Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS)
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Building a community of critical legal thinkers, taking seriously the connections between knowledge and praxis. Queen Mary, University of London. Partnered with the Institute of Law, Birzeit University (Formerly CLSGC)
'What is Critical Legal Theory?' by Gilbert Leung 24 July 2026 at 11:00 CEST/10.00 BST criticallegalthinking.com/2026/07/15/w...
What is Critical Legal Theory?
All are invited to an online talk by me, Gilbert Leung, on 24 July 2026 at 11:00 CEST | 10:00 BST, in which I will attempt to answer the question: ‘What
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Now calling for papers for this year's Australian Progressive Legal Studies conference, held 3-4 December 2026 at RMIT. Come think with us on 'Making and Breaking Worlds: Old and New Struggles in Law and Political Economy'. Abstracts due 7 August!
Toward a historical materialist account of British constitutional change. Tanzil Chowdhury for the International Journal of Constitutional Law (open access) academic.oup.com/icon/advance...
Toward a historical materialist account of British constitutional change
Abstract. This article argues that British constitutional reforms are historically specific expressions of the mediation of significant antagonisms between
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At Critical Legal Thinking, Tanzil Chowdhury discusses Left and Right strategies of legislative supremacy in Great Britain.
Left and Right Strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain
Over at the LPE blog, a series of contributions has advanced why legislative supremacy ought to be part of a socialist left strategy. Partly, this is a
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Here are some thoughts on the new Court of Appeal Palestine Action ruling, written with @alangreene.bsky.social and @colinmurray.bsky.social for @verfassungsblog.de verfassungsblog.de/palestine-ac...
Andy Burnham has argued for public control of water and energy, but what kind of public ownership can meet the challenges of environment and climate breakdown? In a blog for the @ukcla.bsky.social, I explore a case study of Labour's post-war nationalisation of electricity. [1/3]
UK Constitutional Law Association@ukcla.bsky.social · 2mo agoAndrew Woodhouse: Power Failure – Electricity Nationalisation and The Erosion of the Public Corporation’s “Three Freedoms” (1947-1967) ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/18/a...
Please follow the work of Friends of Palestinian Universities whom support the resilience of Palestinian scholars and students and uphold the principles of freedom, equity, and justice for the future of education in Palestine. friendsofpalunis.org/mission-peop... youtube.com/@friendsofpa...
Friends of Palestinian Universities
Friends of Palestinian Universities builds UK and international academic solidarity, partnership, and exchange with Palestinian higher education institutions facing systematic attack. We work to suppo...
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Our annual @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social Criminal Justice Centre conference on Conspiracy Theories and Pseudolaw is this Thurs/Fri online/in-person at Queen Mary. Everything freemason, sov cits, freemen of the land and micronations! Full programme below and free reg here: pseudolaw.org/events/
While the writing/editing are not always conducive to get the point across as clearly as it could, I think this is a very important contribution by Tanzil Chowdhury, as it identifies from within a historical materialist approach the 'blind spot' in political constitutionalist accounts on the left
Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS)@cclas2025.bsky.social · 2mo agoTanzil Chowdhury on 'Left and Right strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain' criticallegalthinking.com/2026/05/29/l...
Extremely interesting criticallegalthinking.com/2026/05/29/l...
Left and Right strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain
Over at the LPE blog, a series of contributions have advanced why legislative supremacy ought to be part of a socialist left strategy. Partly, this is a
criticallegalthinking.com
Tanzil Chowdhury on 'Left and Right strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain' criticallegalthinking.com/2026/05/29/l...
Left and Right strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain
Over at the LPE blog, a series of contributions have advanced why legislative supremacy ought to be part of a socialist left strategy. Partly, this is a
criticallegalthinking.com
Fantastic work on protest and public order offences from my @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social colleagues www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may...
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals
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A monumental loss. Ran was not only a trailblazing and brilliant scholar; he was also a remarkably generous colleague and, what's more, a dear friend. www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/memoria...
Law & Political Economy, or Legal Theory & Capitalism? Justin Deystone @lpeproject.bsky.social lpeproject.org/blog/law-pol...
