Tobias Lock
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European law prof
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Great news for us here
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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
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We are so glad to announce the new Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
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funded by the European Union lead by
@tobiaslock.bsky.social
alongside some wonderful colleagues across
@maynoothuniversity.ie
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Delighted to be part of a wonderful team and leading the new
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. Lots to come in terms of activities (please follow us!) - for now: thanks to our wonderful colleagues
@maynoothlaw.bsky.social
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@muresearch.bsky.social
for their invaluable support!
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Jo Shaw
8 days ago
Are you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here:
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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9 days ago
Exciting publication news! I have been working for the past couple of years with co-editor
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and awesome authors (details below) on a special issue on âLegitimate International Authority and Institutional Diversityâ.
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Legitimate international authority and institutional diversity
While international institutions are a frequent and increasing focus of political challenge and critique, evaluating their normative legitimacy raises novel theoretical challenges. International in...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13698230.2025.2499356?af=R#abstract
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Markus Krajewski
10 days ago
Excited to start the second round of our international doctoral programme on business and human rights funded by Elite Network Bavaria
@fau.de
@humanrights-fau.bsky.social
@unibayreuth.bsky.social
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Steve Peers
10 days ago
Suing the EU Commission for withdrawal of a legislative proposal is a rare thing - my comments on the only CJEU judgment to date on this, from back in 2015 -
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Sad news. David was a lovely man and as sharp as they come.
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11 days ago
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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
22 days ago
Come Work With Us! The School of Law and Criminology is hiring an Assistant Professor in Law (permanent) Closing Date: Sunday 23 November 2025 For full details see:
tinyurl.com/4abrx98c
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Prof John O Brennan
11 days ago
How can academic freedom be maintained when universities have commercial relationships with totalitarian countries like China? This is a chilling example.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/nov/03/uk-university-halted-human-rights-research-after-pressure-from-china?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Lynsey Black
15 days ago
Puff Daddy, the 1798 United Irishmen rebellion, knowledge hierarchies and the militarisation of policing... I am over the moon to see this essay published. Thank you so much to the Dublin Review of Books and to
@juliango.bsky.social
for writing such a thought-provoking book.
drb.ie/articles/its...
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Itâs all âMesearchâ - DRB
Imperial policing, extreme force and the supposed perils of âmesearchâ
https://drb.ie/articles/its-all-mesearch/
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Conor Gallagher
24 days ago
I have an awful sinking feeling about this protest in Saggart tonight. The rhetoric on far right channels has been extremely violent all day.
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Colin Murray
28 days ago
This latest "barrister meets AI" disaster is something all stage 1 law students should read. It is vital about the key skill of case reading - you mustn't use AI to substitute for the skill of being able to find cases and find key content in cases:
tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/ui-202...
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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
about 1 month ago
Tuesday 21 October, 2pm As part of research week, join us on campus and online for 'Scholasticide in Palestine and the Responsibilities of Western Universities' To register:
tinyurl.com/yhkuuzja
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Aoife Nolan
about 1 month ago
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the
@lrb.co.uk
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John Cotter
about 1 month ago
Anyone interested in the power of the Commission President to compel the resignation of a Commissioner can read my and
@grahambutler.bsky.social
âs article published in the CMLRev in 2024. A pre-publication version can be accessed here:
keele-repository.worktribe.com/OutputFile/7...
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Congratulations!
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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
about 1 month ago
Dr BrĂd NĂ GhrĂĄinne has published a new article on internal displacement in International Journal of Refugee Law See:
tinyurl.com/yb68f8t3
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Verfassungsblog
about 2 months ago
Was wĂ€re, wenn...âIm ThĂŒringen-Projekt haben wir uns 1,5 Jahre lang damit beschĂ€ftigt, was passieren könnte, wenn autoritĂ€r-populistische Akteure staatliche Machtmittel in die Hand bekommen. 35 Blogposts aus dem Projekt haben wir jetzt als Sammelband veröffentlicht. Wie immer: Open Access! đ
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Richard Chambers
about 2 months ago
Breaking Terror charges against Liam Ăg Ă hAnnaidh THROWN OUT
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Conor Gallagher
about 2 months ago
"Hey Maria, Michael McDowell here. just seeing I've a few missed calls from you. What's up?"
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Kenneth Armstrong
about 2 months ago
It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive? As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here:
lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5
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Maynooth University Graduate Research Academy
about 2 months ago
Can you present your research to a broad audience clearly and concisely in just 3 minutes? đ„ 1st Place â âŹ250 One4all Voucher đ„ 2nd Place â âŹ200 One4all Voucher đ„ 3rd Place â âŹ150 One4all Voucher Research students register below & join us to showcase the research talent at Maynooth University!
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Anurag Deb
about 2 months ago
Seeing as so many people are making claims about the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR, here's a short but comprehensive explainer from people who have been thinking, writing and talking about this for longer than most đ
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Conor Gallagher
2 months ago
Irish 'patriots' present for Tommy Robinson's "Unite the Kingdom" rally in London. It takes all sorts (in this case, racist idiots)
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Verfassungsblog
2 months ago
New tensions in Hungaryâs judiciary đđș: After intervening in the referral phase of Art. 267 TFEU, the Hungarian Supreme Court now seeks to influence how lower courts apply CJEU rulings. ANNA MADARASI and TAMĂS KENDE on what's at stake.
