Ribeiro on Epistemic Nudging in the Courtroom Gustavo Ribeiro (American University Washington College of Law) has posted Beyond Exclusion: Epistemic Nudging in the Courtroom…...

Some good news to share for once. Leah Trueblood has apparently won the Wedderburn Prize for her article 'Public Functions of Political Parties in the United Kingdom' (2025) 88(4) MLR 660. Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Richly deserved. Leah is a star, and also one of the kindest, most beautiful souls out there. It is truly a mystery how Oxford let her go

Is it morally permissible to break the law to share academic research? In our new paper @freeandequal.bsky.social, Himani Bhakuni and I explore this question and frame illegal sharing of academic research as a form of unilateral remedial action. Link below: freeandequaljournal.org/article/id/2...

On Monday, March 16th the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Irit Samet (KCL), who will present a draft chapter titled:"From Paternalism to Saving the World: How to Benefit the Beneficiary". Register on the link below to join us: forms.gle/fRVgymigt9Bm...

Funded postdoctoral positions (FCT) at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto – Call for expressions of interest: ifilosofia.up.pt/news/funded-...

On Monday, December 8th, Daniel Viehoff will present his paper 'Authority and Control' as part of the LPT Seminar Series. Join us for what promises to be an exciting discussion! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Such a nice surprise to see this engagement with our work on Transitional Health Justice. Thank you, Christina Ho, and thanks to @jotwell.bsky.social for publishing it! The links to the papers Christina engages with are below: www.hhrjournal.org/2023/12/06/j... papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This Friday, Nov 7th (5pm UK), Ariel Zylberman (SUNY) will be at the Legal Philosophy Trident presenting his paper on normative powers titled "Powerful Animals". This promises to be excellent. You can register here: forms.gle/zYjGsZno2W1z...

Today, @ezemonti.bsky.social and I will host Alex Guerrero (Rutgers) at the Legal Philosoph Trident Seminar Series. There's still time to register. Don't miss what promises to be an excellent seminar!

On Friday (October 3rd), we are kicking off the LPT Seminar Series with Alex Guerrero (Rutgers), who will discuss a dilemma voters face between voting instrumentally or as true believers. The seminar is online and open all. You can register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w

🚨 Just out in Jurisprudence: a special issue, edited by D. Dyzenhaus and G.B. Ratti, devoted to the close relationship between HLA Hart and Norberto Bobbio. It comprises a.o. the translations into English of five essays by Bobbio, substantial excerpts from the Hart-Bobbio correspondence... 1/2

The new journal "Experimental Philosophy" is now on BlueSky. @xphijournal.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/xphi... Please share!

Thank you @miottoluc.bsky.social and @philosophy-law.bsky.social for this conversation! I loved talking to Legal Phi about my work.

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/

This site has been a joy this week: wiby.me. It's a search engine which skips the corporate web and just looks for the amateur / hobbyist web that's still out there but doesn't appear in popular search engine results. I've used the Surprise Me function to read about a random thing everyday

@ezemonti.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the 2025-26 Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series Line-up & Schedule. Details below:

The Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy continues to grow - welcome Leah! And more news to follow... www.linkedin.com/posts/surrey...

Looking forward to this!

The workshop on Jurisprudence by Experiment is on Monday 2nd June @ 2-5.15pm and is organised by Lucas Miotto @miottoluc.bsky.social (Surrey) and our own Tsampika Taralli. Speakers include Eleonore Neufeld (UMass), Jonathan Ichikawa (UBC), Guilherme Almeida (Insper), and Karolina Prochownik (Ruhr).

Simon Palmer (Surrey) is presenting his "Do Triggerable Reasons Explain Legal Authority?" this Friday (09/05) at the Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series. This promises to be excellent. Registration and more info here: forms.gle/5GmRvPW7aepj... w/ @ezemonti.bsky.social

On 28 March, Daniel Wodak will be presenting his paper 'Malapportionment: A Murder Mystery' as part of the LPT Seminar Series. Join us for what promises to be a very interesting discussion! Register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w

Next Friday (21/02/25 - 17:00 UK), the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Nina Varsava (Wisconsin), who will present her "Stare Decisis and Egregiously Errouneous Precedents". All are welcome to join. Register via the form below: forms.gle/tFjk9L9PaXb4...

In the fifth post of the series, Himani Bhakuni (York) reflects on the case of unhealthy diets and asks: why shouldn't the government use legislation (rather than just advice) to prevent significant individual and social harm from the consumption of ultra-processed foods? bsky.app/profile/ukcl...

Himani Bhakuni: The Legitimacy of Exclusively Using Soft Law: The Case of Unhealthy Diets ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/02/10/h...

Dear academics We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists. This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by… *checks notes* …every other industry on earth.

The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures. #WOinActie 🟥

Hi Bluesky folks, Tomorrow (Nov 22nd 5PM UK time) the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Filippa Ronquist (UCL) as part of our seminar series. She will present her draft titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons". You can register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs...

Here’s some pictures from our annual Disputationes! It was great to learn more about our PhD candidates’ research and to engage in thought-provoking discussions with our colleagues from Glasgow and Surrey. Looking forward to next year!

Join us on Nov 22nd (5pm UK) for another Legal Philosophy Trident seminar. Our guest will be Filippa Ronquist (UCL), who will present her draft paper titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons". Register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs... More info: sites.google.com/view/lptride...

Staff from Utrecht University: there will be a national demonstration against higher eduction budget cuts on 14 November (more details to follow). We need a massive turnout there, which requires strong mobilization of colleagues and students. >

See below a call for applications to do a PhD with me at Edinburgh Law School 😊

Legal-Phi has just published a new interview! Their conversation with is Steve Coyne about his work on authority, disobedience, and much more. Please share! legalphi.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/s...

The first Legal Philosophy Trident seminar of 2024 is on February 2 at 17:00 (UK). We're hosting Adam Perry (Oxford) who is going to present his paper titled "Legal Fictionalism". More info and registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adam-perry... Alternative registration: forms.gle/ZMeRfUyNiVhB...

Happy New Year to all our followers! We're delighted to share with you our programme of events for the rest of the academic year. For further details as they emerge, see here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

Fascinating new Legal-phi interview with Paul Burgess (Monash). A must read for those interested in the Rule of Law and related topics. legalphi.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/p...

The next Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar is taking place on December 11th at 17:00 (London). Our guest is Benjamin Kiesewetter (Bielefeld), who will present his "What We May Expect of Each Other". More info and registration here: tinyurl.com/2f3ftmpa Alternative link: forms.gle/HC8HyYgQrePG...

Tomorrow, Fabienne Peter (Warwick) will be at the LP Trident seminar series presenting her paper titled ''Runaway Reasons". Join us via Zoom! More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/legal-phi... Registration here: forms.gle/KCuAq3stZjW8...

Lots of things happening these days. Soon in Valencia, workshop on Lying and Truthfulness:

Hello, bluesky folks. Here is some shameless self-promotion as my first post. Below "Justice in Global Health" - fresh out of press.