Even if the UK is the only country in the world supporting Ukraine, we should keep supporting them. They are on the front line of our defence. Their sons and daughters are fighting and dying for our freedom. We should be thanking them.

New paper with José Luiz Nunes and Guilherme de Almeida showing that AI possesses the concept of rule. We find that generative AI emulates how humans apply rules to novel situations in which a rule's letter and spirit conflict. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Excellent session - the discussion of the principle of legality in UK law was a particular highlight.

Many thanks for the 'Highly Recommended' Larry! Lawrence Solum

As reported in the Irish Times this morning, our response to judicial critics of our Wikipedia research: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Among the grants cancelled at Harvard, -study with 116,000 women going back to 1989 looking for the causes of breast cancer -similar study of men going back to 1986 -7 year project on the evolution of cancer -study on reversing ASL symptoms -project to reverse aging in mice

The well-fed philosopher's exclusionary reason: "Once at the restaurant it is better not to tailor your choices from the menu according to price, for to do so is to miss out on the spirit of the evening" in The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law 2002.

Can AI be a ‘legal author’? Bojan Spaic and I had a blast exploring this seemly unattended question in contemporary debate (ft. authority, interpretation, intention, GenAI, creation & generation, Monty Python, Star Trek, S Lem, R Barthes, cats & more) 👉doi.org/10.1007/s10982…

I love that there is now a beautiful review of the field of Experimental Jurisprudence in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Check out the first qualitative study of judges’ views on AI in law: users.wpi.edu/~esolovey/pape… Our focus groups featured a cross-section of 12 UK judges, including 5 members of the UK Supreme Court. Co-authored with Erin Solovey and Daniel Chen.

Beautifully written report on our focus groups: villagemagazine.ie/judic-ai-l-dro…

How military justice backfired on the British military after the Easter Rising: Irish desertion on the Western Front By Brian Flanagan villagemagazine.ie/deserting-as-r…

There was a time when the death penalty actually made people more likely to offend—at least if they were Irish; ht Daniel Chen. See my piece in Village: villagemagazine.ie/deserting-as-r…

The founder of the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin Brother Kevin Crowley has died aged 90 rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Some fascinating qualitative research here on U.K. judges’ attitudes to incorporating AI tools into their work. Brian Flanagan users.wpi.edu/~esolovey/pape…