I‘m giving a public talk at UCL on Thurs 16 Oct. The title is “Bureaucracy and distrust: the civil service in the constitution” looking at the civil service’s constitutional foundations, and how it might respond to a populist govt. @sirJJkc.bsky.social will chair! www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

Excited to advertise the book launch for Leading Works in the History of the Constitution on 24 September in Worcester. The launch features a keynote lecture by Baroness Hale of Richmond entitled 'Constitutions Matter.' To book a place: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

My new Constitution Society report on compulsory voting has now been published. I argue that low turnout has left the UK with an unrepresentative electorate. This is creating warped incentives for politicians, and contributing to low growth, high inequality, and rising democratic discontent.

Thanks to Professor @jonyorke.bsky.social’s for a brilliant keynote on International Law and Alabama’s Executions by Nitrogeon Gas Asphyxiation. A great way to end the Rights & Justice Festival at the University of Worcester

Back at base after two stimulating days at the University of Worcester discussing the 1788-1795 impeachment of former governor of Bengal, Warren Hastings. Jane Austen, Burke, Fox, Sheridan, and Hastings' own writings in Persian all featured... @chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social #HistParl

Spent the day at a very interesting conference organised by @chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social in Worcester on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, and got a chance to visit my namesake King, he of Magna Carta and bad guy in Robin Hood fame.

Another fantastic round of papers at this morning’s #WarrenHastings conference. Jocelyn Harris’ discussion of the link between Jane Austen and Warren Hastings - and whether he was the inspiration for Col Brandon. Martyn Powell’s paper on the career and political writings of Richard Sheridan.

Thank you very much David. I really enjoyed listening to your paper on Robert Clive.

Next week is the Warren Hastings conference. Q. What links Jane Austen, Fanny Burney, William Pitt, John Wilkes, Richard Sheridan, Edmund Burke, Edward Gibbons, and George III? A. The impeachment of Warren Hastings www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ...

The Constitution Society and Federal Trust asked me to do a survey of the evidence on the economics of Brexit, nine years on from the vote. Hopefully it's a helpful reference. Short answer: the consensus was right - a large hit to GDP, trade and investment. consoc.org.uk/publications...

There is still time to sign up for the Impeachment of Warren Hastings conference. 3-4 July - Worcester, UK Organised by @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social & Uni of Worcester. Sponsored by @pastandpresent.bsky.social & @parlhistjournal.bsky.social Keynote: Dame Linda Colley

Very excited to have edited this volume in @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social’s Leading Works series. Leading Works in the History of the Constitution will be published in August. The book launch is on 26 September, with Lady Hale delivering the keynote. www.routledge.com/Leading-Work...

Really excited to be launching our first Rights and Justice Festival on 8 July in collaboration with the Hive in Worcester. All events are free and are open to everyone! Some great speakers on topics ranging from the death penalty to last summer’s riots. thehiveworcester.org/F71D9808849F...

There is still time to sign up for the Impeachment of Warren Hastings conference. 3-4 July - Worcester, UK Organised by @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social & Uni of Worcester. Sponsored by @pastandpresent.bsky.social & @parlhistjournal.bsky.social Keynote: Dame Linda Colley

This summer, @histparl.bsky.social will be joining forces with the University of Worcester hosting a conference to reassess Hastings 230 years on. @royalhistsoc.org @bsecs.bsky.social #skystorians royalhistsoc.org/calendar/the...

#OnThisDay 1795 (230 years ago precisely) Warren Hastings, former governor-general of Bengal was finally acquitted following a marathon impeachment trial that had run for over 7 years. Starting out as a cause célèbre, by the end many people were fed up with the case. @chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social

Another plug for the Routledge Frontiers in Accountability Studies book series. 👇

Spotlight 🔦🔦 on the first two books to be published in the Routledge Studies in Law, Rights and Justice book series. The Evolution of International Criminal Procedure: From Nuremberg and Tokyo to the International Criminal Court By Giovanni Chiarini www.routledge.com/The-Evolutio...

Want to learn more about a crucial impeachment case, heard in England but widely reported in American newspapers in 1787, even as the members of the Constitutional convention were meeting? This conference looks amazing.

Another plug for our Warren Hastings conference. 3-4 July, University of Worcester and @histparl.bsky.social

On 3 and 4 July, the History of Parliament alongside The CRJ Research Group, University of Worcester are hosting a conference on the impeachment of Warren Hastings. It is free to attend and you can register your place below:

David Sugarman: The Politics of Judicial Decision-Making in the UK’s Top Court: Lessons from the Pinochet Case ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/03/31/d...

