Panu Minkkinen

Performing Law Cambridge Core - Jurisprudence - Performing Law

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etusivu - Sukupuolentutkimuksen päivät 2026 Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu | 26.–27.11.2026 Vuoden 2026 Sukupuolentutkimuksen päivät kutsuu tarkastelemaan oikeuksia ja vääryyksiä sekä niihin liittyvää vastarintaa. Sukupuolentutkimuksen oppiainee...

Finnish Gender Studies Conference 2026: Rights, Wrongs, and Resistance

University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu campus, 26–27 November 2026.

Window frost.

Wintry scene with small road.

Yours truly with frosty beard.

Arctic holidays continue a bit further south visiting the in-laws. But still damn cold!

Thanks, Bonnie. You too. Next time you’re here you can join me for a dip. 🥶

Woman and man swimming in icy brook.

Winter swimming in a brook, air temperature -30C. Your body is fooled to think that it’s in mortal danger and it reacts accordingly with a rush of adrenaline.

Weather summary.

Happy New Year from 68.4 Degrees N (Inari) in the land of darkness where the sun rises next week for the first time in ages.

Aurora borealis.

My brother in law and his partner are driving northwards to visit the family. They send us this photo taken on the road of the skies above them. This has been a good year for the lights.

Water, leaves and winter colours.

Winter solstice at 60°10′15″N 24°56′15″E (Helsinki):

9.23am ↑☀️↓ 3.12pm

So not even six hours of overcast daylight. On the bright side, things can only get better.

Image 👆🏻 from my 3rd Interrail in the late 70s on the ferry from Gothenburg to Frederikshavn.

Young man reading Tolkien.

Retirement days just got even better! Bought 2 (!) @interraileu.bsky.social passes for 2026. First trip to the sands of North Jutland, second to Berlin/Baltics. Reduced senior price, 1st class, with an additional -25% rebate that @wetpaint63.bsky.social (🙏🏻) brought to my attention.

👆🏻 This.

A wintry pier in the dark.

The rest of the family has been doing this already for a month or so, but today I opened my winter sea swimming season with a dip in candlelight. Air +3C, water about the same.

Post by @nephologue · 1 image 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The theme of this week's assignment was colour theory. I chose Rothko's notions of orange and yellow and painted the colours over a scanned and printed contact print of an old 6x6…

#colour

Post by @nephologue · 2 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Our third assignment this year suggested we use some element of cameraless photography. I extended my lens with arty glassware.

The third assignment in my community college course focused on certain elements of cameraless #photography. I used household glassware as an extension of my lens.

Post by @nephologue · 2 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · On the second assignment of this year's photography course, I managed to be 'abstract enough' by coming too close to what I was photographing.

Assignment 2 from this year’s community college course on abstract #photography.

Post by @nephologue · 3 images 💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Another community college course, another attempt to learn something essential about photography. The theme of this exercise was abstract images, and the critical feedback I got wa…

#photography

Front cover of the third edition of Research Methods in Law

Table of Contents I: Introduction 1. Doctrinal research Researching Jury Terry Hutchinson 2. Socio-legal studies: A challenge to the doctrinal approach Fiona Cowie and Anthony Bradney 3. Doing empirical research: Exploring the decision-making of magistrates and juries Mandy Burton 4. Legal research in the humanities Steven Cammiss and Dawn Watkins 5. Legal history Philip Handler 6. Comparative law and its methodology Geoffrey Samuel 7. Biographical approaches: Using life writing as a research method Fiona Cownie and Mandy Burton

Table of Contents II: 8. Economic analysis of law, or economically informed legal research Albert Sanchez-Graells 9. The Master’s Tools? A Feminist Approach to Legal and Lay Decision-Making Vanessa E Munro 10. Law and anthropolpgy: legal pluralism and ‘lay’ decision making Anthony Good 11. Creative Approaches Dawn Watkins 12. Critical legal ‘method’ as attitude Panu Minkkinen

📕📕NEW EDITION

Research Methods in Law (Eds: Dawn Watkins & Mandy Burton)

Feat. Terry Hutchinson, Fiona Cowie, Anthony Bradney, Steven Cammiss, Philip Handler, Geoffrey Samuel, Albert Sanchez-Graells, Vanessa E. Munro, Anthony Good & @panuminkkinen.bsky.social

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Panel on critical theory and EU law in Prague.

While fellow crits are swarming in #Exeter, some of us are infiltrating into EU law circles in #Prague. Book coming out soon through #Hart.

Why #Oligarchy never disappears: power concentrates at the top, leaders gain knowledge, resources & connections, then detach from the people.
@camilavergara.bsky.social & #ClaraMattei unpack how #SystemicCorruption works: youtu.be/UT0y1CRFfBA

As Head at Leicester, my senior colleagues were giving me a hard time. I insisted that if the school wanted to improve in research, it had to adopt a more socio-legal approach. Our VC appointed Conor and Hazel Genn as externals to settle the score. They generously agreed with me, and that was that.

I'm devastated by Conor Gearty's passing. His seminars were electrifying, his research courageous and inspirational, and as a doctoral supervisor he was never less than kind, diligent, and wise. It is such a huge loss. In this beautiful article, he left us some of his wisdom, humour, and humility.

Loviisa, Uusimaa, Finland by Panu Minkkinen Indian summer has finally made way for early autumn.

As a ‘nephologist’ (i.e. a keen admirer of clouds) and a proud member of the #CloudAppreciationSociety, I have today participated in the annual cloud appreciation day by recording the skies above me.

Legal Corruption: How Power Really Works | Camila Vergara & Clara Mattei YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation

Watch the full Forum for Real Economic Emancipation (FREE) Podcast with Clara Mattei & myself. We talked about representative democracy, oligarchy, expropriation w/o compensation, praxis, the need to bring art & music as part of political activity, and...
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People sitting in the garden eating.

People standing in front of an apartment building.

Today our house celebrated its 70th anniversary, and the board of our condominium had organised a lovely garden party to mark the occasion (thanks!). 🥂 One occupant has lived here from the very beginning, so practically all her life. The word ‘community’ was often heard. 🙏🏻

Crayfish.

In Finland and in Sweden, summer ends with lots of crayfish, dill and schnapps. Autumn is here.

Yellow wooden house in Loviisa.

Last weekend our house participated in the annual #LoviisaHistoricalHouses weekend. Despite the house being far from finished, we welcomed several hundreds of curious visitors and had lovely discussions with other fans of old houses. Next year again! #olosenpapantalo #LWT

Giant funnel mushroom (aspropaxillus giganteus).

Giant funnel mushroom (aspropaxillus giganteus).

Giant funnel mushroom (aspropaxillus giganteus).

We have a new and interesting neighbour living on our front yard: a giant funnel (aspropaxillus giganteus). Not poisonous, but barely edible. Smells of bitter almond. But it is vast!

@joshaw.bsky.social, congrats!

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Vizcaya bridge seen from the Portugalete riverbank.

Book cover of Alemanno’s “Lobbying for Change”.

In #Bilbao accompanying @emiliakorkeaaho.bsky.social who is lecturing at @alemanno.bsky.social’s citizen lobbying summer school. No real work except a little writing, then leisurely walks in very pleasant temperatures and pintxos with wine.