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prof at durham law school; helps edit
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Donncha OāConnell
16 days ago
Conor Gearty obituary - The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...
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Conor Gearty obituary
A skilled and persuasive human rights lawyer who fought for civil liberties in the face of over-reaching anti-terror law
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep/18/conor-gearty-obituary
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Interested in joining the Editorial Committee of Public Law? Then see below. Happy to field queries etc from interested candidates.
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Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here:
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/CE5D24E619489ACEFF92D18A10036E49/S0008197325100731a.pdf/dissolution_of_dualism.pdf
about 2 months ago
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Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here:
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/CE5D24E619489ACEFF92D18A10036E49/S0008197325100731a.pdf/dissolution_of_dualism.pdf
about 2 months ago
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British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
2 months ago
The Bingham Centre has a new Vacancy for a Research Fellow in Public Inquiries and Rule of Law Applications by 3 August Find out more
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Ben Yong
3 months ago
Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here:
@jessieblackbourn.bsky.social
@lizaoloughlin.bsky.social
@seshauna.bsky.social
@rogermasterman.bsky.social
@dkagiaros.bsky.social
@nataliesedacca.bsky.social
... and
@aileenmcharg.bsky.social
rb.gy/ybcbpf
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Career Development Fellow in Public Law at Durham University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Career Development Fellow in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX378/career-development-fellow-in-public-law?uuid=589295aa-611d-11f0-b61c-027e9b1da9c1&campaign=jbe20250715&source=jbe
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Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Project
5 months ago
On 2 June, the
@houseofcommons.parliament.uk
will collaborate with scholars incl our members
@ucllaws.bsky.social
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@durham-university.bsky.social
&
@uodroitpublaw.bsky.social
on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism
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House of Lords Constitution Committeeās report on the employment rights bill:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
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https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldselect/ldconst/108/108.pdf
6 months ago
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Maxim Bƶnnemann
6 months ago
āWhat do these events have in common? They reflect a multipronged attack, heedless of academic or press freedoms and the rule of law, against institutions of knowledge and of law.ā From this weekās
@verfassungsblog.de
editorial by the brillant Vicki C. Jackson:
verfassungsblog.de/education-de...
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The April 2025 issue of Public Law is now avail. on Westlaw feat. a themed analysis section - Race and Public Law - compiled by
@vidyakumar.bsky.social
. Papers are by Vidya, on "Race and the UK Constitution"; Shreya Atrey "A Common Law principle of racial equality?"; Tom Frost ...
6 months ago
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Almost four remaining weeks in which to think about putting together a themed collection of short (4000 word) āanalysisā pieces for Public Law ā¦
7 months ago
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New inquiry announcement from the House of Lords Constitution Committee:
committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
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Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Call for evidence
https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3614/
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V interesting - and a nice trailer for the sequel to/remake of the executive in the constitution.
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7 months ago
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Each year Public Law carries a series of analysis pieces (4000 words ea) united around a particular theme. The call for guest editors of the 2026 collection is now out:
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- SWEET & MAXWELL
https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk%2Fpublic-law%2Findex.aspx&data=05%7C02%7Cpublic.law%40durham.ac.uk%7C78183ade661d452208ac08dd1f6744e7%7C7250d88b4b684529be44d59a2d8a6f94%7C0%7C0%7C638701250571401459%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7ff2l%2BxgCMNFLIho%2BsGX1jDYltfEhTj6JZeKkO7pikw%3D&reserved=0
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HL Constitution Committeeās short report on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
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House of Lords - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Select Committe on the Constitution
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldselect/ldconst/61/6102.htm
10 months ago
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UK Constitutional Law Association
10 months ago
Mike Gordon: Labourās Ministerial Code and Political Standards Reform
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2024/12/05/m...
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Mike Gordon: Labourās Ministerial Code and Political Standards Reform
On 6th November, Prime Minister Keir Starmer published his (long awaited) revised version of the Ministerial Code.Ā A written statement in Parliament by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancasteā¦
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2024/12/05/mike-gordon-labours-ministerial-code-and-political-standards-reform/
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this is obviously where the real lawyers are.
11 months ago
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Adam Ramshaw
11 months ago
I'm co-organising an event on 'Human Rights in the United Kingdom under Conservative Government'. The conference is on 26 November 2024 at Northumbria Law School. Please register and take a look at the programme via the link below. Reposts welcome!
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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