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georgeduke21.bsky.social
Constitutional theory, legal theory, sociology of law, history of political and legal thought. A/Prof at Deakin University
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Since the 90s governments have pushed universities to run more like big business. This led to high executive pay, dissatisfied 'customers', mutinous staff, disbanding socially useful but 'unprofitable' divisions, and lavish spending on white elephant prestige projects. So, in fairness, it worked.

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I reviewed Tom Adams's new piece on Criteria of Legal Validity on @jotwell.bsky.social : check it out! (And read Tom's paper, it is great). juris.jotwell.com/clarifying-l...

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We are now here too! 🥳 Follow us for events on Jurisprudence in Oxford. Here is our termcard, in case you haven't seen it:

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I am excited to announce that my article “Political Theology: Origins, Concepts, and Contradictions” is now available ahead of publication in @theoryculturesociety.org. It can be accessed via doi.org/10.1177/0263...

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Suzhou Gate to East from below

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A new volume of Comparative Constitutional Studies is out. Honouring @cherylas1.bsky.social, with contributions on the themes that dominated her trailblazing career: global constitutionalism, federalism, constitution making and rule of law. 🌟Open access for the next three weeks. 🌟

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Duke on Constituent Power and Aristotle, https://buff.ly/42gUVtU - George Duke (Deakin University - School of Humanities and Social Sciences) has posted The Aristotelian Legislator and Constituent Power (Chapter for The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power (forthcoming)) on SSRN.

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My latest piece in Global Constitutionalism. While it contributes to a somewhat niche debate, it might interest you if you are keen on the debates on the Basic Structure Doctrine or the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments Doctrine. Open Access Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Over the next week or so, we will be hosting a beautiful series inspired by Emilios Christodoulodis' immense work The Redress of Law, it will think about Simone Weil and how we can think with her to approach critical legal studies afresh criticallegalthinking.com/2025/01/13/f...

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Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror, Francesco Parmagianino (1523)

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A reoccurring theme this one

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Found this incredibly useful when looking at constituent power in devolved contexts in the UK - well worth reading!

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This article (co-authored with Nicholas Aroney and Stephen Tierney) sets out some preliminary findings from our ARC project on plural constituent power in federal systems. A theory of plural constituent power for federal systems | Global Constitutionalism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Francis Street, Salford https://www.wikiart.org/en/l-s-lowry/francis-street-salford-1957

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1/ Ming-Sung Kuo's important article on the objects & corresponding methods of comparative constitutional studies, forthcoming in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and available on SSRN, can be read as an effort to systematize pluralist & eclectic methods in wide use. I remain skeptical about ...

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Illustration from Luhmann's "Verfassung als evolutionäre Errungenschaft" (Rechtshistorisches Journal, 1990).

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New books!

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Illustration from Luhmann's "Verfassung als evolutionäre Errungenschaft" (Rechtshistorisches Journal, 1990).

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Published version of my critique of appeals to "constitutional values" now available online first in Federal Law Review. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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New Paper: “Ideological Constitutionalism” (Modern Law Review) Paper attempts to: - Develop an account of constitutional ideology that synthesises insights from Marxism/realism/systems theory - Identify ideological dimensions of modern constitutionalism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Luhmann on “Frankfurter Stil”

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New Paper: “Ideological Constitutionalism” (Modern Law Review) Paper attempts to: - Develop an account of constitutional ideology that synthesises insights from Marxism/realism/systems theory - Identify ideological dimensions of modern constitutionalism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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French know how to do a good book cover

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Not an easy one to track down. Gotta love Abe Books

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My recent paper on Australian constitutional values is now available on SSRN (to appear soon in the Federal Law Review). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Precarious

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Very pleased to see the publication of a Spanish translation of my book Aristotle and Law (CUP, 2020). Grateful to Eliana De Rosa for the translation and the publisher UNAM.

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Forthcoming in German Law Journal: "Constitutional Symbolism in the Shadow of the Common Good." This paper considers the concept of the symbolic constitution and examines its functional role in the representation of political unity in complex societies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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