EdinburghLegalTheory

The combined account of the staff-led Edinburgh Centre for Legal Theory and the research student run Edinburgh Legal Theory Research Group.

[EdinburghLegalTheory @EdLegalTheory]

We are now no longer operating this account. For Edinburgh Legal Theory news and events, please follow us on Bluesky: https://t.co/I868bLPdyk

[EdinburghLegalTheory @EdLegalTheory]

Congratulations to our Deputy Director @Philosophy_Law on his election as Convenor (with @saharatlarge) of the Society of Legal Scholars (Jurisprudence Section)!

[Martin David Kelly @Martin_D_Kelly]

Very happy that @saharatlarge and I were just elected as Convenors of the Jurisprudence Section of the Society of Legal Scholars (@legalscholars). We've big shoes to fill: congratulations to @GlexAreen & @drjoshdoeslaw for their stewardship of the Section over the last 3 years 👏

[Martin David Kelly @Martin_D_Kelly]

Very happy to have my abstract selected for this, and to have a trip to Dublin to look forward to!

[Ana Cannilla @AnaCannilla]

One week left for @SOFIresearch 5th Annual Conference on 'Consent' - supported by @JoAPhilosophy @UofGLaw @UofGlasgow and the Scots Philosophical Association.

Please register here to attend in-person or on-line: https://t.co/a4CJi7hlNx
and get in touch if you have any question!

[EdinburghLegalTheory @EdLegalTheory]

An audio version of Dr Kelly's recent paper!

[Martin David Kelly @Martin_D_Kelly]

Someone seems to have turned my OJLS paper Applying Laws Across Time: Disentangling the ‘Always Speaking’ Principles into a video, complete with photographs, signs etc.! You can also read it here: https://t.co/v80Wub36ZS

[Martin David Kelly @Martin_D_Kelly]

Follow us on Bluesky - and please repost.

[EdinburghLegalTheory @EdLegalTheory]

We’re looking forward to the start of the new academic year and we will be publishing our line-up of exciting legal theory events shortly. Do you know that we are on Bluesky? It’s the best place to get updates on our events and activities. Follow us here: https://t.co/I868bLPLnS!

[Martin David Kelly @Martin_D_Kelly]

@DevalSDesai 👏🏻

[Milena Tripkovic @TripkovicMilena]

My new article co-written with Mojca M. Plesničar is out in Pravni Zapisi, a fab Serbian law journal. TLDR: it explores the old Yugoslav model of suspended sentences which (mostly) survives in Slovenia and Serbia 🧵

[The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy @CollectiveWLP]

📢 We have just launched our new (and much requested!) Mentoring Programme!

The Collective’s mentoring programme aims to support women working in legal philosophy in enhancing their skills, navigating professional challenges, and progressing their careers.

[EdinburghLegalTheory @EdLegalTheory]

Amalia Amaya, the Director of our Centre, has published a blogpost ‘Subjective Justice’ on the Cardiff University ‘Open For Debate’ blog: https://t.co/OJtk8issyz

[Martin David Kelly @Martin_D_Kelly]

If you're interested in law, philosophy, or (especially) legal philosophy and you're not following @CollectiveWLP ...

[The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy @CollectiveWLP]

📢 5. Filipa Paes (@oxfordjdg) shared the *wild* insight that there ARE women in legal philosophy.

Soon, we will be releasing:
1⃣ A reading list of works by women to complement the standard jurisprudence reading list

2⃣ A list of women in legal phil according to AOS & AOC

[The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy @CollectiveWLP]

And that’s a wrap!

Thank you to everyone who joined us on these 3 fabulous days of conference activities! Thanks to @OxfordLawFac for the generous funding. It’s been absolutely wonderful.

We will see you in 2025 at @UIllinoisLaw, hosted by the fabulous, Heidi M. Hurd.

[SurreyLaw&Philosophy @SurreyCentreLP]

Join us this afternoon, 4-6pm UK time, for an SCLP seminar with Aditi Bagchi (Fordham), who will be speaking on legitimization as a normative power. Pre-reading is optional, but to access the paper and the session info, visit the event page below

https://t.co/wJdzvsKSa3

[EdinburghLegalTheory @EdLegalTheory]

Next week we will be hosting a workshop on ‘Public Exemplarity, Character, and Legal Culture’. You can find the detailed programme below. The event is already sold out but there’s a possibility to attend online if interested - please do get in touch to receive the Zoom link!

[The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy @CollectiveWLP]

🚨Interested in presenting work in progress in a supportive and collaborative forum?

We are inviting abstracts (max. 500 words) from members via this webform (https://t.co/WBX4bjFmcN…).

Cosing date: Friday the 5th of July, 5pm (EST). More details: https://t.co/dfuxQP0vwz

[EdinburghLegalTheory @EdLegalTheory]

Good luck to our legal theory PhD students Aina Arif, Sara Canduzzi, Aytac Cura, and George Dick who are presenting their projects either via a poster or the ‘3-minute Thesis Competition’ at the @UoELawSchool Research Celebration tomorrow.

[Martin David Kelly @Martin_D_Kelly]

Looking forward to discussing my new paper next week with friends @SurreyCentreLP!

[EdinburghLegalTheory @EdLegalTheory]

Now that our 16th Legal Theory Festival is officially over, we would like to take a moment to thank all of our speakers, attendees, and organisers for making this possible. It truly was a terrific event, and we really enjoyed the lively discussions and excellent contributions!