Calling all law ECRs: a great opportunity to present and get proper, detailed feedback on a paper.

The #PublicLawConference2024 will feature a panel on Digital Constitutionalism, Hate Speech & Freedom of Expression. Find out more about our panelists and
their papers below.

Well worth consulting

Dr Robert Craig’s Robert Craig evidence given at the Justice Select Committee in the House of Commons last week on the new Post Office Offences Bill, designed to exonerate the Subpostmasters, was covered by Joshua Rozenberg in the Law Society Gazette:

lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and… 🔗

An outstanding addition to the BUP series on law and social justice.

Great thread

Enjoy recording my debate with Matt Warman MP, just now under Nick's kind welcome and probing questions.

This vividly demonstrates a general point: the police power to arrest an entirely peaceful person (in this case not even a counter-demonstrator) for 'breach of the peace', because of the anticipated violent reaction of *others*. It's a deeply problematic power.

For Labour to win 78% of the seats on the basis of only 44% of the popular vote would be quite the result, even by the standards of First-Past-the-Post...

It's possible there may be some disagreement....

Congrats to our ⁦Bristol Law School⁩ colleagues Michael Ford & ⁦Alan Bogg⁩ ✊🏼🌹 unison.org.uk/news/2024/04/s…

Isn't it great to have independent judicial oversight to protect core civil and political rights from ill-considered executive action...

Can personal work relations in capitalist firms be reconciled with freedom as non-domination? In this new paper, Cindy Estlund and I have a go at an answer. It’s based on the idea of “legitimate economic authority”: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Great to see the work of my colleague at Bristol Law School being recognised and brought into parliament's work. Should be a great session.

Join us at Bristol Law School! jobs.ac.uk/job/DGU263/lec…

The Health Foundation found that average day-to-day health spending in the UK between 2010 and 2019 was £3,005 per person – 18% below the EU14 average of £3,655. Source: bma.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

For the first time, the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza . The US claims it is not legally binding.

HANNAH BIRKENKÖTTER (Hannah Birkenkötter) explains why this claim is false.

verfassungsblog.de/why-todays-un-…

Is it genuinely not a parody? Hilarious!

Wonderful news and what a mark of distinction: warmest congratulations Prof. Shazia Choudhry

He never fails to entertain us...