RIP Alain Delon.

RIP, Fredric Jameson.

Honestly, i see such references more than appropriate, since what is was once a 'dystopia' is nowadays more or less 'reality' (or a way to speak about it). irishtimes.com/crime-law/cour…

Very interesting day of workshop discussions today:tinyurl.com/4kyj7mc3 My general impression is that a number of common themes emerged in all separate discussions, this will make eventually the ‘core’ (or so I believe).

We stumbled of course on the private/public distinction (many directions made the discussion divergent, but this is fine) as is normal when you mix private law core with so many elements that traditionally are or have been ‘public’.

We should keep in mind that traditionally in Europe but also elsewhere we had housing, welfare, etc developing as ‘public’m or under rather a strong umbrella of public law, even when they are built in their basic functional bricks, around several private law concepts (e.g. assoc

The movement in the other direction (as pure private or infused by private, ideal ‘market’ ideas is recent, on the 3rd period of development of global conscience as Duncan Kennedy calls it, under what we call now neoliberalism ideological agenda).

So one way to temper this past 30-50 years’ movement on one direction, is to relegate back these fields as ‘public’. We can also introduce strong remedies (& presumptions for weaker parties unchecked power) into the private core reversing some of this core's assumptions

But the public/private distinction (not a bridge yet but a distinction) is still useful, and of course & we should keep thinking at it. After all is 2 millennia old😀

Aditya, always a lucid guy: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

wow, amazing immediate return of investment: theguardian.com/business/2024/… (guess they played both heads anyway)

Eliade, Ionesco Cioran (Paris)

Terrible sad news, RIP Francis Boyle. Inspirational professor, grandee of international law & human rights, who will be sorely missed. Always defending the oppressed and the powerless, always speaking truth to the power. May his books and writings be read for many years to come!

Lil man is a naturally talented.

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Good to do a 'theory building' exercise in the past months. I also took a picture of myself doing it 😀