I'm hiring a part-time research assistant to help organise a workshop in Oxford (May-June). I think the role would be ideal for a student (including post-grads) who is looking for some paid experience in academia. My DMs are open. Please share! www.quillproject.net/resource_col...

The History of Parliament Trust is look for new volunteer interviewers based in Wales or the North East to join our Oral History Project! Click the link below to find out more! 👇 historyofparliament.com/2025/04/07/c...

Interested in 18th century history? The University of Worcester & @histparl.bsky.social are hosting a 2 day conference on the impeachment of Warren Hastings. Details & booking link here: www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ... www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Another productive meeting this morning planning the upcoming Warren Hastings conference this July. Do share widely to anyone interested in the history of impeachment, empire, Parliament and law... #skystorians #HistParl www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ...

I've finally made it across to BlueSky... and happy to share a new post, reflecting on two recent public appearances by the Lady Chief Justice.

On 21 October 1714, in honour of the new king's accession, Parliament experimented with holding the day's session in German. It proved unpopular, and by the end of the day they had reverted to English. #skystorians #HistParl

Josie Welsh: “[No audible response]” is not how the Lady Chief Justice leads her judiciary ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/04/01/j...

The deadline for submission of proposals for the 2026 themed analysis section is 4 April. This is a good opportunity to give sustained attention to a novel issue or theme or one which is underrepresented in the discipline.

Not long to go now until this afternoon’s CRJ Research Group’s Public Annual Lecture!

🚨 Upcoming conference on the impeachment of Warren Hastings! 3-4 July. Sign up link below: www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ...

Upcoming conference on the impeachment of Warren Hastings. 3-4 July 2025. A collaboration between the University of Worcester and @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social. 2 days of fantastic speakers. You can book here: www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ...

Excited to share that two books will be published in July in the Routledge Studies in Law, Rights and Justice book series @tandfresearch.bsky.social Maria Antonia Tigre, Melanie Jean Murcott and Susan Ann Samuel's new book on 'Climate Litigation and Vulnerabilities: Global South Perspectives.'

Zelenskyy now at Sandringham with King Charles.

It was great to be on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Drive Time show yesterday evening to talk about recent developments concerning the Chagos Islands.

Delighted to present my reflections on the interactions between liberal constitutionalism, preventive justice, and property rights in legal countering terrorism at SLS Public Law ECR Workshop. Thanks @chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social @michael-lane.bsky.social for the great opportunity!

The Society of Legal Scholars’s SLS Public Law Section’s ECR Workshop is underway this morning and we have already had two fascinating papers by Dr Maryna Utkina and Ahmed Ellaboudy. Thank you to everyone who has come along this morning to support our presenters🙏

Interested in the East India Company, Warren Hastings, Burke, Fox and impeachment? Then this conference might just be for you 👇

There is still time to sign-up for the SLS Public Law Section’s ECR workshop. 👇

We are looking forward to taking part in the conference on Warren Hastings this summer, though some contemporaries were less thrilled: "Mr Hastings' affair is become so complicated... that no one treats it but as a farce, and it is impossible to keep 100 [MPs] in the House whenever it is brought on"

We are excited to advertise that we will be convening alongside the University of Worcester's CRJ Research Group this upcoming conference on 'The Impeachment of Warren Hastings The First Governor General of India'! It is free to attend, taking place on the 3-4 July:

The CRJ Research Group at the University of Worcester & @histparl.bsky.social are convening a conference on the impeachment of Warren Hastings. 3-4 July 2025. Free to attend. The keynote is Professor Dame Linda Colley. Speakers from around the globe 🌍🌏 www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ...

Many congratulations to Dr Augustine Arimoro on the publication of his monograph: Human Rights and Standard of Living in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Prospects. This is third book to be published in the Routledge, Studies in Law, Rights & Justice series. www.routledge.com/Routledge-St...

Paolo Sandro: Soft, But for Whom? Law and the Creation of Accountability ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/02/12/p...

Call for Papers: Is Democracy Possible?/ SLS Public Law ECR and PGR event (25 February) ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/02/07/c...

What a fantastic project. @chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social @histparl.bsky.social #skystorians

@chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social and I are really excited to be hosting our first event as SLS public law co-convenors for PGRs and ECRs. The schedule for our online early career workshop on the 26th Feb is below 👇 Sign up to attend (free) here: forms.office.com/e/FHcctGArpA.

@chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social and I are excited to share the Society of Legal Scholars Public Law Section Call for Papers for the Annual Conference at Leeds, 2-4th September 2024. All details here: mailchi.mp/legalscholar...

2 days left to go until the call for abstracts closes! SLS Public Law Section’s Early Career Workshop