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A short guide for today's perplexed. Cambridge University Press - Law Queen's Law Research

New paper—argues not all conlaw has the same structure; some is really private law. It matters because there are different justifications for private and public conlaw; the reasons for, and scope of, adjudication differ; and private conlaw could downplay conlaw. SSRN:

My USC Gould Law Online conference on Philosophy of Emotions Meets Philosophy of Law is starting next week! It's going to be super interesting and engaging, and I'm looking forward! Contact me for the zoom link, and feel free to share widely Emily Kidd White Gustavo A. Beade

The Advocate is saddened to learn of the passing of the Honourable John Hunter, one of the titans of our profession. We miss him dearly. linkedin.com/posts/hunter-l…

🗓️ This Thursday, May 15, Andy Yu (Western) will present his paper 'The ‘Always Speaking’ Principle of Statutory Interpretation'. 🌎 Where? Massey Room in Balliol College, at 5:00pm. 👉 More information: law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/… See you there!

Atiq, Marmor, & Sarch on the Nature of Law, buff.ly/hOCJ2Uc - Emad H. Atiq, Andrei Marmor, & Alex F. Sarch have posted The Nature of Law, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on SSRN.

Reading philosophy can be a hard slog, but the entries in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy are almost always a pleasure to read. What a real achievement this enterprise has been - brining philosphy within the reach of all. If only there were a Nobel Prize for Philosophy..

Dorfman on Voluntary and Legally Required Loyalty, buff.ly/q6GtfCb - Avihay Dorfman (Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law) has posted Choosing and Having to be Loyal on SSRN.

From Samuel Bray: The Purpose of the Preliminary Injunction blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-purpose-… UChicago Law School

John Goldberg, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, has been named the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law of Harvard Law School. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

HABEMUS TORT DEAN news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

We are now accepting paper submissions for our second annual Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Theory Junior Scholar Conference. This conference will take place Thursday, March 19 to Friday, March 20, 2026 at Georgetown University Law Center. This call is open to aspiring

I had a wonderful time at the first iteration of this conference and received invaluable feedback on an in-progress paper. I cannot recommend it enough - apply!

Emad Atiq has a terrific new book on general jurisprudence. Published in the Cambridge Elements in Philosophy of Law series, the book offers a concise articulation and defense of legal non-positivism. You can read my review of the book in JOTWELL: juris.jotwell.com/non-frilly-non…

This paper is finally out: [Does Legality Produce Political Legitimacy? An Experimental Approach | The Journal of Legal Studies: Vol 54, No 2]. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

Osgoode is delighted to welcome Professors Étienne Cossette-Lefebvre, Martin Petrin & Anthony Sangiuliano to our faculty. Their expertise in property, corporate governance & health law strengthens our commitment to legal education & research. Learn more: bit.ly/4ePPLcz

REINACH AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF PRIVATE LAW—out now, full text available open access through Cambridge University Press: cambridge.org/core/books/rei… Print copies shipping in early August!

Trying to finish up our 3rd edition of The Law of the Canadian Constitution imminently but distracted by whether we now have to add the constitutional right to bike lanes