Very grateful for the contributions to a blog symposium at the ASCL blog on my book on arguments from failure, this one by David Landau: ascl.org/responding-t...

MPI-Hamburg is hiring a Doctoral Candidate / Postdoc to head its Centre of Expertise on Latin America (Hamburg). Focus: comparative private law & PIL, Latin American legal systems, academic coordination. Apply by 29 March: mpi-privatrecht-hh.softgarden.io/job/63163619... #AcademicOpportunity

Schwäb Zeitung: „Hagel sexuelle Diskriminierung ggüber Frauen zu unterstellen, geht völlig an der Realität vorbei. Hagel war Ministrant, ist gläubiger Christ, verheiratet & Vater von 3 Kindern. Seine DNA ist kath. geprägt - und frei von verbalisierter Gewalt, Sexismus oder gar Frauenfeindlichkeit.“

Das VG Köln hat dem Eilantrag der AfD stattgegeben und untersagt nach summarischer Prüfung die Einstufung der Partei als gesichert rechtsextremistisch. Hier meine ersten Eindrücke nach Lektüre des Beschlusses: 1. Die Entscheidung beruht ausschließlich auf Erkenntnissen des BfV-Gutachtens. 1/

Kudos to the French, almost makes me want to go back on x. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.

Indeed, Trump's a liability in Europe and the centre and the left should start exploiting this more strategically in dealing with the far right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"In the 20th century, it was important to position oneself against fascism and authoritarian state socialism simultaneously," writes @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social. "But today, a reflexive position in the middle...makes little sense in a completely asymmetrical political landscape."

📣 Call for Papers! ▶️ #Humanrightization in #Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences 📄 We look forward to your proposals for the #MeDiMiConference2026 📅 May 7–8, 2026 📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen ⏰ Deadline: 23 February 2026 Details: 👇

For a little bit of hope www.liberalcurrents.com/nonpolitical...

Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.” Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.

Common good constitutionalism.

Good speech by the Canadians on foreign policy in this age www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...

New issue dropped! Thanks to @sarahvahed.bsky.social @cgoanta.bsky.social @koenvanzon.bsky.social @whommes.bsky.social @historikarin.bsky.social @whommes.bsky.social @lolaavril.bsky.social and the others for some brilliant work. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My book is finally out open access,dealing w arguments from failure, i.e. when institutions act in legally problematic ways because others have failed to do their job. It is comparative & should be interesting (I hope), even if it doesn't hold all the answers. www.cambridge.org/se/universit...

“The vehement opposition by some groups to our policies of transformation and redress conveniently align with wider notions of white supremacy and white victimhood, fed by false claims of the persecution of white Afrikaners in our country." Indeed. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Personal der neuen AFD Jugend legt ja nahe, dass ein Verbotsantrag nach wie vor ganz gute Erfolgschancen hätte. Klare Verhältnisse bei den Neonazis also...https://taz.de/Gruendung-Generation-Deutschland/!6133527/

I was late to read this, but it is such an important piece. Taking stock of ask that has been done, even when there is still much to do, can fuel forward momentum. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social (& @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for mentioning it)

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

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Stefan Klingbeil ist seit diesem Wintersemester Professor für Bürgerliches Recht, Zivilverfahrensrecht und Rechtstheorie und spricht im Interview über den Zauber des Rechts. Willkommen an der @leuphana.bsky.social! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

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Und es gibt Hochschulleitungen, die diese Anfragen tatsächlich an die Fachbereiche weiterreichen (Halle) und beantworten (Merseburg). Und offenbar viele Kolleg:innen, die ganz brav (oder ganz doof oder ganz freudig) selbst Meldung erstatten.

#OTD 2.10.1905 erlässt Trotha Schiessbefehl, der Völkermord an Herero besiegelt. Nichts war heute von der Politik dazu zu hören. Wolfram Weimer sieht in Gedenken an Völkermord Herero Nama gar eine Relativierung des Holocaust. Beschämend. Hier dazu mehr: thediasporist.de/de/zweierlei...