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Donal Coffey
2 months ago
There has been a lot of ink spilled about the substance of the Policy Exchange paper today. I just want to write a brief thread here on a point that I haven't seen mentioned today and what I think is likely to be a key target of the paper: the upcoming Supreme Court appeal in Dillon (UKSC/2025/0013)
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Simon McGarr
3 months ago
Gary Gannon TD has taken a High Court action against the Central Bank approving Israel's bond prospectus. If you're interested in hearing the legal basis for this challenge, I will be outlining it as part of a Zoom webinar at 7pm today. You can register for it here.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Central Bank on Trial. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xAIadvhVSbya58IEaTU7XQ#/registration
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Steve Peers
3 months ago
The German Federal Constitutional Court has been asked to rule on whether the German constitution contradicts a CJEU judgment on religious discrimination. Analysis by Jonas Seibold -
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/holy...
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Holy Orders or Higher Law? Praying for a Karlsruhe intervention
Jonas Siebold Photo credit : ReinhardHauke, via Wikimedia commons A lot is at stake for the Protestant Church in Germany. In the pend...
https://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/08/holy-orders-or-higher-law-praying-for.html
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Strong ReichsbĂŒrger vibes coming from this group.
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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
3 months ago
Call for Proposals A book series 'New Advances in Crime and Social Harm' co-edited by Prof Claire Hamilton welcomes submissions Proposals from up-and-coming scholars seeking to extend the criminological gaze through a harms-based perspective are particularly welcome
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Rob Ford
3 months ago
This little parable is a nice illustration of why it is important for mainstream parties to set and uphold clear, bright line anti-prejudice norms, and of why the failure of senior Conservatives to do so risks doing great harm to their party
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Charles
3 months ago
We are hiring a 12 month Research Assistant position for our EU Horizon project Sustainable Wellbeing through Investment in Social Services (SWINS). Closing date is September 19th.
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Gavan Reilly
3 months ago
Looking like Heather Humphreys is so popular with the Fine Gael parliamentary party that, if there were to be a full ballot, she would be unassailable - and that Sean Kelly may have a battle on his hands even to get the 20 signatures needed for a contest.
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Fine Gael #aras25 endorsements (@gavreilly)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LVGw9t2DhO_w_a7W_s9GEDfG6CZInNs2kXG5I2yUphg/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Markus Krajewski
3 months ago
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bund...
Der
#CDUCSU
gelingt eine einzigartige BeschÀdigung des
#BVerfG
und einer geschÀtzten Kollegin. Am rechten Rand der Republik knallen die Sektkorken. Wir gehen unruhigen Zeiten entgegen.
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Deutschland: Brosius-Gersdorf zieht Kandidatur zur Verfassungsrichterin zurĂŒck
Die Juristin will nicht mehr fĂŒr das Bundesverfassungsgericht kandidieren, wie mehrere Medien berichten.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundesregierung-liveblog-news-brosius-gersdorf-bundesverfassungsgericht-kandidatur-rueckzug-li.3294142
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I am on Deutsche Bahn and the train appears to be a minute early!
4 months ago
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Steve Peers
4 months ago
EU Commission proposes partial suspension of Israel association with EU research programme Horizon
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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The tabloid press is on the case already... It's going to be a long few years for EU-ECHR aficionados.
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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Steve Peers
4 months ago
EU Commission to ask CJEU to rule on whether the latest attempt to draft a treaty for EU accession to the ECHR is compatible with EU law
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Brian Gormley D7
4 months ago
A graph that sums up an issue that is having an impact on all policy areas in Ireland - housing. The % of homeowners in the Irish 25-34 age group has dropped by over 40% since the 1990s. If the govt donât sort this out weâll all pay the price.
on.ft.com/4kVfBNS
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Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
4 months ago
Associate Prof at The School of Law and Criminology, Dr John Reynolds was invited to give expert evidence to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade See:
tinyurl.com/3cvzzfwb
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Charlotte Lydia Riley
4 months ago
All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
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Donal Coffey
4 months ago
The call for papers for the 45th Rechtshistorikertag in Vienna 2026 is now live:
rht2026.univie.ac.at
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Rechtshistorikertag 2026
Rechtshistorikertag 2026
https://rht2026.univie.ac.at/
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News Eye
4 months ago
đšBREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency. They are out of energy and they are starving to death. I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it. đ§”
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Verfassungsblog
4 months ago
How wide is the margin of appreciation that states have when setting national carbon budgets under the ECtHRâs KlimaSeniorinnen judgment? đđ
@andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
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@orlakelleher.bsky.social
explain why the margin is narrower than argued on this blog.
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Donal Coffey
4 months ago
Irish politics remains impenetrable to outsiders because the most left wing grouping oppose a property tax, while those on the right approve of it.
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Stephan Anpalagan
4 months ago
Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf und die Verfassung der Deutschen - Eine Rekonstruktion. Am 25. Juni um 18:42 verĂ€ndert der Jurist Ekkehart Reimer laut ât-onlineâ gezielt den Wikipedia-Eintrag von Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf und fĂŒgt eine Passage zum Thema âSchwangerschaftsabbruchâ hinzu.
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RTĂ Brainstorm
4 months ago
Where are the hurling and football strongholds in Ireland? Analysis of the geographical spread of Gaelic games by
@germac.bsky.social
Amelia Carroll & Hannah Shen
@maynoothuniversity.ie
@researchireland.ie
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Where are the hurling and football strongholds in Ireland?
GAA clubs are found in every corner of Ireland, but you'll find surprising pockets of football clubs in so-called hurling counties and vice-versa
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0717/1460508-gaa-geography-hurling-football-strongholds-clubs-county-titles/
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