Law & Political Economy, or Legal Theory & Capitalism?
What is this thing called capitalism? What, if anything, is the use of legal theory in understanding capitalist society? Is anything gained, or anything lost, if we replace the phrase “Law and…
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'Britain’s Political Prisoners' hosted by our friends at @ccccjustice.bsky.social As climate & anti-war protesters face harsh jail terms in Britain, join speakers and an open discussion on resisting growing state repression. Register here www.kairos.london/event/britai...
Britain’s Political Prisoners - Kairos
Tuesday May 26th, 6.30 for 7pm The last five years have seen a remarkable clampdown on climate and anti-war protests in Britain. An unprecedented number of people have been held on remand in prison or...
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BOOK DISCUSSION: Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-la...
BOOK DISCUSSION: Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-la...
Today, @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com consider whether "Muskism" could serve as a possible successor to post-Fordism. How should we understand Muskism's distinctive regime of accumulation, and what kind of social contract does it propose to stabilize its disruptive effects?
Muskism as Fordism
Coined by a German economist in 1926, Fordism came to describe the dominant political-economic order of the mid-twentieth century. Could "Muskism" play a similar role in the twenty-first?
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Delighted to be welcoming Prof. Tony Anghie to offer Reflections on International Law in a Time of Disorder (introduced by Prof. Ratna Kapur)
'The Weak Suffer What They Must: Reflections on international law in a time of disorder' with Professor Antony Anghie www.qmul.ac.uk/events/upcom...
'The Weak Suffer What They Must: Reflections on international law in a time of disorder' with Professor Antony Anghie
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New Translation of Pashukanis: The Right of Asylum and the Practice of Bourgeois Governments criticallegalthinking.com/2026/04/14/n...
New Translation of Pashukanis: The Right of Asylum and the Practice of Bourgeois Governments
Ilya Repin: They Did Not Expect Him, 1884-88 Introductory Note by Igor Shoikhedbrod E.B. Pashukanis (1891-1937) is best known for his General Theory
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'The Weak Suffer What They Must: Reflections on international law in a time of disorder' with Professor Antony Anghie www.qmul.ac.uk/events/upcom...
'The Weak Suffer What They Must: Reflections on international law in a time of disorder' with Professor Antony Anghie
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I've written a short piece on international law, fetishism, and ideology - now out on Legal Form. I suggest that international law is an ideological fetishism of international relations.
Legal Form@legalform.bsky.social · 9mo agoIn our latest post @mariethogersen.bsky.social meticulously unpacks what *exactly* is ideological about international law. Against those who locate this merely in international law's content, she directs us to international law's fetishistic character. legalform.blog/2025/11/17/i...
Chowdhury on Capitalist Constitutionalism Tanzil Chowdhury (Queen Mary University of London, School of Law) has posted The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism (Accepted for publication in King's Law Journal)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Legal and…
Chowdhury on Capitalist Constitutionalism
Tanzil Chowdhury (Queen Mary University of London, School of Law) has posted The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism (Accepted for publication in King's Law Journal)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Legal and Political constitutionalisms (and variations therewith) can be better understood as historically specific social forms of capitalist constitutionalism, rather than as competing models jostling for constitutional primacy.
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Tanzil Chowdhury on 'The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism' Forthcoming paper for King's Law Journal (special issue on Public Law and Political Economy) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism
Legal and Political constitutionalisms (and variations therewith) can be better understood as historically specific social forms of capitalist constitutionalism
papers.ssrn.com
Tanzil Chowdhury on 'The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism' Forthcoming paper for King's Law Journal (special issue on Public Law and Political Economy) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism
Legal and Political constitutionalisms (and variations therewith) can be better understood as historically specific social forms of capitalist constitutionalism
papers.ssrn.com
Institute of International Law and the Humanities will host Tanzil Chowdhury to discuss 'The British Constitution, Capitalism and Constitutional Change' events.unimelb.edu.au/IILAH/event/...
The British Constitution, Capitalism and Constitutional Change
Please join the Institute for International Law and the Humanities for a lunchtime seminar presented by Presented by Associate Professor Tanzil Cho...
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