Alex Green (文浩航)

It's basically a necessary condition for politics that at least some people suck.

AI marketing really is a triumph of fiction over reality. We all know, basically, that most widely available LLMs are more than a bit silly and way more than a bit dangerous, yet somehow there are countless people willing to throw their lot in with the mega-rich backing them, just on the off chance.

Such a pleasure for @glexareen.bsky.social & me to participate in the USQ-hosted workshop ‘Deliberation & Contestation in Multinational Democracies’ and present (the latest instalment of) our work on the limits of legal pluralism. Many thanks to the participants for the engagement & feedback.

Decisions have now been made. I have tried to email everyone who submitted; however, if you slipped through the cracks, please accept my apologies! At this stage, if you have not heard back from me with an acceptance, unfortunately we cannot include your abstract within our special issue. 2/2

Many thanks to everyone who submitted abstracts to @jenhendry.bsky.social and me for "Global Law and Particular Legalities: Essays in Honour of William Twining". We received an overwhelming number of submissions (well over 80 abstracts), with a very high standard of work across the board. 1/2

Boromir from the movie The Fellow ship of the rings thinking out loud about the one ring, with the caption "Perhaps we could give the ring better training."

A very thought- provoking book. Highly recommended for those interested in the practical and doctrinal ambiguities associated with acquisition of statehood.

Really great to see another review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, Statehood as Political Community, this time in Constitutional Studies. Thanks very much to @cherylas1.bsky.social for such close engagement with my arguments there!
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

“The resistance is spreading beyond California. Dutch university faculty have issued an open letter calling for a moratorium on AI in academic settings, warning that its use ‘deskills critical thought’ and reduces students to operators of machines.”

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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

My top five favourite words to pronounce like they’re Greek philosophers…
 
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles

Me, chatting Wagner.

Norman, Jen, and me eating Thai food post-Wagner chat.

It was really great to share my ongoing research on 'Wagnerian Jurisprudence' with colleagues at the PKU School of Transnational Law. Thanks so much to Norman Ho for inviting me!

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shoved this into my "to buy" bookmarks folder because 1) I have enough things to read right now, and 2) it's like $150 books on kobo, which would be fine, but 3) it's like 300 pages, and I just bought the first three Temeraire novels because I need to Not use my brain for a while

Novels > academic monographs

Thanks bro

Great to see @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social's review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, Statehood as Political Community in the @iclq.bsky.social!

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Are moral philosophers bros now?

Happy to share my review (that was well late, sorry) of @glexareen.bsky.social's book "Statehood as Political Community"

He may be a moral philosophy bro but his outcomes and ethics are sound in spite of that. The book is excellent and well worth your time

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Many thanks to Vöelkerrechtsblog for sharing our ✍️call for papers✍️ on the legacy of William Twining!

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Thank you Jaakko!

This looks like a great opportunity if you have any interest in things like socio-legal, law in context, law and globalisation, teaching of law, legal theory, or comparative law.

📣📣📣To my comparative law, socio-legal, and jurisprudence people: share this thing below, pls.🙏🙏🙏

Initial expressions of interest should be sent to me at aggreen@cuhk.edu.hk by 9 January 2026, including a 250 word abstract and 150 bio.

Full papers will be due, after a selection process, no later than 30 June 2026. These should be no more than 10,000 words, including footnotes. ✍️✍️✍️

9. Legal realism in historical and comparative perspective(s).
10. Socio-legal studies and its connection(s) to comparative law.
11. The law of evidence in comparative perspective(s).

If any of this interests you, look below for submission details! 🕐

3. Law both about, and within, the Global South.
4. Law, empire, and imperialism.
5. Law as a global and transnational phenomenon.
6. 'Law in context' as method and methodology.
7. Legal and normative pluralism.
8. Legal pedagogy and teaching from a comparative perspective...

As a teacher and scholar, I knew William best @laws.ucl.ac.uk, where he taught me over a number of years. His interests were broad and his contributions various. In particular, we are looking for papers on (long 🧵):
1. Comparative law and comparative legal studies.
2. General jurisprudence...