Jonathan Hall's position should be untenable after these comments.
Far from being an "Independent Reviewer", he is committing every sin in the counter-terrorism playbook by capitalising on an attack to pursue an ideologically driven clamp-down on human rights and basic democratic values.
A useful reminder from the Court of Appeal today:
"Deference to the judgment of the legislature cannot be taken too far in the context of equality and discrimination cases... it is an important function of the courts to protect minorities, in particular small and perhaps unpopular minorities..."
There have been contenders but I'm in my view no other philosopher has been able to match Henry Sidgwick's beard/intensity combination.
Harriet Taylor Mill officially recognised as co-author of 'On Liberty'! dailynous.com/2026/03/19/o...
I have just discovered fake citations in a peer-reviewed article (quite a few of them). These are invented articles attributed to real scholars, clearly the result of a scholar being incredibly lazy with AI. What's the proper response?
❗CALLS FOR PAPERS❗
Theorising the New Age of Environmental Human Rights Law Conference, 17-18th September 2026, Lancaster Castle
AND
Postgraduate Researcher Roundtable: Environmental Justice, 18th September 2026, Lancaster Castle
This is great. Good to finally have a podcast dedicated to ECHR stuff to keep me occupied on my long commute! (Excellent episode ft @cohelongo.bsky.social)
strasbourgobservers.com/2026/02/23/c...
Link to Main Conference Submission Site (forms.office.com/pages/respon...)
Link to PGR Roundtable Submission Site (forms.office.com/pages/respon...)
The most accurate statement about the university sector today.
Tragic manslaughter case with potential chilling effect on mountain sports. What is more interesting is that the judge is a mountaineer himself and mountain rescuer.
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
