Theory @legaltheoryed.bsky.social · Dec 3

We’re hosting our last ELTRG Seminar of 2024 this Thursday, when Joaquín Casalia (LSE) will present his paper on ‘Disvaluable Rights’. More info and registration link at www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

ELTRG Seminar: ‘Disvaluable Rights’ – Joaquín Casalia, University of Oxford | Edinburgh Law School

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Nov 29

And the ‘I cry a lot but I’m so productive, it’s an art’ was literally written for all the academic girlies

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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · Nov 29

I feel like every woman who ever existed relates to ‘you caged me and then you called me crazy’

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