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Joined July 2015
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Roman Law, Victorian Humanism, and the Making of Henry Maine's Ancient Law faculti.net/roman-law-victorā€¦

Faculti: Roman Law, Victorian Humanism, and the Making of Henry Maine's Ancient Law ā€“ Paul Du...

How did a Victorian classicist's reading of Roman law shape a foundational text of legal history and colonial governance?

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Peter Candy@Pete_CandyJul 2
My new article on the jurist Julian's interpretation of the lex Aquilia is out. If you're interested in delict/tort, statutory interpretation, and the role of philosophy (particularly formal logic) in juristic reasoning, give it a read! doi.org/10.1163/15718190-202ā€¦

D. 9,2,51 and the role of dialectic in Julianā€™s interpretation of chapter one lex Aquilia

Summary D. 9,2,51 Iul. 86 dig. is one of the best known texts in Justinianā€™s Digest, appearing near to the end of title 9,2 on the lex Aquilia concerning damage to property. In it, the jurist Julian...

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St Andrews Classics@StA_ClassicsJun 24
"Land and Power in the Later Roman World " #Conference šŸ“† 29 June to 1 July 2026 šŸ“ TĆ¼bingen šŸ”— View programme: research.st-andrews.ac.uk/laā€¦ Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, [email protected] #ClassicsTwitter
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A fun afternoon ahead talking about Scottish Heraldry Law.
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Peter Candy@Pete_CandyJun 4
I had a very good experience publishing a paper with @CUP_Law . 'What was the actio oneris aversi?' open access here: cambridge.org/core/journals/ā€¦

WHAT WAS THE ACTIO ONERIS AVERSI? | The Cambridge Law Journal | Cambridge Core

WHAT WAS THE ACTIO ONERIS AVERSI? - Volume 84 Issue 1

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Interested in submitting your article to The Cambridge Law Journal? Click here for more information. šŸ“š cup.org/4o3Jm1Z
Submit Your Paper to The Cambridge Law Journal

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St Andrews Classics@StA_ClassicsJun 2
"Land and Power in the Later Roman World " #Conference šŸ“† 29 June to 1 July 2026 šŸ“ TĆ¼bingen šŸ”— View details: standrewsclassics.wordpress.ā€¦ Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, [email protected] #AllWelcome
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Big Timi
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Idea: An anonymous ā€œvote to end meetingā€ button on Teams where if 50% of people press it, the meeting ends immediately.
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The Judgment of the Provinces by Ari Z. Bryen A new study of ancient legal politics that asks us to re-think the history of law and society. šŸ“š cup.org/42fBuQQ
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As many of you know, itā€™s the 250th anniversary of the publication of Wealth of Nations. @LawLiberty has thus run a series of Adam Smith appreciationsā€”but from non-economistsā€”for March. Iā€™m a lawyer & novelist, & hereā€™s my final piece for the month. lawliberty.org/forum/a-true-ā€¦

A True Humanism ā€“ Helen Dale

Adam Smith had the kind of insights that can be used to make human life better.

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UCU Scotland@UCUScotlandMar 11
Our #SaveHE call on the front of todayā€™s @heraldscotland #StopTheCuts
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Neil Renic@NC_RenicMar 9
The journal: ā€œyour work is being citedā€ Me: šŸ˜ƒ The citation: ā€œā€¦as he stupidly and unattractively arguesā€¦ā€
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Jonathan Fine@jonathanbfineMar 8
no one in academia is cool. absolutely nobody at all.
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Academia is like high school. There are the cool kids doing research that everyone talks about, and it's pretty hard to get into those circles.
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UCL will close its Institute of Advanced Studies this summer, stating the interdisciplinary research centre is no longer financially sustainable, reports @jgro_the timeshighereducation.com/newā€¦

UCL axes ā€˜utopianā€™ Institute of Advanced Studies

Interdisciplinary research hub focused on arts and humanities will shut in July amid financial sustainability issues

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Neil Renic@NC_Renic21 Nov 2025
Historians: ā€œin this opening volume, I consider British cavalry innovation from 1817 (January) to 1817 (May)ā€ Economists: ā€œin this blog post, I explain human origins, progress, and declineā€
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If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".
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