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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Film Series, Oct 8, 18:30: screening of "The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice" (dir. Kathy Kasic), then a panel with Kasic (online), climate scientist Joerg Schaefer & political scientist Rebecca Marwege, on ice-sheet science and climate action RSVP: tinyurl.com/CCDSMemory

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dialogue and Transformation Seminar, Oct 5, 18:30: prosecutor Jennifer Ritchie and sociologist Youssef Rhnima (who studied during his own incarceration) on desistance and reentry in France & U.S. Register: tinyurl.com/CCDSRitchieRhnima More info: www.aup.edu/news-events/...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

CCDS Politics Series, October 6, 18:30: Sam Tanenhaus (Univ. of Toronto) on how William F. Buckley Jr. built the modern conservative movement. In person (Room Q-609, AUP) or via Zoom. Register: tinyurl.com/CCDSTanenhaus More info: www.aup.edu/news-events/...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The CCDS is excited to announce our international conference: Quarter-Millennium of Franco-American Relations — May 28–29, Paris. Plenary: @davidavrombell.bsky.social & Françoise Mélonio W/ @princeton.edu Program: www.aup.edu/news-events/... RSVP: forms.gle/X4Y4tBg8MHvq...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

📚 Book launch! Climate Justice Now (Columbia UP, 2026), a cross-disciplinary call to action on climate & inequality. 📅 March 25, 18:15 📍 6 Rue du Colonel Combes, Room C-104 Register: tinyurl.com/CCDSClimateJusticeNow More Info: www.aup.edu/news-events/... Book: cup.columbia.edu/book/climate...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Join Stephen Sawyer's lecture on "The New National History" at the Lingnan University History Department's Distinguished Speaker Series. 📅 24 February ⏳ 10:30am (HKT) 🏢 LKK108 (or via Zoom)

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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Can the House of Commons handle multi-party politics? Earlier today we were joined by @elliechowns.bsky.social, @courtenayilbert.bsky.social and @louisevthompson.bsky.social to discuss smaller parties in the Commons. Listen to a recording 👉 linktr.ee/constitution.... Or watch a recording 👇

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Can the House of Commons handle multi-party politics?

The 2024 election delivered an unusually fragmented opposition; almost half the non-government seats in the House of Commons were won by parties other than the Conservative 'Official Opposition'.…

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

To celebrate my appointment as the Ralph Miliband Professor of Politics & Philosophy at LSE Law School & the School of Public Policy, I'll give an inaugural lecture entitled “Are Revolutions Justified?”. Registration required - look forward to seeing many of you! ❤️ lselaw.events/event/are-re...

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Lea Ypi Inaugural Lecture | Are revolutions justified? - LSE Law School Events

Moralists think that if the ends of revolution are right, revolution cannot be wrong. Legalists think that since the means of revolution are wrong, revolution cannot be right. In this lecture Lea Ypi ...

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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

“The United States was the architect, very largely, of the rules that I have been involved with my whole life,” Sands says. “We saw it as the mansion on the hill, the guardian of the idea of the international rule of law.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/m...

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‘This Could End Very Badly’: A Human Rights Lawyer Fears a New Age of Impunity

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Pablo Magaña @pmagana94.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... In a new paper in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Eze Paez and I introduce “sentientist political liberalism,” an attempt to reconcile the ideas of society as a system of cooperation and public justification with taking animals seriously.

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Sentientist Political Liberalism

This paper introduces sentientist political liberalism. Elaborating on the fundamental ideas in John Rawls's political liberalism, we propose that the scheme of fair social cooperation among persons ...

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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

How is the royal family (and its finances) scrutinised by parliament? By the government? By the media? On 26 February, join Valentine Low, Helle Krunke and David Torrance at our free, online event to discuss whether the monarchy is sufficiently accountable. Sign up 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....

The Constitution Unit. Is the monarchy sufficiently accountable? 26 February 2026, 1:00pm–2:00pm. Valentine Low (former royal correspondent for The Times and author of Power and the Palace). Prof Helle Krunke (Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Copenhagen). Dr David Torrance (research specialist at the House of Commons Library).

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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New paper on agonistic workplace democracy 🚨 Workplace democracy is too often viewed as peaceful & deliberative, while implicit hierarchies from within & without the workplace skew interactions. We must acknowledge conflict to dismantle these hidden inequalities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Why Agonistic Workplace Democracy by Tim Christiaens in Review of Social Economy

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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Apply by Sunday become @uclspp.bsky.social's new Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics! Importantly, the successful candidate will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities. Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD. Apply 👇

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Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics

The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Book Launch: Stephen Sawyer, Demos Rising, Democracy and the Popular Construction of Public Power in France, 1800–1850 (@uchicagopress.bsky.social, 2025). Commentary: @hayleyjhooper.bsky.social, Geneviève Rousselière, Jakob Vogel. 📅 Feb 2, 18:00 🏢 Room Q-801 Register: tinyurl.com/CCDSDemosRising

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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Starting the year with a bang 🚨 Correcting proofs on my forthcoming article on agonistic workplace democracy for Review of Social Economy. I argue for an agonistic approach to workplace democracy against the mainstream assumption that democracy is about rational and consensual deliberation.

