If you're interested in the environment and human rights, consider coming to our conference at Lancaster Castle on 17-18th September. Registration link here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

Super happy that my paper, “..The [Human] Rights [Act] Stuff—26 Years On” has been accepted for publication in the European Human Rights Law Review. A huge thanks to the editors and reviewers.

I don't deny the Arday resignation is important news, but to have it as the top item on the Guardian, Times and Telegraph websites says something about the weight they all give to culture wars over substantive news on politics, the economy, the environment, international conflict etc

my unfinished paper draft watching me start a new paper

Next up, @jeremyletwin.bsky.social delivers his paper, "What is Strasbourg's theory of social rights?" - looking at how these social rights are understood and framed within the ECHR / ECtHR

❗CALLS FOR PAPERS❗ Theorising the New Age of Environmental Human Rights Law Conference, 17-18th September 2026, Lancaster Castle AND Postgraduate Researcher Roundtable: Environmental Justice, 18th September 2026, Lancaster Castle

There have been contenders but I'm in my view no other philosopher has been able to match Henry Sidgwick's beard/intensity combination.

Jonathan Hall's position should be untenable after these comments. Far from being an "Independent Reviewer", he is committing every sin in the counter-terrorism playbook by capitalising on an attack to pursue an ideologically driven clamp-down on human rights and basic democratic values.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"So you'd stop the pro Palestine, anti-Israel marches in London every week?" Jonathan Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation: "I think the govt needs to consider that" Supporting Palestinians & opposing genocide & apartheid is not antisemitic

The most accurate statement about the university sector today.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 5mo ago

Management consultants are ruining UK universities ft.trib.al/0LelZP9 | opinion

Harriet Taylor Mill officially recognised as co-author of 'On Liberty'! dailynous.com/2026/03/19/o...

“On Liberty” Now Officially Has Two Authors - Daily Nous

An edition of On Liberty published this month is the first to officially name Harriet Taylor Mill as a co-author alongside John Stuart Mill. The new volume is edited by Piers Norris Turner (Ohio State...

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A useful reminder from the Court of Appeal today: "Deference to the judgment of the legislature cannot be taken too far in the context of equality and discrimination cases... it is an important function of the courts to protect minorities, in particular small and perhaps unpopular minorities..."

This is great. Good to finally have a podcast dedicated to ECHR stuff to keep me occupied on my long commute! (Excellent episode ft @cohelongo.bsky.social) strasbourgobservers.com/2026/02/23/c...

Climate change litigation at the Strasbourg Court with Corina Heri - Strasbourg Observers

We’re excited to bring you closer to the European Court of Human Rights through our brand-new podcast. Join us as we explore key judgments, discuss emerging legal trends, and talk with experts and aca...

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Tragic manslaughter case with potential chilling effect on mountain sports. What is more interesting is that the judge is a mountaineer himself and mountain rescuer. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Gericht spricht Angeklagten im "Großglockner-Prozess" nach langer Verhandlung schuldig

Nach dem Erfrierungstod einer 33-Jährigen im Jänner 2025 wird ihr Freund wegen grob fahrlässiger Tötung verurteilt. Er habe als erfahrener Alpinist Verantwortung getragen

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I have just discovered fake citations in a peer-reviewed article (quite a few of them). These are invented articles attributed to real scholars, clearly the result of a scholar being incredibly lazy with AI. What's the proper response?

Spot on. No one really thinks leaving the ECHR would make us equivalent to Russia. The point is that it sets a bad example for other states and undermines the authority of the ECHR. PEX is attacking a straw man and missing the real point.

SpinningHugo@spinninghugo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This paper by Policy Exchange just ducks the central justification for the ECHR, claiming instead that if we left we'd start treating citizens in the same way Russia does. They're attacking a strawman. But the defenders of the ECHR make the same mistake. /7

I conjecture that philosophers are more comfortable separating the artist from their art because basically everyone we study was an asshole. If you refused to read any philosopher that had despicable opinions, you'd be left with like three of them.

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Legal Theory Blog

Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!

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My new article on Climate Change Litigation under the ECHR is out in @echr-law-review.bsky.social. (Thanks to my colleagues @lancasterlaw.bsky.social and @cohelongo.bsky.social for comments.) brill.com/view/journal...

The amount of time it takes to mark an essay has easily doubled since AI as I am finding myself trawling through footnotes, Google, and my university library database to double-check that the articles and books cited actually exist. Thanks AI-- you've really increased my productivity.

20 bird species recorded from our house in Cumbria since Thursday. House martin, wren, robin, chaffinch, goldcrest, willow warbler, nuthatch, wood pigeon, jackdaw, blue tit, great tit, siskin, wagtail, blackbird, osprey, buzzard, tawny owl, greylag goose, pheasant, chiffchaff. Here's Crummock Water

The Guardian have a write up of some of the amazing work done by my Criminology colleagues, Camilla & Steph, on a national survey on police uniforms. It’s been a massive project. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police say ill-fitting uniforms leading to crushed testicles and lumps in breasts

Exclusive: Survey of officers in England and Wales reveals symptoms so severe that some have had multiple surgeries

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youtu.be/TjDEsGZLbio?... the funniest song of the genius Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun - with intro

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel

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A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last yr.

🤦🏿‍♂️

The Warwick 'rebrand' crystallises much of what is wrong with UK higher education today: namely (with honourable exceptions, of course) a fundamental disconnect between senior leaders and the reality of running academic departments and delivering teaching and research 'on the ground'.

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · last yr.

A Warwick spokesperson comments on the Beyond rebrand: “We have leveraged our academic expertise as part of the Vogue media partnership as well as our professional services marketing and communications work” #AcademicSky #Beyond #branding www.timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick...

Not the Vogue article 😩 don’t try to make higher ed a (bad) luxury brand… I guess that explains SOME things. Warwick, just love yourself for who you are or no one else will. You were good enough 💜😳

michael veale@michae.lv · last yr.

Self-inflicted embarrassment for the University of Warwick — first it rebrands hyper-generically, then someone totally unhinged decides the *front page of the uni website* should say ‘Learn more about our Brand’.

Thought provoking piece from my good friend Sanjit here

UK Constitutional Law Association@ukcla.bsky.social · last yr.

Sanjit Nagi: A Road to Nowhere: Reforming the European Convention on Human Rights ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/02/s...

I’m seeing a lot of this

Alex Sarch@should-b-workin.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm increasingly worried about one second-order effect of students relying on AI so much: that it undermines their CONFIDENCE to be able to distinguish smart-sounding but mediocre sludge from actually persuasive writing.... 1/3

I'm increasingly worried about one second-order effect of students relying on AI so much: that it undermines their CONFIDENCE to be able to distinguish smart-sounding but mediocre sludge from actually persuasive writing.... 1/3

My case note on Tindall v CC of Thames Valley Police. Perhaps of interest to anyone who read the judgment and found the reasoning confused. We say the root of the confusion is a failure to “deconstruct” the elements of duty of care (in the words of Donal Nolan). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...