On Monday, March 16th the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Irit Samet (KCL), who will present a draft chapter titled:"From Paternalism to Saving the World: How to Benefit the Beneficiary". Register on the link below to join us: forms.gle/fRVgymigt9Bm...
Funded postdoctoral positions (FCT) at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto – Call for expressions of interest:
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On Monday, December 8th, Daniel Viehoff will present his paper 'Authority and Control' as part of the LPT Seminar Series. Join us for what promises to be an exciting discussion!
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Such a nice surprise to see this engagement with our work on Transitional Health Justice. Thank you, Christina Ho, and thanks to @jotwell.bsky.social for publishing it! The links to the papers Christina engages with are below:
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This Friday, Nov 7th (5pm UK), Ariel Zylberman (SUNY) will be at the Legal Philosophy Trident presenting his paper on normative powers titled "Powerful Animals". This promises to be excellent. You can register here: forms.gle/zYjGsZno2W1z...
Today, @ezemonti.bsky.social and I will host Alex Guerrero (Rutgers) at the Legal Philosoph Trident Seminar Series. There's still time to register. Don't miss what promises to be an excellent seminar!
On Friday (October 3rd), we are kicking off the LPT Seminar Series with Alex Guerrero (Rutgers), who will discuss a dilemma voters face between voting instrumentally or as true believers. The seminar is online and open all. You can register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
🚨 Just out in Jurisprudence: a special issue, edited by D. Dyzenhaus and G.B. Ratti, devoted to the close relationship between HLA Hart and Norberto Bobbio.
It comprises a.o. the translations into English of five essays by Bobbio, substantial excerpts from the Hart-Bobbio correspondence...
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Logo of the new Journal "Experimental Philosophy".
The new journal "Experimental Philosophy" is now on BlueSky.
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Thank you @miottoluc.bsky.social and @philosophy-law.bsky.social for this conversation! I loved talking to Legal Phi about my work.
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A new Legal-Phi interview is out! We spoke with Alma Diamond
about how practices shape obligations, constitutional meaning, and much more. Check it out 👇legalphi.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/alma-diamond-...
This site has been a joy this week: wiby.me. It's a search engine which skips the corporate web and just looks for the amateur / hobbyist web that's still out there but doesn't appear in popular search engine results. I've used the Surprise Me function to read about a random thing everyday
@ezemonti.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the 2025-26 Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series Line-up & Schedule. Details below:
The Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy continues to grow - welcome Leah! And more news to follow...
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Looking forward to this!
The workshop on Jurisprudence by Experiment is on Monday 2nd June @ 2-5.15pm and is organised by Lucas Miotto @miottoluc.bsky.social (Surrey) and our own Tsampika Taralli. Speakers include Eleonore Neufeld (UMass), Jonathan Ichikawa (UBC), Guilherme Almeida (Insper), and Karolina Prochownik (Ruhr).
Simon Palmer (Surrey) is presenting his "Do Triggerable Reasons Explain Legal Authority?" this Friday (09/05) at the Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series. This promises to be excellent. Registration and more info here: forms.gle/5GmRvPW7aepj...
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On 28 March, Daniel Wodak will be presenting his paper 'Malapportionment: A Murder Mystery' as part of the LPT Seminar Series. Join us for what promises to be a very interesting discussion!
Register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
Next Friday (21/02/25 - 17:00 UK), the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Nina Varsava (Wisconsin), who will present her "Stare Decisis and Egregiously Errouneous Precedents". All are welcome to join. Register via the form below: forms.gle/tFjk9L9PaXb4...
In the fifth post of the series, Himani Bhakuni (York) reflects on the case of unhealthy diets and asks: why shouldn't the government use legislation (rather than just advice) to prevent significant individual and social harm from the consumption of ultra-processed foods?
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Himani Bhakuni: The Legitimacy of Exclusively Using Soft Law: The Case of Unhealthy Diets ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/02/10/h...
Dear academics
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
While marching towards the ministry of education as part of the big protest against the budget cuts to higher education by the Dutch government, a protester holds up a sign saying "democracy needs unruly thought"
The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.
#WOinActie 🟥
Can I be added as well? Great initiative! Thanks for that.
Hi Bluesky folks,
Tomorrow (Nov 22nd 5PM UK time) the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Filippa Ronquist (UCL) as part of our seminar series. She will present her draft titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons".
You can register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs...
Here’s some pictures from our annual Disputationes! It was great to learn more about our PhD candidates’ research and to engage in thought-provoking discussions with our colleagues from Glasgow and Surrey. Looking forward to next year!