On 2 Feb 2026, 2pm GMT, we will host a roundtable on the @universitypress.cambridge.org book 📙 by Mariëtta van der Tol (Cambridge), "Constitutional Intolerance: The Fashioning of the Other in Europe's Constitutional Repertoires". Fabio Wolkenstein (Vienna) & Signe Larsen (Warwick) will comment.

Really looking forward to this discussion!

This new research seminar on Fourth Branch Constitutionalism is happening today! You can still register via Eventbrite to attend online (see details👇), or if on the Warwick campus, drop in S0.17.

In less than 2 days! ⌛

On 19 Nov 2025, 2pm GMT, we will host an online roundtable on #Contextual Approaches to #Constitutional_Law in #Academic_Publishing with reps from 6 leading comparative con law journals, moderated by Prof @tomginsburg.bsky.social (Chicago) & chaired by CCC co-director Dr @davidvitale.bsky.social.

On 5 Nov 2025, 4pm GMT, we will host a seminar on new research by Prof Michael Pal (Ottawa) on #Fourth_Branch #Constitutionalism. Prof @tarunkhaitan.bsky.social (LSE) and Dr Ming-Sung Kuo (Warwick) will be responding; and CCC co-director Dr @maramalagodi.bsky.social will chair.

On 22 Oct 2025, 2pm BST, we will host a roundtable on the @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book by @rehanabeyratne.bsky.social (Western Sydney), "Courts and LGBTQ+ Rights in an Age of Judicial Retrenchment". Brenda Cossman (Toronto) & Alex Powell (Warwick) commenting; @maramalagodi.bsky.social chairing.

The Centre for Constitutions in Context’s Inaugural Lecture will be delivered (online) by the renowned and influential scholar & practitioner of constitutional law, Jill Cottrell Ghai. Check out the Centre’s Eventbrite page to register and obtain the Teams link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ccc-inaugu...

Very grateful to @vmantouvalou.bsky.social for her thoughtful and generous review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org book "Trust, Courts and Social Rights" in Social & Legal Studies, describing the book as "fresh, thought-provoking, insightful and original". For the full review: doi.org/10.1177/0964...

🚨New Publication🚨 I have a new article in the Cambridge Law Journal titled “Reimagining the Trust Conception of Legitimate Expectations”, available Open Access in FirstView here: doi.org/10.1017/S000... @cambup-law.cambridge.org @cccwarwick.bsky.social

New research centre at Warwick Law: The Centre for Constitutions in Context (CCC) (@cccwarwick.bsky.social). Founded by @maramalagodi.bsky.social and me, the CCC investigates constitutions in their broader context. Follow us for information, including events and news: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...

Last Thursday (12 June), I delivered the keynote at an event held @tilburg-university.bsky.social, organised by the Dutch Association of Constitutional Law and the VWR. In my keynote, I discussed my new book: doi.org/10.1017/9781.... Thanks to the organisers and participants for a wonderful event!

Two great new additions to our Trans-Atlantic Platform project team! Welcome Sonia & Chiara! @odileammann.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @ukri.org @snsf-ch.bsky.social

Come work with us! Warwick Law School is hiring an Associate Professor or Assistant Professor, with preference to candidates who can contribute to the teaching of Tort Law and Global Health Law. Please share. For more details: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

We are hiring TWO political theorists as well as a PPE position which is open to theorists (focus on history of economic thought) - please apply and circulate! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-...

My new Trans-Atlantic Platform project with Michael Pal (Ottawa) and @odileammann.bsky.social (Lausanne) - "Open Constitutional Democracy" - is now on Bluesky! Follow the project @opencondemocracy.bsky.social. @ukri.org @snsf-ch.bsky.social

Looking forward to discussing my new book, "Trust, Courts and Social Rights" (doi.org/10.1017/9781...), on Tues, Feb 11, 12:30-2pm, at a Constitutional Roundtable of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, University of Toronto Faculty of Law: aspercentre.ca/event/consti....

Only a few days left to apply👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR257/r...

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Less than 2 weeks left to apply for this👇post. Please share. @odileammann.bsky.social

Happening tomorrow: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

I am hiring a post-doc fellow to work with me on my new ESRC, T-AP project, "Open Constitutional Democracy", w/ @odileammann.bsky.social & Michael Pal. It is a 2-year, full-time post, starting around 1 Apr 2025. Deadline to apply is 15 Dec 2024. Please share! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Looking forward to discussing my new book "Trust, Courts and Social Rights" @UCL on Thurs 21 Nov, 1-2:30pm, hosted by the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism, w/ @colmocinneide.bsky.social & @vmantouvalou.bsky.social commenting. Thanks @efieldingd.bsky.social & Jeff King for inviting me.

Delighted to be discussing my new book, "Trust, Courts and Social Rights", at the Oxford Public Law Discussion Group on Tues 15 Oct, 12:30-14:00, www.law.ox.ac.uk/public-law-d..., with Jo Murkens (LSE) and James Milton (UCL) commenting. For more info on the book: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Looking forward to discussing my new book, "Trust, Courts and Social Rights", at the LSE Law Legal and Political Theory Forum this Wednesday 2 October, 5-7pm, lselaw.events/event/legal-... For more info on the book: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Thrilled to be awarded a 3-year, T-AP grant funded by the ESRC (UK), SSHRC (Canada) and @snsf-ch.bsky.social. I will be working with my co-PIs, Mike Pal (Ottawa) and @odileammann.bsky.social (@unil.bsky.social). More info to come. www.transatlanticplatform.com/open-constit...

My beautiful book is having a beautiful discount! @hartpublishing.bsky.social are offering a whopping 30% off at the moment AND it makes a very pretty back to school present! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/litigants...

Have started a list of public/ constitutional lawyers on bluesky. Happy to add ppl! bsky.app/profile/bymy...

Given everyone is migrating their profiles this one might be timely - my article just published OA in the JLS is about the concept of Profilicity and Online Safety onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We’re delighted to announce our schedule of legal theory events for Autumn 2024. Please sign up to our mailing list for updates, papers etc. r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/2MQP-4UI/s...

Come work with us!

My beautiful book is having a beautiful book launch! Join us at QMUL on Wednesday 18 Sep, 6-8pm for the launch of Litigants in Person in the Civil Justice System: In Their Own Words. There will be drinks! An incredible panel: eventbrite.co.uk/e/litigants-...

Tom Hickman KC and Joe Tomlinson: What role did judicial review play during the pandemic? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2024/05/13/t...

It has arrived! Trust, Courts and Social Rights is now available in print. www.cambridge.org/core/books/t... Very pleased with the front cover. The image, a piece designed by artist CLET, represents the trust-based legal framework proposed in the book.

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 We are looking for a (fully funded) PhD candidate in Political Science working on the question of how ordinary people perceive political parties. Supervised by Josh Robison, Cynthia van Vonno and myself. More information & application ⤵️ www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

✍️💻Want to learn how to structure your article or to write an effective book proposal? The 3rd edition of the ICON•S Online Writing School is here for you! Don't miss this chance to learn from internationally renowned legal academics. Register now!

Just submitted the manuscript of our textbook Human Rights at Work - co-authored with Alan Bogg, Hugh Collins and ACL Davies. Hard work but really enjoyable working with great colleagues and friends. bloomsbury.com/uk/human-rig...

Want to know how to get published in an international journal or how peer-review works? The 3rd Edition of the ICON•S Online Writing School aims to answer these questions & more! Registration is now open: icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...