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Russell Williams @rwilliamsparis.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A great way to kick off this year's French literature coverage in the @thetls.bsky.social: Marie Darrieussecq on the latest book by Emmanuel Carrère in the latest issue. www.the-tls.com/literature-b...

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Mother was always right

It seems that Emmanuel Carrère is now thought to be France’s “greatest living writer”. France has always needed a greatest writer, and even if there are

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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Members of the Yale community: Please join us on Jan. 21 & 22 for two conversations with @stuartbuck.bsky.social on reproducibility in science. Register to attend on 1/21 at bit.ly/3Z5IZbu or on 1/22 at bit.ly/4qdXZAi

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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New book: A History of Economic Thought at the Frankfurt Institute: Beyond the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, 1923-1945, by Ali Ahmad amzn.to/4beZolf

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Giuseppe Martinico @martinicogi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New Diritti Comparati Vlog! Shai Dothan presents his latest book Elites, Power Struggles, and the Law. How Courts Support Diffuse Interests, Routledge 2025. A must-watch for anyone interested in constitutional and comparative law! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz3f...

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Shai Dothan - Elites, Power Struggles, and the Law

YouTube video by Diritti Comparati

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Book Launch: Slaves in Paris: Hidden Lives and Fugitive Histories (@harvardpress.bsky.social, 2025), by Miranda Spieler (AUP). Commentary: Anne Lafont (EHESS), Pierre Singaravélou (Paris 1), Jennifer Boittin (UNC). 📅⏳: Jan. 14, 18:30 🏢: Q-801 ✍: tinyurl.com/AUPSpieler ℹ️: aup.edu/news-events/...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We are pleased to share the full lineup of presenters for the Law, State & Democracy Symposium on Dec 11–12. You can read all presentation titles and abstracts here: sites.google.com/view/lsdsymp...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Dec 11–12: The CCDS & Center for Transcultural Studies host the inaugural “Law, State, and Democracy” Symposium: the inaugural event of a new initiative exploring the relationship between law, democracy, and the administrative state. aup.edu/ccds/lsd

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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

What are the challenges and opportunities of cross-border citizen participation? This is one of the questions being studied by Anja Röcke at the Franco-German border. She is a 2025-2026 Alfred Grosser Chair Professor at the CEE, visiting from @uni-saarland.de. Read her interview ⤵

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Anja Röcke, studying border regions as laboratories of European integration and democratic innovation

Meet the 2025-2026 Alfred Grosser Chair professor and learn more about her Franco-German project.

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Join our seminar on "Care and the Social Contract: Toward a Reconstructive Critique of the Modern", w/Stephen Sawyer. This lecture is part of the Care & Democracy Seminar Series. 📅 November 20, 18:15 🏢 Room Q-609 ✍ Registration: tinyurl.com/CCDSSawyer

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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Reposting this new post from last night. www.unemployednegativity.com/2025/10/the-...

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The Affective Constitution and Reduction of the Political

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Join the CCDS Seminar on "Thinking Democracy after Marx and Empire" with Iain Stewart (@ucl.ac.uk). 📅 ⏲️ : Tuesday, November 3, 18:30 🏢 : Room Q-609, 6 Rue du Colonel Combes, 75007, Paris ✍ : tinyurl.com/CCDSStewart ℹ️ : www.aup.edu/news-events/...

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This is exactly right from @joshtpm.bsky.social There Is No Democratic Future Without Supreme Court Reform talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/there...

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There Is No Democratic Future Without Supreme Court Reform

I’ve made versions of this argument here in the Editors’ Blog and...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Charles Walton’s (@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social) lecture on the history of social rights and capacity to diffuse future wealth to be generated by AI, provided much food for thought on the tensions between theories of abundance and redistribution. More on his views: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Join the CCDS Seminar on "Social Rights in the Longue Durée: Between Redistribution and Theories of Abundance" with Charles Walton (@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social). 📅 Oct. 7, 17:00 🏫 Room Q-609 ✏️ tinyurl.com/CCDSWalton (in person or via Zoom) 📰 aup.edu/news-events/...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Join us for a seminar on "Constitutional Right to Truth? How to Protect the Right to Information and the Right to Privacy Today" w/Marcin Kilanowski (Nicolaus Copernicus U). 🗓️ Sep 22, 12:10 🏢 Room C103, 6 Rue de Colonel Combes Registration: tinyurl.com/CCDSKilanowski More info: tinyurl.com/KilanInfo

