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husajaakko.bsky.social
Professor. Comparative law/legal languages/legal history/constitutional studies/law & globalisation. Academic "humour". Posts indicate satire, perplexity or whatever. Opinions are my own, unfortunately. https://ssrn.com/author=933550
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What did I just watch? Russian assets attacked Zelenskyy publicly in the Oval Office. The US I knew has ceased to exist.

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"What a plonker, he tried to use a con to stop a war!"

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After more than thirty years in academia I have learned many things. For example, some academics are cunts and there is no cure for that. Rest of us* just have to bite the bullet. *assuming that I am not one of those academics

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After more than thirty years in academia I have learned many things. For example, some academics are cunts and there is no cure for that. Rest of us* just have to bite the bullet. *assuming that I am not one of those academics

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RIP Gene Hackman (1930-2025). I remember him from many films but perhaps best from his performance as William "Little Bill" Daggett in Unforgiven (1992).

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The University of Glasgow School of Law is recruiting for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

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Are you a PhDer interested in comparative study of law? This may be of interest to you: PhD course in Comparative Law and Comparative Legal Methods in Bergen. www.uib.no/fg/rettskult...

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Let's learn about Finnish mentality 🇫🇮 Question: Why does a stranger on the street smile at you? What Finns think: This person is drunk, insane, or an American.

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One of my favourite quotes of all time "A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used." — Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Nazi eugenics is making a strong comeback.

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As a Finn I would like to say that the US government does not, so to speak, seem to have all the Moomins in the valley.

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Struggling to do a short video that would combine pitch talk and an introduction to comparative law. Someone shoot me, please.

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My next book is in the making. I want to tell a story about something that has fascinated me since the mid 1990s. Under contract with @hartpublishing.bsky.social planned to come out in 2026.

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All of a sudden I find myself liking the Philadelphia Eagles. Never saw that coming.

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I actually thought that Manchurian candidate was fiction. My bad.

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Right now I feel very much tempted to add this footnote to my article manuscript: "Thanks to the anonymous reviewer for pushing me to add this irrelevant detail."

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Found photos of my PhD defence on 18 February 1995. It looks, well, ancient...

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Life is short and then you die. On the bright side, it's weekend.

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A short PhD advice dialogue PhD reseacher: "Can you recommend a book about the university life." Me: "Lord of the Flies." PhD researcher: "Really?" Me: "It focuses on a group of academics in a Faculty and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves."

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And one place to talk about #ComparativeLaw is the BACL PG workshop! This year in Liverpool - call for abstracts open until Monday 3 March 👇 british-association-comparative-law.org/2025/01/21/b...

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Academic freedom in Hong Kong today? Surprisingly optimistic discussion by Hualing Fu (OA article): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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In my book, if someone who holds great power cannot even speak coherently it is an alarming sign.

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We are envious? 😂😂😂

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I don't know about you but I would be pretty angry if my president would be Russia's bitch.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Out now: 'Judicial Bricolage: The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges in the 21st Century' edited by Tania Groppi, Marie-Claire Ponthoreau and Irene Spigno https://buff.ly/41aVXpb #ConstitutionalLaw #ComparativeLaw

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Say what?

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Today I feel Canadian.

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Basil Markesinis' article published in 1990 was titled as 'Comparative Law: A Subject in Search of an Audience'. The thing is that #ComparativeLaw never found a single audience. Instead, it found many audiences with different expectations and ideas about comparative study of law.

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I knew he was going to be chaotic, deranged, ignorant, self-centred, unreliable, ranting, and miserable mythomaniac. But I did not expect him to be so fully in Kremlin's pocket.

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In the uni canteen there is a group of Finnish academics talking and laughing loudly without alcohol. This is worrying and bizarre. What's the world coming to?

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So, what now Europe? Gandalf has an important message: "Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand"

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