AI is impossible to avoid but at the universities we should be very careful about it. When one relies on AI for answers, the brain activity drops. One is also less likely to remember facts when one knows that a tool can find them. Keeping AI just an assistant is crucial if we teach thinking.

Floors full of international lawyers at State and JD Vance is having Usha red line treaties like she's his phone a friend on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (ask your parents).

The reason we normally negotiate actual treaties is so that we have precise, legally clear, mutually agreed definitions of what compliance (and thus, non-compliance) looks like for both sides. The US makes such determinations based on optics, vibes, and the President's mood.

Iran's President Ahmad Masoud Pezeshkian has posted the full MOU text on Twitter.

One cannot read this Text of the Agreement [sic] Between the United States and Iran and come away with any other opinion than Trump virtually surrendered to Iran. It leaves Iran's missiles and uranium intact and hands over $300 BN for Iran's reconstruction. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...

As a reminder, in the JCPOA Iran affirmed it would never seek nuclear weapons. It committed to an enrichment ceiling and stringent safeguards. Here‘s the text as confirmed by the UNSC www.iaea.org/sites/defaul...

The law of the internet is changing - because the way that services are offered are changing. In the past, the argument usually was "people here merely post, how can we control everything? If you demand that, we cannot offer the service". But the tech has changed /1

Da har vi vel fått det første tilfellet der Høyesterett klart tilsidesetter (riktignok delvis) en norsk lovbestemmelse som stridende mot noe annet enn Grunnloven? Saken om objektivt straffeansvar for en del år tilbake er en eldre kandidat, men ikke like tydelig. www.domstol.no/no/hoyestere...

Treffende: "obligatorisk undervisning vil ikke løse de faktiske utfordringene som hindrer studenter fra å møte opp". "Man må heller sikre at undervisningen er av høy kvalitet, at studenter har et sted å være på campus og en økonomi som gjør det mulig å dra dit." www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Dette er et freidig svar når noen faktisk forteller deg "noe annet".

– Jeg kan ikke se at det ligger en plikt i DSA for tek-firmaer til å håndheve nasjonale aldersgrenser, sier professor Stian Øby Johansen. www.nrk.no/urix/jusspro...

Presumsjonsprinsippet er et velkjent tolkningsprinsipp. Men hva er dets virkeområde, og hva innebærer det å "så langt som mulig" tolke norske bestemmelser i samsvar med folkeretten? I min nye artikkel "Presumsjonsprinsippet" (TfR nr. 2/2026) prøver jeg å gi noen svar: doi.org/10.18261/tfr...

Denne "forsikringen" vet jeg ikke om jeg hadde kjøpt: www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-...

"Stortingsrepresentant Remi Sølvberg (R) har nå rettet et skriftlig spørsmål til barne- og familieminister Lene Vågslid (Ap), der han ber henne «gi en forklaring på hvorfor lovforslaget har blitt ettertrykkelig endra i EØS-høringa»." rett24.no/articles/reg... @rett24.bsky.social

Treaty Interpretation in the ICJ’s Opinion on the Right to Strike "the opinion opens new lines of inquiry into foundational questions of treaty interpretation" www.ejiltalk.org/treaty-inter...

– Omtrent halvparten av paragrafene er barbert bort. Av teksten som ble sendt på høring i fjor, er det bare formålsbestemmelsen og deler av definisjonene som gjenstår. Den øvrige teksten er enten fjernet eller radikalt endret. rett24.no/articles/for...

Grunnloven § 66. Bestemmelsen som gir og gir: bsky.app/profile/skog...

Check out my first-ever 🤡 emoji @opiniojuris.bsky.social, which I use to describe the US invoking the "unwilling or unable" test for self-defence to somehow legitimise invading Venezuela. opiniojuris.org/2026/05/20/a...

Disputas: Tomas Midttun Tobiassen ved Institutt for offentlig rett vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. Formelt rettighetsvern i Grunnloven. Konstitusjonelle krav til rettsgrunnlaget ved inngrep i menneskerettigheter i Grunnloven 12. juni 2026 kl. 11.15–15.00, Gamle festsal (og Zoom) #UiO

The arbitration ruling in this case is due today

Nok en overgang mellom @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social og @echr.coe.int. Denne gangen er det AG Emiliou fra EU-domstolen som nå har gått over til å bli dommer i EMD: www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-...

Mange medier rapporterer i dag at regjeringen vil forby sosiale medier for barn under 16 år, men merk at lovforslaget fortsatt ikke er fremlagt. Regjeringens egen pressemelding gir ingen informasjon om hva som eventuelt er gjort siden høringen: www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/l...

