Terrific new piece by Thomas Perroud: "Constitutional law, neoliberalism, and the state: The reinvention of administrative justice in 1980s France" academic.oup.com/icon/advance...

Constitutional law, neoliberalism, and the state: The reinvention of administrative justice in 1980s France

Abstract. This article revisits the 1987 decision of the French Conseil constitutionnel (Constitutional Council) that conferred constitutional status on th

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This event is coming this Monday. Please join us!

Oren Tamir@orentaoren.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cool event alert! Together with the @realawreview.bsky.social blog the Comparative Administrative Law listserv is hosting a webinar to celebrate the publication of Paul Craig's latest European Administrative Law (4th ed., 2026). global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Always one of the absolute highlights of my year. Please circulate, submit, and come!

Oren Tamir@orentaoren.bsky.social · last mo.

🌵CfP for the best constitutional law conference of the year is now officially out! Please circulate widely and consider joining us in lovely Tucson On March 12-13, 2027. More details about how to apply/register here: myemail.constantcontact.com/National-Con...

🌵CfP for the best constitutional law conference of the year is now officially out! Please circulate widely and consider joining us in lovely Tucson On March 12-13, 2027. More details about how to apply/register here: myemail.constantcontact.com/National-Con...

Cool event alert! Together with the @realawreview.bsky.social blog the Comparative Administrative Law listserv is hosting a webinar to celebrate the publication of Paul Craig's latest European Administrative Law (4th ed., 2026). global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Well-deserved recognition for an excellent piece! @shalevroisman.bsky.social

Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Download of the Week: “Fact Avoidance” by Roisman The Download of the Week is Fact Avoidance by Shalev Gad Roisman. Here is the abstract:...

Terrific Jot (and underlying article): legalhist.jotwell.com/voting-right...

Shalev's new piece is a real banger--shining light on a significant, yet under appreciated, trend in the Roberts Court public law jurisprudence: "fact avoidance"

Shalev Gad Roisman@shalevroisman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New draft paper on SSRN: "Fact Avoidance," forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review Supreme Court Issue. This Essay identifies a recurring feature where the Court decides presidential power cases entirely on legal grounds without engaging at all with the facts /1 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

In Oxford—it’s absolutely beautiful but too bad this visit coincides with a very unpleasant heat wave. Look forward to my talk tomorrow

Really interesting--a comparative project putting the Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution in conversation with Article 2 of the Treaty on the EU, especially in light of the latter's recent "awakening" in the jurisprudence of the CJEU: academic.oup.com/ajcl/advance...

Awakening Europe’s Giant†

Abstract. This Article contrasts the latent potential of the Guarantee Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article IV, Section 4) with the rec

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For those interested in statutory interpretation (who isn’t), there is a long exchange on the use of legislative history in one of today’s #SCOTUS opinions. The cocktail party quip and Holy Trinity are both mentioned. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

A friend who works for the Bank of England is pitching to Lego a very cool model of the Bank--please consider supporting him here: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Building the Bank (Out of Bricks) | LEGO® Ideas

In a true blend of work and play, I set myself the challenge over half-term of building the façade of the Bank of England out of Lego.Why? A fair question. I …

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Haven't seen discussion about what the Court's recent decision in Rutherford portends for the post-Loper Bright landscape. Seems majority doubles down on rejection of deference in any form, while dissent draws on one of the "delegation" loopholes www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Excited to present at Oxford later this semester, as part of an impressive series with other very impressive scholars... please join if you're around :)

Tomorrow!

Oren Tamir@orentaoren.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Reminder that this is happening next week--join us! arizona.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Published. In Lieu of the NLRA. Still very much a project in progress. Tell me what you think! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Reminder that this is happening next week--join us! arizona.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Comparative Administrative Law: New Voices, New Perspectives. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The Yale Comparative Administrative Law Listserv and the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law invite you to a webinar dedicated to the celebration of the publication of Comparative Adm...

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Oren Tamir@orentaoren.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join us as we celebrate the publication of the 3rd edition of the Comparative Administrative Law Handbook: New Voices, New Perspectives!! April 29, 12:30pm EDT over Zoom. We have great panelists to explain the handbook's vision, present its chapters, and comment on it.

