“From time to time it is probably necessary to detach oneself from the technicalities of the argument and ask quite naïvely what is this all about.” — Friedrich Hayek

NEW: Introduction to the Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law, available in a month. 28 new essays by 30 scholars from around the world, from nearly a dozen academic disciplines. I set out the plan of the volume & brief chapter summaries. Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

A first pass at bringing some basic distinctions and concepts from value theory to clarify both political and academic discussions of the value of the rule of law, still a neglected and poorly understood topic.

My article 'The Problem of Complex Legislation', out now (online) in Legal Theory: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

NEW: Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law is out today. 28 new essays by 30 scholars from around the world, representing about a dozen academic disciplines. Very pleased with how this came together. routledge.com/Routledge-Hand…

Sevel on the Rule of Law, lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/20…

RULE OF LAW — Interlocutor v Sensei “The Colonial Roots of the Judiciary Uganda Crisis.” #RadicalNewBar #BangTheTable #BackOnTrack Uganda Law Society MakHURIPEC Judicial Sound Exponent Public Square @rham256 Uganda Legal Information Institute Lawpoint Uganda UJOA- Uganda Judicial Officers Association

Sevel on Rule-of-Law Studies, lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/20…

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If you’re in Łomża on Friday, feel free to attend. #RomanLaw

My monograph on maritime loan contracts will be published in the new year by University of Michigan Press. They are running a holiday sale - 50% off - so you can bag a copy now for less than 40 bucks! press.umich.edu/Books/A/Ancien…

Giving Thanks: Fred Schauer, buff.ly/3Z8GK72 - Follow the link for the LTB post. Here is the start: It is a Legal Theory Blog tradition for me to express my thanks and gratitude on Thanksgiving Day. This year my choice was especially clear. When Fred Schauer passed

My (short book-ette!) contribution ("Content-Independence in Law") to the Cambridge Elements series has now been published and is free online for a month! Many thanks to Ken Ehrenberg and all at Cambridge University Press - Law Cambridge University Press cambridge.org/core/elements/…

Early summer in Sydney

Ep. #6 of Heavily Accented Philosophy of Law Podcast is here! In this episode, we delve with Antonia Waltermann (@amwaltermann.com on BlueSky!) (Maastricht Foundations of Law) into non-human agents, the construction of legal reality & the encompassing role of legal education. Listen to it here 👇 creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hapl/…

Ep. #7 of Heavily Accented Philosophy of Law Podcast is here! In this episode, we delve with Pedro Moniz Lopes (@Lx_Public_Law LLT) into the debate on rules & principles, and the topics of genericity and categorisation in law Listen to it here 👇 spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/ajSRZchmNQb

Three permanent R&T roles - research areas/approaches broadly construed. No shortage of legal philosophers here, but positions are genuinely broad, incl. legal phil. Public Law: jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i… Private Law: jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i… Future of Work: jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i…

John Finnis's memoir on Joseph Raz has been published at the British Academy. A fitting tribute from a friend for over 50 years. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/mem…

The recent arrest of a Wisconsin judge by the Trump administration is what William Scheuerman calls a politically motivated "official rule departure", civil disobedience that may strengthen the rule of law. New in the Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law: tinyurl.com/36uxzb9x