🚨🚨Was too late to brief @elisabraun.bsky.social on this, but this is a great report on the incoming Hungarian PM's wow for #Hungary to join the #EPPO which has powers to potentially reopen scrutiny of how #Brussels funds were used under Viktor #Orbán’s rule. 🧵 www.euractiv.com/news/eu-pros...

Trump now correctly refers to the Hormuz toll as an illegal toll. Just a couple of days ago, of course, he floated the idea of the US co-imposing and co-benefiting from said toll. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

The nuclear issue should be the easiest to solve. If they couldn't make progress on that then the outlook is bleak.

Disputas: Torkell Sætervadet Master i rettsvitenskap Torkell Sætervadet ved Institutt for offentlig rett forsvarer sin avhandling for graden ph.d: Trygdeskandalen og potensialet for rettsanvendelsesfeil på EØS-rettens område www.jus.uio.no/ior/forsknin...

Nok en gang ble kapitlet mitt om Grunnloven § 66 (parlamentarisk immunitet) relevant - se særlig punkt 6: www.scup.com/doi/10.18261...

🎓⚖️ The stage is set for the European Law Moot Court Final 2026! On 17 April, we will welcome top EU law students for the final at the #CJEU. 📺 Watch the Grand Final live on LinkedIn & our website. #ELMC #EULaw #CJEU

#Artemis II - We have the first image from yesterdays Lunar flyby captured by the crew on Orion EARTHSET. April 6, 2026. Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. 🚀🌕🌍

ICC bureau votes to pursue misconduct case against Karim Khan - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-governing-bureau-votes-pursue-karim-khan-misconduct-case

The EU External Action Services refused disclosure of the Board of Peace’s Charter and its own legal analysis. It also implicitly denied the existence of any other relevant documents and exchanges with the Member States. A confirmatory request is warranted

Danny Ortega is somehow still president of Nicaragua, so Trump could do the funniest thing

Yep, can't imagine why the Non-Aligned Movement routinely insists no form of anticipatory self-defence is lawful.

Not the worst feeling in the world:

No Senator Wong the legality isn't a matter for the US and Israel to determine, it is the responsibility of the international community to speak up when blatant disregard for international law takes place. So it is absolutely a question for Australia to be addressing unless you support aggression

The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran are illegal. Iran's attacks in Gulf States are illegal. The U.K. defending Gulf States is legal, but allowing the U.S. to use its bases is illegal. In short, everyone is violating international law and should stop. My latest @justsecurity.org

Iran must be bombing itself

The strikes on Iran are blatantly illegal. I explained in June why the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were unlawful under US and international law. Everything I wrote then is true today, but this is a far larger assault with far graver consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

"Whatever happens, though, one thing is clear – that this use of force by the US and Israel is manifestly illegal. It is as plain a violation of the prohibition on the use of force in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter as one could possibly have." @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/the-american...

Something to do for journalists: which bases is the us using for the attacks and what do those governments say (Al-Udeid, Ramstein, Diego Garcia?)

Påstanden om at dette er et forkjøpsangrep er selvsagt uholdbar. Dette er et lærebokeksempel på aggresjon, et eklatant brudd på FN-pakten. www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/d4w...

Nothing preventive here This is textbook aggression from Israel and the US, in flagrant violation of the UN Charter.

EFTA-domstolen: EØS-avtalen gjelder så langt Norge har jurisdiksjon, og dermed også på kontinentalsokkelen. eftacourt.int/press-public...

We must urgently stop the blatant breach of international law by the US and her companies. Time to adopt an effective blocking statute and live up to the EU-ICC Agreement which guarantees mutual assistance.

Please join our in person or online Lunchtime Seminar: 'Norway’s Patchwork of Agreements with the EU: Challenges to ‘the Norway Model' with Professor Halvard H. Fredriksen, UIB Norway. Tomorrow Wed, 18 February 2026 - 1.00pm @cambridgelaw.bsky.social, B16 www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

This framing of 'the EU has never done multiple speed Europe' seems like a product of way too short institutional memory. Since the 1980s, major EU integration often happened in avantgarde groups, be it the Euro, Schengen, EU Patent, EU Public Prosecutor. The real change is a different one.

Møte med Monica Naime: “Norges mulige statsansvar ved tredjestatsforpliktelser om forhindring av folkemord” Norsk forening inviterer til møte med Monica Naime, som nylig disputerte for doktorgraden ved Det juridiske fakultet, Universitetet i Bergen. For foreningen vil hun presentere en vri på…

For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...

Vi er medarrangør av et intervju med ICJ-dommer Dire Tladi onsdag 11. februar klokken 12:30 til 14:00 i Domus Juridica. Temaet for intervjuet er ICJs rolle som internasjonal tvisteløser, samt domstolens bidrag til rettsavklaring og rettsutvikling i folkeretten.