@paolosandro
Associate Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory @lawatleeds.bsky.social, author of 'The Making of Constitutional Democracy: From Creation to Application of Law' (Hart 2022), Open Access at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4562656#
In this new reality, the EU must defend the rules-based international order. Violations of international law must not be accepted, human rights violations must not be tolerated.
Freedom and human rights cannot be achieved through bombs. Only international law upholds them.
Great to see the BBC covering the Brexit Couples research report, co-authored by MMB member Professor Katharine Charsley. The new visa requirements for UK-EU couples following Brexit have led to traumatic family separations. Read the full article here 👉👉 https://bbc.in/4ul6TOH
FWIW, this was my article where I adapted and updated the Shannon-Weaver communication model to constitutional interpretation, including visualizations of the dominant theories of interpretation at the time (2016). I think constitutional scholars should do far more of this.
Doesn't this basically boil down to scope creep of perfectly justifiable anti-terrorism legislation?
"PA couldn't be legally designated a terrorist organisation so we'll introduce a new law that allows us to achieve the same effect"?
The amendment inserts a clause allowing the Secretary of State to designate groups as Extreme Criminal Protest Groups if they commit serious public order offences to influence policy or democratic functions & creating offences for membership, promotion or support of such groups.
Government Defeat in the House of Lords
🧵 The government was defeated in the House of Lords once yesterday, 9 March 2026.
The government was defeated 200 to 162 votes on amendment 371A to the Crime and Policing Bill at report stage.
👉 votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
GIANNIS
I've just hit 125 1-on-1 student meetings this year. 2500 minutes of conversation about constitutional law, & legal theory, about passions, anxieties, life.. What never came up once? AI. Our smart interesting students deserve more than these vacuous, and endless, conversations on the subject.
It's also an urgent political project — the foundation for sweeping institutional and legal reforms, including unpacking the Court.
Letter being posted in red post box, against urban background. The constitutional doctrine of the separation of powers is guiding my hand, invisibly
Le gravissime parole della Capa di Gabinetto del Ministero della Giustizia confermano quello che era un po' chiaro a tutti: questa riforma costituzionale ha l'obiettivo di assoggettare i PM al governo. Ma d'altronde sono post-fascisti... C'è quindi un solo voto possible: un grande, risoluto, NO
Like, the lobby hacks stopped pretending ages ago that this stuff didn’t happen, because *they also read the books full of Reed, McSweeney and others bragging to their journo colleagues*. Most people find it quite embarrassing to deny things that they know are true.
Adam Langleben @adamlangleben X.com After every election in which the left have been in control they develop a stab in the back theory in order to justify their own failure. In 1983 it was Kinnock betraying Tony Benn. Sadly this time, the narrative the left have chosen is that Jews stopped victory. Thats this book. + Adam Langleben @adamlangleben • 3h There is alot in this interview with @ZackPolanski. What is infuriating is his denialism of antisemitism in my party and leaning into crank conspiracy. Let's have a little look back in time:... 12:32 • 10/03/2026 • 1.4K
I don’t think you can keep doing this after the culprits - Labour right MPs and party PRs, mainly - spent a year bragging loudly at respected journalists about all the awesome wrecking they did, and how cunning and effective it was. And those journos then wrote prominent books about what they said.
I'm starting to find the number of senior people associated with Brexit who have 'prior commitments' preventing them from speaking at an event slightly suspicious
One of the things AI has done for me is to confirm my suspicion that a large proportion of people in academia really don’t like being in academia.
Look, I'm just saying that when the Govt sends out Mike Tapp to defend their immigration Reforms, they may not be sending their best
The President of the USA is now openly threatening Iran with being the target of one of the greatest crimes in world history. Trump is saying he will destroy the basis of life for more than 90 million people.
He should be removed from office for this.
Honestly, I am absolutely disgusted by academics suggesting that AI can do the reading and writing for you. At a certain point, what you're bragging about is fraud. And in a broader sense, what you're contributing to is the erosion of knowledge and the destruction of trust in academic publishing.
The fact that this (excellent) piece is much necessary indicates how low we have sunk
It was a privilege to join forces with @bechamilton.bsky.social to write this piece on the Iran war in response to Yuval Shany and Amichai Cohen
Aggression, Plain and Simple
@justsecurity.org
www.justsecurity.org/133417/aggre...
When the US or Israel blatantly violate int law for their own gain we mustn't mistake it for an effort to reform an imperfect system of laws.
Thanks @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social & @bechamilton.bsky.social for saying this with clarity and integrity.
justsecurity.org/133417/aggre...
Yet another thing HS2 would have remedied... 🥹
No high-speed train should tilt the way that the Piccadilly to Euston does, it's unbearable
"In fact, Iran has no Tomahawks."
Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies.
🧵 1/3
“Years of effort suddenly collapsed because of a decision completely beyond my control.
We are not seeking asylum or permanent settlement. Most of us go to gain knowledge, skills, & connections that will help us rebuild & strengthen Sudan."
shorturl.at/2EQ4Y
She doesn’t use genAI for historical research, she uses genAI to plagiarise the work of historians who conduct research.
I haven't lived in Glasgow for a few years, and spent some time living in London, but Glasgow's where I grew up and where I've lived most of my life.
Buildings like Union Corner become a fixture of life you take for granted. It's devastating to see its fantastic architecture burned to the ground...
Purely from an IP law perspective, trying to "opt out" something that is at minimum a right of publicity issue and which has potential reputational issues for the involved experts is a bold move.
A very bold move.
A really really bold move.
Major funders should ban publishing of funded outputs in for-profit journals.
Not a long term solution to the journal problem, but a helpful start.
