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Paul B. Miller

@pbaronmiller.bsky.social

Robert and Marion Short Professor and Associate Dean, Notre Dame Law School. Posts mostly abt goings-on in private law/theory, legal phil, & @ndlaw Papers, etc: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=364395

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Thanks @maybell.bsky.social! Really looking fwd to this!

11.09.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
What the Realists Got Right <p>For the past several decades, realists and formalists have been deeply at odds. They have, however, mostly been talking past one another, with each side trad

πŸŽ‰ JUST POSTED πŸŽ‰ My latest, "What the Realists Got Right," now on SSRN. Grateful for feedback from many ppl, and especially @brianleiter.bsky.social

Also grateful to Thilo Kuntz (HHU) & Andrew Gold (UCI) for organizing & hosting the AJJ symposium on legal realism.

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05.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"From a Realist Point of View" has been delivered to the press and should appear in Spring 2026... ...in the "Oxford Legal Philosophy" series. Here's the official OUP blurb: From A Realist Point of View combines new essays with revised versions of the most important recent work of preeminent legal ...

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12.08.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this new blog post from the editors of Reinach and the Foundations of Private Law, Marietta Auer (@mpilhlt.bsky.social), @pbaronmiller.bsky.social, Henry E. Smith, & James Toomey

#LawSky #Philosophy #PrivateLaw

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31.07.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white image of Adolf Reinach

Black and white image of Adolf Reinach

A rejuvenation & interrogation of the legal philosophy of Adolf Reinach, analyzed alongside contemporary private law theory

Reinach and the Foundations of Private Law ed. Marietta Auer (@mpilhlt.bsky.social), @pbaronmiller.bsky.social, Henry E. Smith, & James Toomey #LawSky

https://cup.org/4me5DYZ

30.07.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Delighted to be hosting colleagues @notredame.bsky.social as an element of our partnership with @telavivuni.bsky.social. And of course it has been great working with fellow co-organizers. Looking forward to a rich set of discussions over the coming days!

09.06.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I had a fantastic day yesterday with colleagues at Catholic U. Milan. Grateful to Giuseppe Portonera and Profs Nicolussi and Benatti for inviting me to speak about the New Private Law and methodology in private law theory. Grazie mille to my hosts for the enriching discussion!

19.02.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Policies, Principles, and Adjudication: (c. 1977-82) Abstract. A previously unpublished paper by H.L.A. Hart responding to some of the work of Ronald Dworkin and found among Dworkin’s papers. For commentary o

My colleague here @notredame.bsky.social, Jeff Pojanowski, does a wonderful service for legal phil by editing the Am J Jurisprudence w/ Richard Ekins @ox.ac.uk. Per Jeff, the AJJ has just published a lost essay by the great HLA Hart, which you may find here:

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05.12.2024 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks @lsolum.bsky.social for the β€œhighly recommended” endorsement of my latest paper. Very grateful! And comments via email are welcomed!

26.11.2024 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Kate!

22.11.2024 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Political Trust, Public Justification, and Judicial Office, in Nikolas Kirby, ed., <i>What is Good Government? </i>(Oxford University Press, forthcoming) <p><span>This chapter examines the place of the judiciary in good government. It does so at a fraught moment for American democracy: one in which there are high

🚨Just Posted🚨 my latest, "Political Trust, Public Justification, and Judicial Office," for What is Good Government? (workshopped @harvardkennedy.bsky.social). Examines qs of political morality (esp judicial role morality) + gen juris (formalism, realism, legality).
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22.11.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨Reminder - Call for Papers - Legal Personhood in Private Law🚨 (Details below). Join us in Rome in Nov '25! Travel costs fully covered. Papers due Jan 31 '25. Excited to be working w/ Eva Micheler and Chris Essert & grateful to ND, LSE and Toronto law schools for support. Pls repost, share.

21.11.2024 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! πŸ˜†

21.11.2024 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜… I am sure that more of us will be coming soon!

21.11.2024 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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