Raffael Fasel

Choir that drowned out Germany’s AfD leader happy to ‘bend the ear’ of country Group ‘surprised’ when their song was used to disrupt an interview with Alice Weidel – but now they face a backlash

I am a great fan of German choral music.
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It is excellent that @casssunstein.bsky.social is returning to this important topic. Can‘t wait to read the book!

There are still tickets available!

CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season

For purely financial reasons, we will never subscribe to #Paramount or #Skydance. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The need to renationalise water companies in England should be clear to anyone who has ever tried to go for a swim in a river or the sea, or who has had to pay an overpriced water bill, but @georgemonbiot.bsky.social makes the case particularly well: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Most likely in early 2027!

It‘s great to have you on board!

... @camilavergara.bsky.social (@universityofessex.bsky.social); Ayesha Wijayalath (Sydney).

... Alexander Somek (@univie.ac.at); Samuel Tschorne (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez); Moiz Tundawala (@bonavero.bsky.social); Maria Tzanakopoulou (Birkbeck); @marianavr.bsky.social (@maynoothuniversity.ie); Sergio Verdugo (@ieuniversity.bsky.social) ...

... @ruthhoughton.bsky.social (@newcastleuni.bsky.social); Paul Linden-Retek (Buffalo); Victoria Miyandazi (Nottingham); @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social (@ucl.ac.uk); Aoife O'Donoghue (Belfast); Carlos Pérez Crespo (University of Chile); Yaniv Roznai (Reichman); Andreas Samartzis ...

... @joelcolonrios.bsky.social (@universityofessex.bsky.social); Mariano Croce (Sapienza); David Dyzenhaus (Toronto); @georgeduke21.bsky.social (@deakinuniversity.bsky.social); Sandra Leonie Field (@monashuniversity.bsky.social); Çağrı Gürkanlı (@cambridgelaw.bsky.social) ...

We look forward to working with our terrific group of contributors: Ana Micaela Alterio (ITAM); @amalsethi.bsky.social (Leicester); Rueban Balasubramanian (@carleton.ca); Jérémie Barthas (@cnrsshs.bsky.social); Carlos Bernal (@universityofdayton.bsky.social) ...

I am delighted to say that Lars Vinx and I have signed a contract with @universitypress.cambridge.org for our Handbook on the Limits of Constituent Power. The aim of the Handbook is to shed much-needed critical light on the concept and practice of constituent power.
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social

An insightful interview and book about the dark sides of AI.

Congrats, Guy!

Congrats again, Lewis!

We had an excellent conversation with the wonderful @marisul.bsky.social on @ourhenhouse.org‘s Animal Law Podcast about our new book 'Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-based Constitutionalism'. Mariann asked lots of challenging but intriguing questions!

Downing Professorship of the Laws of England

📢We are now welcoming applications for the prestigious Downing Professorship of the Laws of England (est. 1800) to start in October 2026 with a focus on private law. Candidates will be internationally recognised as a leader in the field:

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Thanks to all the participants of our workshop on Constitution-Making: Limits, Legitimacy and Law @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social for an inspiring day and to @intellforum.bsky.social for the generous support.

This should be a particularly exciting event because we will have responses by the fabulous @pablopcastello.bsky.social (Harvard), Saskia Stucki (ZHAW), and Angie Pepper (Roehampton).

Really looking forward to launching John Adenitire's and my new book 'Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-based Constitutionalism' (OUP 2025) in @animalrightslaw.bsky.social's Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series on 30th June from 3-4.30pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-adeni...

Excited to co-host some of the leading constituent power thinkers in this workshop on 'Constitution-Making: Limits, Legitimacy, and Law' in Cambridge this Saturday. Feel free to message me or email if you would like to attend in person but missed the deadline.
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This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in offering their own Animal Rights Law course.

Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn

Why wait for Reform to wreck the environment if you can do it yourself?
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Very much looking forward to launching our new book 'Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-based Constitutionalism' at the Bonavero Institute @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social on 10 June. Truly honoured to have Timothy Endicott and Leah Trueblood as respondents.
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Looking forward to talking with the fabulous Justin Marceau (@uofdenver.bsky.social) today at 5pm about 'Optimism and Animal Rights Law'. You can register for free below.

(From the History of Butt's Green, Midsummer Common, Cambridge: capturingcambridge.org/centre/maids...)

Simpler times!
"In 1469, the use of the bow by undergraduates in their frequent brawls with the townsfolk was so often attended by serious consequences that the University authorities were compelled to forbid scholars or their servants to carry bows without a permit."

‘New dawn’: first train service renationalised under Starmer begins Minister hails ‘cultural reset’ before the 6:14 South Western Railway service from London Waterloo to Shepperton

While my faith in this government is not unlimited, it is difficult to imagine how UK train travel could get much worse. Next up: renationalisation of water and sewerage. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Discounted tickets available for students! (3/3)