Paul J. du Plessis

All things Roman and Roman law! Tweets are personal. Retweeting/following should not be interpreted as an endorsement. 🏳️‍🌈 - @sententiaepauli.bsky.social

[Paul J. du Plessis @SententiaePauli]

A fun afternoon ahead talking about Scottish Heraldry Law.

[Peter Candy @Pete_Candy]

I had a very good experience publishing a paper with @CUP_Law . 'What was the actio oneris aversi?' open access here: https://t.co/ygdSuQGLs1

[St Andrews Classics @StA_Classics]

"Land and Power in the Later Roman World "

#Conference
📆 29 June to 1 July 2026
📍 Tübingen
🔗 View details: https://t.co/2o5BZVkYi5

Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, [email protected]

#AllWelcome

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Idea: An anonymous “vote to end meeting” button on Teams where if 50% of people press it, the meeting ends immediately.

[Cambridge University Press - Law @CUP_Law]

The Judgment of the Provinces by Ari Z. Bryen
A new study of ancient legal politics that asks us to re-think the history of law and society.
📚 https://t.co/1s4T0zzLLp

[Helen Dale (not on your team, but always fair) @_HelenDale]

As many of you know, it’s the 250th anniversary of the publication of Wealth of Nations.

@LawLiberty has thus run a series of Adam Smith appreciations—but from non-economists—for March. I’m a lawyer & novelist, & here’s my final piece for the month.

https://t.co/G305e8Nz1m

[Paul J. du Plessis @SententiaePauli]

@HusaJaakko We both had hair.

[UCU Scotland @UCUScotland]

Our #SaveHE call on the front of today’s @heraldscotland #StopTheCuts

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

The journal: “your work is being cited”

Me: 😃

The citation: “…as he stupidly and unattractively argues…”

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

no one in academia is cool. absolutely nobody at all.

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

UCL will close its Institute of Advanced Studies this summer, stating the interdisciplinary research centre is no longer financially sustainable, reports @jgro_the
https://t.co/q9wZcMUzJs

[Paul J. du Plessis @SententiaePauli]

@HusaJaakko Can confirm.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Historians: “in this opening volume, I consider British cavalry innovation from 1817 (January) to 1817 (May)”

Economists: “in this blog post, I explain human origins, progress, and decline”

[Philippe Lemoine @phl43]

If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".

[Michael McGill 🏛 @mcgillmd921]

He wrote one of the greatest history books ever printed, inspired by a walk amongst the ruins of Rome.

Edward Gibbon did not plan to write the death of Rome. Rome persuaded him to write it.

This is the story of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 🧵🏛️

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Modern academic: “I hope the person who wrote the article I’m responding to gets my subtle dig in footnote 17”

19th century academic: “…here I respond to my enemies, impotent of body and feeble of mind”

[Paul J. du Plessis @SententiaePauli]

@benjcartlidge This cover design fills me with anxiety.

[Paul J. du Plessis @SententiaePauli]

Finally. My time has come. *wonders why I went into this room in the first place. What was I looking for again?*

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Human functioning peaks during late midlife.