Excellent piece on current US politics and the democrats. Core message: Trump has NO mandate for the enormous changes he is pushing through, even if we reject that democracy should protect itself (which we shouldn't)

NRW, Brandenburg und Sachsen, egal ob progressiv oder rechts: in allen Wahlen verliert die AfD gerade. Selbst wenn sie allein auf dem Wahlzettel steht. Warum wir mehr darüber sprechen sollten und was wir daraus lernen können. www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/bl...

This seems sadly right and makes one wonder how much success in our societies just reflects opportunism: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Wahlkampf in Sachsen - Christian Pudack, der einzige Kandidat für die Oberbürgermeisterwahl in Freiberg, der sich klar von Rechtsextremen abgrenzt, erhält öffentliche Morddrohungen. Ich wundere mich sehr über die mediale Stille dazu. 1/2

Der Verfassungsblog setzt sich für den freien Zugang zu Wissen aus der #Rechtswissenschaft ein – wir wollen #OpenAccess als Standard. Beim #vBIB25 wird Maximilian Steinbeis in seiner Keynote Erfolge und Strategien dazu erläutern. Save the Date! 🗓️ 3.-4. Dezember 2025 | Alle Infos: www.vbib.net

If you are around & interested in the role of supranational courts in protecting democracy, reach out & join us for our workshop - supported by Thyssen Foundation - this week, w T Robinson, A Abebe, @democracytalk.bsky.social, P Danchin, D Beguerie, A Zysset & J Gerards - lnkd.in/e8Ycy5-s

If you are around & interested in the role of supranational courts in protecting democracy, reach out & join us for our workshop - supported by Thyssen Foundation - this week, w T Robinson, A Abebe, @democracytalk.bsky.social, P Danchin, D Beguerie, A Zysset & J Gerards - lnkd.in/e8Ycy5-s

Guter Text in zur rechten Gewalt, der das Ausmaß des Problems deutlich macht: www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

For another important study on this see below - a message for Germany too!

The story seems to be repeating itself all over the place...one would have hoped Labour would learnt from the German CDU's failed attempts...

Some interesting thoughts on AI: what if it won't be the big revolution, but just be good enough and we invest all our energy in reorienting our works towards it: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

"Despite CDU leaders’ claims to be democracy’s last defense against the rising far right, the party is falling into the culture-war traps the far right has set for them." New column for Project Syndicate:

Very much looking forward to this tomorrow...

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“Higher Ed policy in the US is now being developed through ad hoc deals, a mode of regulation that is not only inimical to the ideal of the university as a site of critical thinking but also corrosive to the democratic order and to law itself” balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

The elections in Poland will raise doubts about semi-presidentialism, rightly so. But it is important to get the critique right. There is unfortunately a widespread belief in political science & comparative constitutional law that constitutional design does not matter for democratic backsliding. 1/

Highly recommend this post by Or Bassok on @verfassungsblog.de on the Israeli Supreme Court’s Selective Activism: verfassungsblog.de/democracy-wa...

🚨🚨LAST 9 DAYS 🚨🚨 of the annual Strange Horizons fund-raiser! Still a host of rewards up for offer (see link), and we need around $4.4K more to hit our base goal. If you’ve been intending to support us this year, then the time is now! Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

I have been waiting for this post on @ejiltalk.bsky.social all morning, but now I understand that because of the time difference between here and where Marko is, it only came now. Full recommendation: www.ejiltalk.org/the-illegal-...

Very interesting piece indeed!

Screenshot von Haaretz von heute - da könnte die deutsche Regierung sich mal ein bisschen Inspiration holen, was Kritik an der israelischen Regierung betrifft...verweist auch darauf, dass es eine kritische israelische Gegenöffentlichkeit immer noch gibt...

"Das Schweigen zur Völkerrechtswidrigkeit des israelischen Angriffs, oder schlimmer noch: die implizite Billigung der Angriffe, lässt sich hingegen nur als grundlegendes Versagen deutscher Außenpolitik bezeichnen." In der Tat...