Guy Baldwin

early afternoon

Picture of the whitworth arch taken through trees from oxford road.

Hope everybody had a nice Valentine's - now let's start the week off right!

Thanks to @photojobby on Insta for this beautiful shot of a leafy Whitworth Arch 📸

We'd love to see any pictures of campus you've been capturing - please do share them below!

Many thanks!

Update: the monograph is available for pre-order now! Release date September 2026 amzn.eu/d/01e3wd1K

The ManReg Public Law Seminar Series had an excellent start to 2026 with a stimulating paper from Dr Duncan Wallace (Melbourne) entitled “A History of the Hardial Singh Principles”. @uomsoss.bsky.social

me going through chatgpt's 8-bulletpoint summary of moby dick

1/2 Here’s a 1 min trailer for Advanced Issues in Public Law, a 2nd yr module I’m teaching late 2026 at @durham.ac.uk with @aileenmcharg.bsky.social and @rogermasterman.bsky.social.

I just used iMovie. No AI.

I&S = individual and the state; UK Con = UK constitutional law—both 1st yr modules.

Double-decker bus in Manchester on a wet, foggy day, November 1953 (Mirrorpix/Getty).

The accusation that the Lords are “obstructing democracy” by supporters of the assisted dying bill is a ridiculous one that shows up the flaws in this process that have been there from the very beginning – which have repeatedly been covered up by heated rhetoric (1/?)

30,000+ Iranians slaughtered in just two days.

48,000+ murdered since December 28, when the uprising against the regime began.

These are the latest figures reported by the ICHR.

Silence helps the regime, not the Iranian people. Speak up now before there is no one left to save.

This is devastating. All solidarity with the people of Iran

This is relatable. I myself was so furious I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize that I refused to floss for a whole day

Frozen 3 concept: set 1000 years after Frozen 2, everyone is dead apart from the immortal Olaf, who wanders desolate winter landscapes overwhelmed by his unending grief. Includes songs

people who wash new clothes before wearing them, who hurt you

This is a tightly argued paper that challenges some prevailing assumptions on the compatibility of life sentences with human rights (as understood by the ECtHR). Still, I'd have liked to see more as to whether all carceral regimes are covered by the argument (or just some). Anyway, recommended

Many thanks Paolo, glad you liked it

And me too!

Public Law (@publiclaw.bsky.social) A Thomson Reuters journal publishing research on public law: https://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/en-gb/products/public-law. This account is maintained by the editors: public.law@durham.ac.uk

The January 2026 issue of @publiclaw.bsky.social is now available on Westlaw. Analysis pieces from @erinferguson.bsky.social on the Tortoise Media and Sammut decisions; Dan Meagher on the interaction of art and non-discrimination law; and @diggorybailey.bsky.social on use of explanatory notes ...

Hot off the @publiclaw.bsky.social presses, my review of Lord Sumption's recent book is now available on Westlaw, or in its pre-publication format on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Many thanks to @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social for inviting me to do this!

I'm happy to share this new paper with @doubleaspect.blog

ICYMI: Why New Zealand's approach to life imprisonment without parole is doctrinally and philosophically sounder than that of Canada and the European Court of Human Rights — a new paper with @guyjbaldwin.bsky.social

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Another day in which I'm so very proud of the work by my @lsjleeds.bsky.social colleagues

(Also, another reminder that there are five days left us to apply to join us!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPX168/l...)

New paper with @guyjbaldwin.bsky.social, in which we argue that, in finding whole life sentences to be contrary to human rights, the ECtHR and the SCC have made important doctrinal and philosophical mistakes. Forthcoming in the EHRLR, but pre-print available on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

1860 map of Edo (now Tokyo) at the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social

Manchester Cathedral

Picture of the Old Quad facing the whitworth arch with a light frost over the ground

Aaaand we're back!

We hope you all had a happy and restful time over the holidays - and that you're as excited about a new year full of research and innovation as we are!

Just for now, though, here's today's very frosty Old Quad ❄️

Happy New Year - here's to 2026! ✨

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Goodbye Tokyo!

Interesting piece!

For an Australia comparison: www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/14...

"In Defence of Classical Administrative Law", by @philipmurraylaw and me, has now been published in the Cambridge Law Journal on FirstView. It is available via the following link (open access): doi.org/10.1017/S000...