Velimir Zivkovic

Quite a claim in today's Economist. Forgotten by whom? People who never heard of Kipling?

Life imitates nature.

Belgrade and Milky Way Galaxy.

NEW: Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law is now available, which I edited. 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-Ha...

In Warwick with @celinetan.bsky.social @vzivkovic.bsky.social @anilyilmaz.bsky.social and the rest of the gang for the UK leg of David Schneiderman's 2024 World Tour!

Call for Papers: The Politics of International Dispute Settlement The aim of this conference is to explore the legal, but also the social and political, implications and consequences of decisions of ICTs.

www.uu.nl/en/news/call...

"Well you should have seen it in the 90s!" (Things you can say about both Coventry and the world trade system)

Are...are those parties in that famous night life capital of Geneva?

Why Politicians Lie About Trade... and What You Need to Know About It: 'It's great' says the Financial Times Why Politicians Lie About Trade... and What You Need to Know About It: 'It's great' says the Financial Times eBook : Grozoubinski, Dmitry: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

The Kindle version of my book is currently on sale for £4.99 in the UK.

Imagine how cool and informed you'll sound at parties when tariffs come up, as they inevitably do (at least at the parties I go to... because I bring them up).

www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Politici...

How the Bank of Mum and Dad reshaped the British economy Parental support has effects well beyond getting on the housing ladder

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMAD) increasingly determines what property you can buy and your salary “If you’re under 45, your life chances and opportunities are increasingly determined by your access to the Bank of Mum and Dad, not by what you earn or learn.”

www.ft.com/content/4b7e...

Check out our latest issue!

Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World Published in Global Intellectual History (Ahead of Print, 2024)

I have reviewed this fascinating book (@thehistoriann.bsky.social) for Global Intellectual History.
I start like this:
"How might an empire survive for more than 300 years in vast and distant territories with multi-ethnic populations?"
@global-ih.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

FT article says: Having transformed the car business with his technical flair and his eye for logistics, the genius from the Bay Area tried the same in Washington. He had a record of supporting a different political party to that of the president who appointed him. But no matter. If the bloated state could adopt the efficient methods of this avant-garde industrialist, all would win. In the end, Robert McNamara, the Ford man turned Pentagon chief during the Vietnam war, was a tragic failure in government. His name is still a byword for the misapplication of cold reason to the messiness of public life. Will Elon Musk, in his quest to rationalise the state, do much better?

superb intro from Janan Ganesh:

Thanks Ali, very relevant, prescient even:-)

An absolute favourite of mine, Ignatius is a character like no other

Let's try to take it in good faith and assume he meant you deserved to be an Associate prof already...

There are actual contract law cases built exactly around this issue...

That's the one, many thanks

There is, it involves an outside app, but for the life of me I can't find it now

One of the greatest dreads of academic existence is marking an email as read by accident...and Outlook just loves helping you do just that

I am hiring 2 PhD students and 1 postdoc! Come to beautiful Basel & join our friendly, dynamic research group to work on the implementation of due diligence legislations in the coffee, cocoa, and palm oil sectors!
PhD positions: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Postdoc: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Ooh, brilliant, thanks for sharing!

Petition: Introduce a Long-Term Visit Visa for Parents of British Citizens and ILR Holders We urge the UK Government to create a long-term visit visa for parents of British citizens & ILR holders. This visa would allow extended stays beyond the current six-month limit, with applicants provi...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Screenshot of event poster repeating information that can be found our our website: bit.ly/4fthhML

We are delighted to host David Schneiderman at the GLOBE Centre, Warwick Law School with The IEL Collective, for a discussion of 'The Facade of Development' from his forthcoming book, Investment Law's Modernity, on Monday, 2 December 2024, 12.30pm - 2pm GMT. Details & online reg: bit.ly/4fthhML

What a good reminder that it can actually work to make noise about the terrible things* Trump does.

*helps if what he does is nominate a sexual predator universally reviled by the entire body tasked with voting on the nomination

📢A “big” conference alert!📢 To all colleagues working in the fields of PIL, IEL, LPE, law & corporations, empire, colonialism: Liverpool is hosting the SLSA annual conference 2025 and the call for papers is out: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...

The cover of Orford's book again

The cover of "Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism" by Quinn Slobodian

2/12 Next up is another review article by @ohailes.bsky.social (LSE), "Putting to Work the Uncanny: Historical Argument in International Economic Law", which also includes a discussion on Orford & "Globalists" by @zeithistoriker.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Looks brilliant, Lorenzo, downloaded and ready to read.

Call for Papers by the Academic Forum on ISDS: ISDS Reform: Past, Present, and Future The Academic Forum on ISDS is delighted to announce their next Plenary Conference entitled "ISDS Reform: Past, Present, and Future", which will take place at the European University Institute (EUI) in...

🔊🔊Call for Papers: “ISDS Reform: Past, Present, and Future” by
@AcadForumISDS

Key Dates:

•Abstract submission by 31 December 2024
•Speakers notified by 1 February 2025
•Completed papers due by 15 April 2025
•Conference to be held on 29 April 2025

www.afronomicslaw.org/index.php/ca...

To bring back the old glory days of Wordle gloating...

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