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Robert Craig

@robertcraig3

Law Lecturer. I focus on UK Constitutional law esp Prerogative. Views personal only. Retweets not endorsements.

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John Tasioulas (@jtasioulas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Few better illustrations of Wilde’s dictum that “each man kills the thing he loves” than what human rights lawyers and activists have done to the idea of human rights by turning it into an all-purpose, hence vacuous, label of political approval.

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Looking forward to what will be a lively debate! The book eviscerates the myth of 3rd source powers, and argues the oft-repeated notion that 'prerogative is part of common law' is the wrong way around: common law came from the prerogative of justice - hence originally 'Royal Law'

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Report out today from the House of Commons Library on the revived Dissolution prerogative, by the always excellent Dr David Torrance: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

Harry Gillow (@hmgillow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My piece for UnHerd - all the Government will achieve with its Chagos deal is undermining the very system it seems so desperate to serve.

Robert Craig (@robertcraig3) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Looking forward to hearing from Lord Sales, Tom Poole and Tarun Khaitan, this time tomorrow! David Kershaw chairing. In person tickets are sold out, but you can still sign up to attend online... lselaw.events/event/book-lau…

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This is today! For those coming in person is the CKK building formerly called New Academic Building, on Lincolns Inn Fields. See you around 5.30/6 for 6-7.30 event.

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Delighted to have just received this in the post. Robert Craig new book “Royal Law” which offers a new account of the nature and scope of the Royal Prerogative. I really recommend my American colleagues that are interested in the history behind Article II to get a copy. The

Delighted to have just received this in the post. <a href="/RobertCraig3/">Robert Craig</a> new book “Royal Law” which offers a new account of the nature and scope of the Royal Prerogative. 

I really recommend my American colleagues that are interested in the history behind Article II to get a copy.

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John Tasioulas (@jtasioulas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Reading philosophy can be a hard slog, but the entries in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy are almost always a pleasure to read. What a real achievement this enterprise has been - brining philosphy within the reach of all. If only there were a Nobel Prize for Philosophy..