I will be discussing at the @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social @martinicogi.bsky.social 's recent work on 'Populism, the principle of primacy and the values of the EU'. Seminar jointly organised by @um-foundations.bsky.social and @glnmaastricht.bsky.social on 23.10.2025. Join if you can (also on line)!

“They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger…(...) They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.” (Tacitus, Agricola)

Happening tomorrow, in Maastricht and on line #JurisprudenSky

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What a few days we've had at the University of Maastricht for the RECONNET Conference in Constitutional Theory. Thanks in particular to @massimofichera.bsky.social.

The first panel has Cormac Mac Amhlaigh talking on the harm of populism, particularly to pluralism, Donald Bello Hutt asking what the role of citizens is in ensuring the rule of law, and @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social on how the Irish constitution exemplifies constitutions as a legitimacy pact

Starting with Carmen Pavel’s keynote on postnational constitutionalism and the (dis)advantages of codification in that context. Great discussion right off the bat - what do we want to constitutionalise, why, and how, what role for courts and communities, &c

In the 3rd session of the day, Victoria Kristan develops a framework for restoring the rule of law after illiberal rule of law violations, and @jscholt.bsky.social gives us a mental map of European constitutionalism

In the 2nd session, @ruthhoughton.bsky.social reflects on the relationship between constituent power and utopia, @massimofichera.bsky.social connects legitimate authority to communal constitutionalism, & Francesco Rizzi Brignoli discusses constitutional identity and future generations

Today and tomorrow, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social and @um-foundations.bsky.social are hosting the #RECONNET conference on Constitutionalism and Democracy: Tensions and Transformations, organised by @massimofichera.bsky.social, Donald Bello Hutt and Francesco Rizzi Brignoli

Damn, how did you find out about my secret paper?

Really looking forward to this 👇 #JurisprudenSky #ConstitutionalTheory #LegalPhilosophy

📢 Only 2 weeks left to register for the RECONNET Conference 2025 (18-19 June)! Theme: Constitutionalism & Democracy: Tensions and Transformations Keynote by Carmen Pavel (King’s College London) Don’t miss out – secure your spot now! www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

RECONNET Conference 2025: "Constitutionalism and Democracy: Tensions and Transformations" at Maastricht University, 18-19 June. Keynote by Carmen Pavel (King's College). PhD/Master's students are welcome! Full programme and registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

Looking forward to heading back to Maastricht in June to present at the Reconnet Conference. I'll be talking about 'Constituent Power as Utopian Impulse' www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

Next IVR Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, 28 June-3 July 2026 'Law in the Face of the Changing Problems of the World' #IVR #legalphilosophy #JurisprudenSky #constitutionaltheory ivr2026istanbul.org/home/

RIP Alasdair MacIntyre dailynous.com/2025/05/22/a...

I look forward to presenting my paper 'Law in the Service of Legitimacy' at a Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquium on 30 April. The colloquium will be hybrid. To register go to www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/maast...

The march is underway. The crowd has left Vrijthof and is making its way through the city center. The message: our region's economy is at risk! UM is the largest employer in Limburg. Citizens hold also a stake in defending all other educational institutions against these cuts! #WOinActie

Representatives from trade unions, political parties, and the UM take the stage "We care about the future. We want to let the government that we should all care about the future and stop the cuts." - Pamela Habibovic, Rector UM #WOinActie

Colleagues from @um-foundations.bsky.social @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at the protest against the budget cuts today 🟥

John Finnis on Joseph Raz #JurisprudenSky www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/m...

'Constitutional crises and changing values' Conversation with prof. Dorota Gozdecka youtu.be/QiWs9XseR_I?...

I have just had a good discussion with many questions on my paper entitled 'Communal Constitutionalism and the notion of legitimate authority' at the University of Essex, Law School, at a joint session organised by the Law and Theory and the Public Law research cluster

I will be discussing my book on 'The EU and Constitutional Time- The Significance of Time in Constitutional Change' tomorrow at La Sapienza, Faculty of Law, at 18

Looking fwd to talking about the relationship between constitutionalism and democracy tomorrow (University La Sapienza, Faculty of Law)

A very perceptive and engaging review of my book 'The EU and Constitutional Time: The Significance of Time in Constitutional Change' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #ConstitutionalTheory #JurisprudenSky

I will be teaching today at the Faculty of Law of the University 'La Sapienza' on 'Sovereignty' with prof. Francesco Bilancia as part of his Constitutional Law course

If I manage to avoid the public transport strike, today I will give a class on ‘Forms of government’ as part of the course of public law at University ‘La Sapienza’ of Rome. Believe it or not, it will be my first ever class in Italian language

Today I begin my Visiting Professorship at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. Not surprisingly, I will be quite busy teaching and researching for about a month #ConstitutionalTheory

'I'll bring back plastic straws, because paper ones explode. Sharks are gonna be just fine eating plastic' says the US President

Constitutions?

#AcademicTwitter interested in political parties: "The Entrenchment of Democracy" is now available fully open access and freely downloadable. Co-Edited with @tomginsburg.bsky.social & Aziz Huq. doi.org/10.1017/9781...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favourably. Sic transit gloria mundi.

Taormina, Sicily: View of Mount Etna, with ski resorts waiting for tourists

Beginning the New Year with Socrates, Plato, Diogenes and Cicero @Capitoline Museum, Rome

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u....

We're experimenting a new marketing technique- sending out notice of our latest issue to zero followers. What can go wrong? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

End of the course of Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning: some students have decided to surprise me with a gift #law #legalreasoning

Today’s poem is called ‘Meeting Deadlines’.

Romanian constitutional court annuls the first round of presidential election apnews.com/article/roma...

Very fortunate to have had Mark's contribution for the Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law. It's an astute and valuable response to (among other things) Jeremy Waldron's latest views on the rule of law. I summarize all the chapters of the handbook here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Join us in Maastricht on 16–17 Dec for the conference Re-imagining Law for Sustainable Globalization: Navigating Uncertainty in a Globalized Era! We’ve got super fascinating panels on #AI, #ClimateChange, GlobalTrade, & #SocialJustice, plus keynote speakers Prof. I. Solanke and Prof. M. Hildebrand 👉

Glad to have commented on Paul Linden-Retek's book for RevDem- The Review of Democracy

Proud to have contributed to this report on the denied right to vote at the EU elections last June for Italian citizens living in the UK, with @thegoodlobby.bsky.social Italia www.thegoodlobby.it/wp-content/u...

Glad to have commented on Paul Linden-Retek's book for RevDem- The Review of Democracy

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