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Nina Varsava

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I'm a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I work on adjudication, procedure, legal ethics, and jurisprudence, and am especially interested in issues of precedent, interpretation, and intersystemic adjudication. I'm originally from Canada.

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This is an awesome paper!

25.11.2025 10:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I'm delighted to welcome Sebastian Lewis (Surrey) in Toulouse today. He will present an excellent paper on customary law.

Info and Zoom link here : imh.ut-capitole.fr/accueil/acti...

25.11.2025 08:54 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Looking forward to discussing precedent at the University of Edinburgh tomorrow!

29.10.2025 13:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stavropoulos on the Rule of Law Nicos Stavropoulos (University of Oxford - Faculty of Law) has posted The Rule of Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract: On the approach based on the standard conception of political authority, the rule of law is typically understood as a set of contingent attributes of legal rules (clear, prospective, possible to comply with, and so on). Its subject matter is authority ruling us by conveying authoritative instructions meant to guide our action, and it purports to improve the instructions’ suitability to the task.

Stavropoulos on the Rule of Law

Nicos Stavropoulos (University of Oxford - Faculty of Law) has posted The Rule of Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract: On the approach based on the standard conception of political authority, the rule of law is typically understood as a set of contingent attributes of…

03.10.2025 07:00 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Aaron! I feel the same about yours.

12.06.2025 14:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It builds on the work of many scholars, including @adamsteinman.bsky.social, @abbegluck.bsky.social @lsolum.bsky.social, and @aaronbruhl.bsky.social.

12.06.2025 09:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Nature of Substance and Procedure <p><span>This Article develops a novel framework for classifying legal rights and duties as substantive versus procedural for conflict-of-laws purposes, with a

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12.06.2025 09:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’ve posted a new article, The Nature of Substance and Procedure, to SSRN. It reconstructs the substance/procedure distinction in conflict of laws & reconstructs it from the ground up based on a foundational taxonomy of legal rights, & analyzes the upcoming Supreme Court case of Berk v. Choy.

12.06.2025 09:11 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

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