Please find enclosed our call for abstracts for a two-day conference, entitled: ECtHR jurisprudence: an incremental and progressive development or time to take a breather? Keynote speakers: Mattias Kumm (WZB) and Janneke Gerards (Utrecht). 14-15 January 2027, at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social.

On 1 July, our colleague Manon Moerman successfully defended her PhD thesis. The thesis is entitled: Normative Hybridity in Private Partnerships: An Exploration Into the Rules of Conduct for Business Partners in Early Modern Amsterdam (1601-1791). Congratulations Manon! @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social

On Tuesday, 16 June, we welcome Alexander Somek (University of Vienna) to @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social. He will present a paper titled "Republicanism and Liberal Democracy: Transformation of our Political Predicament." Registration here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc...

Look at us! The first official group picture of the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence. @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social

Onze @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social collega Paula Lozada is benoemd tot een van de Faces of Science van het KNAW: "Onze wetgeving ziet de natuur vooral als iets dat mensen kunnen bezitten en gebruiken. Maar klopt de tegenstelling ‘eigenaar’ en ‘bezit’ eigenlijk wel?" www.knaw.nl/fondsen-en-p...

Next Tuesday, 27 January (16-18h, on site and online), we will host @ingovenzke.bsky.social (UvA) at our Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia. Title: "Fossil Sovereignty: The Struggle for the Law in the Climate Crisis." Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc... @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the colloquium with Prof. Somek has been postponed to June. Next week, we will welcome Ingo Venzke (UvA).

Pre-announcement: on Tuesday, 27 January (16-18h), we will host Alexander Somek (Vienna) at our Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia. He will present his paper "Republicanism and Liberal Democracy: Transformations of our Political." @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social

Yale hired a new professor of Legal Philosophy, who looks to be a legal positivist.

Our colleague @sebreyes.bsky.social has a new pre-publication paper out in the Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence: A Matter of Pedigree: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Review. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Tomorrow, Oct. 22, 16-18h, ‪Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence‬ @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Anne Ruth Mackor (Groningen): On Bayesian modelling of criminal cases as a whole. Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377

Next Wednesday, October 1st, 16-18h, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Roland Pierik on why the ‘right to bodily integrity’ is redundant in discussions on childhood vaccination. Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377

Next week, September 10th, 16-18h, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Massimo Fichera (UM)(@massimofichera.bsky.social) will present a paper on Communal Constitutionalism and the notion of legitimate authority. Please join us online or in Maastricht. For registration: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc....

Tomorrow, 11.06, 16-18h @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Sanne Taekema (EUR) on(Un)Civil activism and the rule of law. "how should [we] see the relationship between activism and the rule of law: how does the rule of law frame activism, and how do activists relate to the rule of law?" lnkd.in/eJB5skQj

30 April 16-18h at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence at @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: colloquium with Dimitrios Kyritsis (University of Essex) entitled: Law in the Service of Legitimacy. More info: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/maast... Please us, in Maastricht or online.

19 March, 16-18h, at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social. Colloquium with Inge van Hulle (KU Leuven) entitled: The Opium Wars, International Drug Control and the Fragmentation of International Law. More info: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...

26 February (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Colloquium with Alejandro Calzetta (University of Genova) on 'Eugenio Bulygin and the Evolution of the Theory of Competence Norms'. More info: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/fac...

12 February (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at @maastrichtu.bsky.social: Colloquium with Eva Bernet Kempers: (U of Antwerp). Title: Do rights of nature include animal rights? On-site and online. Register here: aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...

18 December (16-18h) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in the @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at Maastricht University: Colloquium with Prof. Mila Versteeg (U of Virginia), entitled: How Constitutions Fail. On-site and online. Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...

Today (16-18u) at the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University: Colloquium with Prof. Don Loeb (University of Vermont). Title: The Guidance Problem for Natural Law. On-site and online. Register here: www.aanmelder.nl/159956/subsc...