MJ Durkee

Law Prof @ Washington University in St Louis. International law, business law, global governance, environment, theory. Bsky: mjdurkee

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It's out!! 🎉"States, Firms, and Their Legal Fictions." A multidisciplinary exploration into the contingency of entities. Why are states and firms what they are? How and why does law construct and maintain them this way? Check out the contributor list...!

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The Theory Forum is today! Come join us in the Embassy room on the Terrace level of the Washington Hilton at noon. #ASILAM25

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Are you heading to the @asilorg Annual Meeting in Washington DC this week? Please join us to workshop three great projects. ⤵️ This is hosted by the International Legal Theory interest group, but all are welcome. #ASILAM2025 @asilorg_iltig

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Are you heading to the @asilorg Annual Meeting in Washington DC this week? Please join us to workshop three great projects. ⤵️ This is hosted by the International Legal Theory interest group, but all are welcome. #ASILAM2025 @asilorg_iltig

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Welcome to @WashULaw, @CymiePayne! Cymie is next up in the @HarrisWorldLaw International Law Colloquium, presenting on how international law can best address environmental consequences of war.

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If you're on this app and attending the ASIL Annual Meeting in DC in April, then this is for you! There a few more days to submit a proposal. Feel free to pass on to others who have left the chat. ⤵️

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Here at @WashULaw & @HarrisWorldLaw in St. Louis today we're taking a moment to think about restorative justice. Welcome to Diane Amann @UGASchoolofLaw for "Child-Taking Justice and Forced Residential Schooling of Indigenous Americans" in the International Law Colloquium series.

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Happy to welcome my former colleague @harlangcohen of @FordhamLaw to the @WashULaw International Law Colloquium in St. Louis for hugely timely and interesting project on defining security in international law. ⤵️ Commentator is my WashU colleague Brian Tamanaha!🔥 @HarrisWorldLaw

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Delighted to welcome @gregorycshaffer of @GeorgetownLaw to @WashULaw today! He'll present on such a timely topic: China's participation in international legal ordering.
We'll also have commentary by emerging China & Trade scholar @Lawrence_J_Liu of @BerkeleyLaw.
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@j_emtseva @WashULaw @CUP_Law @ABILA_official Thank you! 💕

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Thanks to ABILA and the awards committee for this honor! 🙏It's such a joy to have readers and feedback. Congrats to all the awardees.

Want to read? Here's the link (discount code "durkee23" is good through 12/31): https://t.co/B305i33Wre

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Finally, the ABILA Best Edited Volume Award went to MJ Durkee (@mjdurkee) for 'States, Firms, and Their Legal Fictions – Attributing Identity and Responsibility to Artificial Entities' (@CUP_Law, 2024). Congratulations to all of our winners!

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@StewartMelissa0 Yay thanks!

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Here's the invite⬇️ feel free to reach out if you want to chat about it.

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Hard to believe it's already been a year since I started at @WashULaw, but here we are. This is a fantastic place, crackling with the energy of good thinking. Plus warm, kind, fun, all the things you want. This is relevant because ... we're hiring! Check out the invitation below.

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Avoid the summer slump with... ideas! Find yourself some ice water and air conditioning and join us next week at noon eastern for what should be a great discussion.⛱️

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Coming up a week from today! Join us for the legal theory summer workshop. Four great projects to discuss. Details below & a place to register for the link.

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@j_emtseva Break a leg!

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@odileammann Let’s do it! Send a DM?

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Spotted in the wild! Exciting moment for a first time book creator: “States Firms, and Their Legal Fictions.” If you’re at #LSA2024 you can check it out at the @CambridgeUP table. Here’s a discount code if anyone wants to actually buy it 🤞- DURKEE23

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Happening now at #LSA2024 @law_soc. 🔥

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If you’re looking for more of the same, this is part of CRN 36, Transnational and Global Legal Ordering, which is also sponsoring some other great panels at #LSA2024. Questions or want to get involved? Hit me up or talk to @gregorycshaffer.

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Are you at #LSA2024 in Denver? Come to Mineral C at 12:45 today, Thursday, for a really interesting set of theoretically-inclined internationally-inclined papers, moderated by yours truly. Really original takes on legal orders re Nature, Animals, Genocide. Cool stuff.