Writes on law and disorder, human rights and critical legal theory, erstwhile Prof at University of Warwick, now lecturing at University of Galway.
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Emilios has gone way too soon. I have very warm memories of the many encounters with him, either in the Old College or on the basketball court. When Emilios was in the room, you couldn't not notice him. My love to his family and many, many friends
Brilliant, sharp incisive criticism of the new Garda Powers Bill from Cian Ó Concubhair: the absence of explicit powers to record racial data in particular is such an important point: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Gardaí can consistently deny racial profiling because there is no data on who is stopped and searched — but the new powers bill doesn't allow this data to be collected. Why, asks Cian Ó Concubhair
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
Today, we are proud to launch the Irish Network of Legal Observers first annual report! 📣
This work would not be possible without the dedication of our volunteer legal observers and the commitment from ICCL staff and @illanwall.bsky.social to organise the trainings.
A wonderful way to remember the work and intellectual contribution of Emilios, who sadly passed away this week. The entire Legal Theory community in Edinburgh mourns the loss of an incredibly kind colleague and friend, who will be sorely missed.
Very excited for the next Critical Legal Conference, this year being hosted by Westminster Uni. We have this teaser of the theme: criticallegalthinking.com/2026/02/03/c...
Next up on critical legal thinking is this brilliant interview with Leila Faghfouri Azar on the current Iranian uprising. I think its a really helpful explainer of the currents and dynamics of the violence criticallegalthinking.com/2026/01/28/a...
Next up on critical legal thinking is this brilliant interview with Leila Faghfouri Azar on the current Iranian uprising. I think its a really helpful explainer of the currents and dynamics of the violence criticallegalthinking.com/2026/01/28/a...
So excited to be republishing Brian Massumi's most recent post on affective politics in the US, in particular focusing in on norms - so particularly important for a critical legal audience: criticallegalthinking.com/2026/01/29/n...
Following the death of the much beloved Emilios Christodoulidis, we want to go back to the beautiful series that Scott Vetch and Maksymilian Del Mar put together in response to Emilios' magnum opus, the Redress of Law.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/01/13/f...
Following the death of the much beloved Emilios Christodoulidis, we want to go back to the beautiful series that Scott Vetch and Maksymilian Del Mar put together in response to Emilios' magnum opus, the Redress of Law.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/01/13/f...
Following the death of the much beloved Emilios Christodoulidis, we want to go back to the beautiful series that Scott Vetch and Maksymilian Del Mar put together in response to Emilios' magnum opus, the Redress of Law.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/01/13/f...
It is clear now, one-year into the second coming of Donald Trump, that the normative international order in place since World War II has been breached.
The Irish Network of Legal Observers observed 70 protests in 2025. Its first annual report identifies three emerging issues:
1️⃣ Poor Garda awareness of relevant human rights standards
2️⃣ Gardaí misusing Section 8 of the Public Order Act
3️⃣ Gardaí not wearing badge numbers
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
www.iccl.ie
Issues observed include excessive use of force, misuse of Section 8 of the Public Order Act and gardaí not wearing badge numbers when policing protest.
