Martin David Kelly
@martindavidkelly.bsky.social
I teach public law at the University of Glasgow and my research focuses on law and its relationship to language. I love dogs! 🐶♥️ Usual caveats.
We’re now on Bluesky - please give us a follow! @publiclawgroup-uog.bsky.social
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
Looking forward to this afternoon's @uofglaw.bsky.social Public Law Research Cluster seminar, when Leah Trueblood of the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy will present her paper ‘The Salience of Scarcity in Public Law’.
Really looking forward to presenting to wonderful colleagues at Glasgow tomorrow on some recent work about Irish parliamentary culture and practice.
Martin David Kelly@martindavidkelly.bsky.social · 11mo agoLooking forward to tomorrow afternoon's @uofglaw.bsky.social Public Law Research Cluster seminar, when David Kenny (@dkennytcd.bsky.social) of @tcddublin.bsky.social will present his paper 'Ireland, Westminster, and Political Constitutionalism'.
Looking forward to tomorrow afternoon's @uofglaw.bsky.social Public Law Research Cluster seminar, when David Kenny (@dkennytcd.bsky.social) of @tcddublin.bsky.social will present his paper 'Ireland, Westminster, and Political Constitutionalism'.
Great to see that @routledgebooks.bsky.social has published Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language www.routledge.com/Language-for... with a chapter by me: 'Tense Aspects of Legislative Drafting' (earlier version available here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) @uofglaw.bsky.social
Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language
This collection teaches us how language and legislation interact to produce effective laws. It brings linguistics, lawyers, theory, and practices together to show how linguistic tools, concepts, and m...
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Looking forward to this tomorrow!
Edinburgh Legal Theory@legaltheoryed.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe’re delighted to share the details of this Workshop in Legal Epistemology, co-organised by Tsampika Taralli (UoE) and Alex Houghton (Stirling). The event will take place at the University of Stirling on Oct 27th, 2-7 pm. Further info & a registration link at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-o....
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A new Legal-Phi interview is out! We spoke with Alma Diamond about how practices shape obligations, constitutional meaning, and much more. Check it out 👇https://legalphi.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/alma-diamond-practices-obligations-and-constitutions/
Alma Diamond: Practices, Obligations, and Constitutions
It is a pleasure to have Alma Diamond as our next interviewee. Alma obtained her LLM and JSD from NYU School of Law, where her dissertation was supervised by Jeremy Waldron. She has taught at the U…
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I had a very similar experience to Mark and I am also appalled by this change (as well as by the drastic cuts to PhD funding by universities). I would not be an academic now were it not for the AHRC funding my doctorate. Academia should not return to being the preserve of those with wealth parents.
Mark Elliott@profmarkelliott.bsky.social · last yr.As someone who couldn't have undertaken a PhD without funding, the AHRC scholarship I received (many years ago) was life-changing. It's incredibly concerning that the the next generation of prospective academics are being denied such opportunities. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...
If you would like to come to our conference "25 years of the HRA" on 18 September you can get tickets here - www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
Select tickets – 25 Years of the Human Rights Act – Moot Court, Liberty Building
A one-day conference will take place at the University of Leeds to mark the 25th anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998. Few ...
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Conference uploading....
For fans of legislative intention. Max Radin nods
Tory MSP hands SNP victory in vote - after hitting Yes button instead of No
TORY MSP Brian Whittle handed the SNP victory in a knife-edge Holyrood vote — after hitting the Yes button instead of No. The former Team GB relay runner’s blunder saved Nats from defeat as MSPs …
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I'm very happy to share that, after 12.5 years teaching at the University of Edinburgh, this September I'll be moving to the Public Law team at the University of Glasgow. I'm honoured to be joining such a great team of scholars in this amazing Law School, and I'm looking forward to this new chapter.
Looking forward to the 2025 Legal Theory Festival at the University of Edinburgh @legaltheoryed.bsky.social. I’ll be presenting a paper entitled ‘Interpretation as Collaboration’. Thanks to @philosophy-law.bsky.social for the invite!
Edinburgh Legal Theory@legaltheoryed.bsky.social · last yr.Here's the poster for this year's Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival. Come join us, and please share widely!
On 2 June, the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk will collaborate with scholars incl our members @ucllaws.bsky.social, @durham-university.bsky.social & @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism
Looks like a fabulous set of events for this year's Legal Theory Festival. The programme is available here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/.... Please repost and share widely!
Legal Theory Festival | Edinburgh Law School
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Edinburgh Legal Theory@legaltheoryed.bsky.social · last yr.Our Legal Theory Festival starts 3 weeks today! We've workshops on Methodology in General Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence by Experiment, Conforming Interpretation and Human Rights, Contemporary Critical Legal Theory, and Grotius' "The Rights of War and Peace", as well as a Keynote by David Dyzenhaus.
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
US-based scholar friends: could you help me find a soft copy of Comment [Marc Perman], ‘Statutory Interpretation in California: Individual Testimony as an Extrinsic Aid’ (1981) 15 U San Francisco L Rev 241? Many thanks!
This is a thread of my favourite ever literal translations, starting with this one… In Greek, the word for a protest, εύπιστος, translates literally to “anger parade”
Our Centre Director, Amalia Amaya, has just published her article on ‘Exemplary Arguers (For Example, in Law)’ in Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy 🎊🎉. In this work, Amalia examines the relevance of exemplarity to virtue argumentation theory in law. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Exemplary Arguers (for Example, in Law) - Topoi
This paper explores the relevance of exemplarity to virtue argumentation theory. It does so by using the law as both an illustrative and a normative example. The paper proceeds as follows. First, it a...
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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:
