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Benedict Douglas

@benedictdouglas.bsky.social

Law Lecturer. Trying to work out the nature of being human, sometimes by looking vacantly into space. Unique spellings© https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/benedict-douglas/

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Ben Yong@bymyong.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I‘m giving a public talk at UCL on Thurs 16 Oct. The title is “Bureaucracy and distrust: the civil service in the constitution” looking at the civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. @sirJJkc.bsky.social will chair! www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Hybrid | CLP - Bureaucracy and Distrust: The Civil Service in the Constitution

This lecture will be delivered by Dr Ben Yong, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26

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Colin Murray@colinmurray.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.

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Prof Deirdre McCann@profmccann.bsky.social · last yr.

Must-see Magna Carta event at Durham Cathedral on 15th October : Henry Jones @durham-university.bsky.social, @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & @benedictdouglas.bsky.social on Magna Carta's contemporary relevance, chaired by @thombrooks.bsky.social. Tickets: durhamcathedral.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Prof Deirdre McCann@profmccann.bsky.social · last yr.

Durham Cathedral's issues of Magna Carta on display across the summer 📜. www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/events/magna...

Aileen McHarg@aileenmcharg.bsky.social · last yr.

Another opportunity to join Durham Law School as a three-year career development fellow in public law. A great Law School and a vibrant public law community with opportunities to teach in both core and optional modules, and excellent support for research. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX378/c...

Career Development Fellow in Public Law at Durham University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Career Development Fellow in Public Law opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Jessie Blackbourn@jessieblackbourn.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to @publiclaw.bsky.social for publishing my article on decision making under the Prevent and Channel duties. So long in the writing that the Prevent Duty guidance and definition of extremism were updated and a review of Prevent was published, which didn't slow things down further at all.

Public Law@publiclaw.bsky.social · last yr.

... @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social (on Administrative Justice and the Prevent and Channel Duties); Aisling Ryan (on the animators of administrative law); and @doubleaspect.blog (on judicial deference to administrative limitations on rights).

Benedict Douglas@benedictdouglas.bsky.social · last yr.

Reskeeting for my UG Intro to Law class who had to do a problem question on whether Tintin could claim as a secondary victim if he suffered psychiatric injury if he saw Snowy injured in an accident.

Tintin and his immediate family member snowy (who is a also dog).
Joe Wills@drjoewills.bsky.social · last yr.

Very cool ruling just out of New York recognising that companion animals are 'immediate family' members. The court notes that 'New York’s legal framework concerning household pets has significantly evolved from treating them as mere property'. www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/u...

Colin Murray@colinmurray.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for papers for a major two-day conference on Legal Methodologies exploring the nature of the discipline, with really important keynote speakers. Any abstracts, if you are interested in participating, to be emailed to law.research@ncl.ac.uk by 7 July.

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Benedict Douglas@benedictdouglas.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s good to see the Committee explicitly recognise the existence or level of a Minimum Income Requirement is an ethical decision, as well as a political one. Preventing people from living with their family based on how much they earn is unethical, this should guide the political debate & decision

Migration Observatory@migobs.bsky.social · last yr.

The Migration Advisory Committee has reviewed the financial requirements for Brits & settled migrants to bring partners & children to the UK. They see the final decision as a political one govt must make, so didn't recommend any single threshold. Here's a short summary 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/p...

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Wild camping on Dartmoor is legal, supreme court rules

Wild camping on Dartmoor is legal, supreme court rules

Case came to supreme court after court of appeal determined the term ‘open-air recreation’ included camping Wild camping will be allowed on Dartmoor after the supreme court ruled that a multimillionaire landowner was wrong to ban it on his land. Dartmoor was – until the legal action – the only place in England where wild camping without the permission of the landowner was enshrined in law. In Scotland, people have enjoyed this right since 2003. Continue reading...

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Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · last yr.

Standing up to the authoritarian wave requires more than cheerleading for democracy; it demands making democratic societies more participatory, responsive, and adaptable at all levels, from local to national, in response to the societal shifts driven by the Internet over the past 15 years.