Prof. András Jakab, judge of the ECHR, on Zachary Price's book, Constitutional Symmetry: "My overall impressions of the book are excellent. It is short, but filled with a great deal of wisdom. It is actually one of the best books I have read in the last ten years." academic.oup.com/icon/advance...

Zachary S. Price. Constitutional Symmetry. Judging in a Divided Republic

One of the most serious threats facing contemporary democracies is extreme polarization, which conceptually comprises growing political intolerance and a d

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A great panel celebrating Mark Tushnet and the latest edited collection in his honor, Redefining Comparative Constitutional Law, featuring Mark, Vicki Jackson & Madhav Khosla. Highly recommended--watch it while it's hot! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XE2...

Harvard Law School Library Book Talk: Redefining Comparative Constitutional Law

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Interesting talk by Professor Mila Sohoni, which was given as a "keynote" in the recent Conference of Constitutional Law Scholars we organize here every year here in Tucson--the topic of the talk is "The Strange Career of Judicial Restraint" www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRm5...

Just to make life (a bit) easier, here's the link to register: arizona.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Oren Tamir@orentaoren.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join us as we celebrate the publication of the 3rd edition of the Comparative Administrative Law Handbook: New Voices, New Perspectives!! April 29, 12:30pm EDT over Zoom. We have great panelists to explain the handbook's vision, present its chapters, and comment on it.

Really looking forward to this discussion. Join us!

Oren Tamir@orentaoren.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join us as we celebrate the publication of the 3rd edition of the Comparative Administrative Law Handbook: New Voices, New Perspectives!! April 29, 12:30pm EDT over Zoom. We have great panelists to explain the handbook's vision, present its chapters, and comment on it.

Spring-inspired offprints! (Thank you @vandylaw.bsky.social Law Review) If you’d like to join me in thinking more critically about the future of holistic criminal justice reforms in an era of algorithmic governance, give it a read (tinyurl.com/5cfjnku8) #AcademicSky #AI #CriminalJustice

Excited to talk about our recently published collective of essays on comparative administrative law!

Oren Tamir@orentaoren.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join us as we celebrate the publication of the 3rd edition of the Comparative Administrative Law Handbook: New Voices, New Perspectives!! April 29, 12:30pm EDT over Zoom. We have great panelists to explain the handbook's vision, present its chapters, and comment on it.

Please join us as we celebrate the publication of the 3rd edition of the Comparative Administrative Law Handbook: New Voices, New Perspectives!! April 29, 12:30pm EDT over Zoom. We have great panelists to explain the handbook's vision, present its chapters, and comment on it.

Congrats to the editors of this impressive volume—nice to have a hard copy and to see my chapter in it

Thank you very much, Larry, for the coveted "Highly Recommended" designation. I'd very much welcome comments and criticisms on the piece.

Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Roisman on Exclusive Presidential Powers Shalev Gad Roisman (University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law) has posted The Exclusive Powers Presidency on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Over the last decade, the Roberts Court has quietly transformed separation of powers law by centering the…

Important paper!

Shalev Gad Roisman@shalevroisman.bsky.social · 8mo ago

NEW PAPER: I have posted a draft of my latest paper on "The Exclusive Powers Presidency" on SSRN. Abstract below! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... The Article argues that the Roberts Court has recently transformed separation of powers law by centering the President's "exclusive" powers. 1/6

New post @Admin Law Blog: Andrea Katz (WashU) & Ofra Bloch (TAU) on their proposal for reforming the MQD through inspiration from comparative law, & how that reformed doctrine should apply to decide the tariff case now pending before the SCOTUS. adminlawblogorg.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/a...

Andrea Scoseria Katz & Ofra Bloch: The Major Questions Doctrine Meets Trump’s Tariffs: Judicial Principle and Presidential Power in the Balance

At one point during oral arguments last November in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump—the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court will pronounce on President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs—Just…

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Another really interesting post on the newly relaunched Admin Law Blog, this time by Alistair Mills (Cambridge) on the topic of “Law and Policy, Policy and Law." Give it a read! And consider submitting your own work for publication! adminlawblogorg.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/a...

Alistair Mills: Law and Policy, Policy and Law

Administrative policies are at the centre of modern-day administrative decision-making.  Policy documents have such an important co-ordinating and centralising function that some scholars…

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