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Join us for the Care & Democracy Seminar Series: "The Crisis of What Binds Us" with Sandra Laugier (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social) and Zona Zarić (AUP) 🗓️: Sep 18, 18:15 🏠: 6 Rue du Colonel Combes, Paris Registration: tinyurl.com/CCDSLaugierZ...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📢 We're hiring a Post-Doc in Critical Democracy at AUP for the 2025-2026 academic year! Join our Horizon-Europe project on resilient social contracts (www.co3socialcontract.eu) + help launch a “Law, State & Democracy” initiative. 🗓 Apply by Sept 1, 2025 👉 CCDS@aup.edu #Postdoc #AcademicJobs #Law

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Join Stephen W. Sawyer for a lecture on "Demos Unbound: The French Revolution, 1770-1830" in Seoul, South Korea. Time: 16:00-18:00 (KST), 20 July 2025 Place: 32416, Sungkyunkwan University Organized by Minchul KIM, Global Intellectual History Unit gihu.page/2025/07/16/1...

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15th Reflexion

Stephen SAWYER Demos Unbound: The French Revolution, 1770-1830 When 16:00-18:00 (KST), 20 July 2025 Where 32416, Sungkyunkwan University

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The CCDS goes to Korea! Join Stephen Sawyer and @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social at the @ipsa.org World Congress on July 12-16 presenting their work on the #CO3 project. www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Congratulations, @Jaeger-bombe and @espol-lab.bsky.social! We are absolutely delighted to celebrate this richly deserved milestone of our brilliant postdoc Research Fellow!

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Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

[Workshop on Cities]. If you are in Paris, or interested by the topic and want to join us via zoom, we are organizing a two-day international workshop in @ccds-aup.bsky.social on the 12-13 of June, on the Autonomy of Cities: sites.google.com/view/worksho....

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Roman Zinigrad @rzinigrad.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Are racist jokes funny or dangerous? Can they be both? My new blog on ECtHR's inadequate analysis of satirical hate speech: satire is a vital political instrument, but courts must be mindful of humor's ability to propagate and legitimize prejudice and bigotry. Based on my article: tinyurl.com/humrz

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Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Yesterday at @ccds-aup.bsky.social, the workshop on "Autonomy and the Law", was a very insightful and stimulating event, with great colleagues. @rzinigrad.bsky.social Do not hesitate to join the next one in June on Cities' Autonomy (sites.google.com/view/worksho...)

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We thank all participants & guests of the "Autonomy and the Law" workshop featuring extraordinary works on CLTs, moral autonomy of the person, typology of the right to housing, meaning of home, condition of the interpreter, child's autonomy in education, and consumer protection.

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Attend our interdisciplinary workshop on “Autonomy and the Law” on May 13, with a focus on the right to housing, the concept of autonomy in law, child autonomy, and digital markets. Program and registration: tinyurl.com/CCDSAutLaw Organized by Marc Goetzmann & @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social

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Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Une première, je viens d'enregistrer un podcast d'une heure et demie sur le thème de la vulnérabilité en philosophie politique (avec l'aide de collègues à AUP pour la technique). J'espère que ce sera disponible dans les prochaines semaines. Quels autres thèmes vous intéresserait?

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

A fantastic, eye-opening lecture by @tevoelker.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social) on the role of mainstream media, security crises, and public opinion in the normalization of far-right politics in Germany. (Followed by commentary by Friederike Windel (AUP) and moderated by @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social)

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates? @tevoelker.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social) will discuss “Mainstreaming the Far Right” on Friday, April 18. Discussant: Friederike Windel (AUP). Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSVolker

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Stephen Sawyer, the CCDS Director, will deliver the 2025 Michel Serres Distinguished Lecture at @Stanford’s Dept. of French & Italian. 🗓 April 10, 2025 🕔 5:15 PM 🎙 Title: Toward a Genealogy of the Modern Demos: Democratic Society and the Problem of Public Authority in the 19th Century

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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Starting Deleuze in Philosophy of Film today. www.unemployednegativity.com/2019/04/beco...

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Becoming Spider-Man: Deleuze and the Superhero Film

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

A fantastic presentation by Claudia Wiesner on her latest book analyzing the French & German national discourses that shape or undermine the formation of EU identity(ies). With incisive commentary by @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social & Johannes Karremans @espol-lab.bsky.social on the looming EU crisis.

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Claudia Wiesner (Fulda U) will present her recent book on "Politicisation, Democratisation and EU Identity" (Routledge, 2024), followed by commentary by Johannes Karremans (@espol-lab.bsky.social) and @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social (AUP). Join us on April 3! Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSWiesner

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The anti-fascist novel, “The Aesthetics of Resistance,” by Peter Weiss, is now out in English in its entirety. Join us on April 4 to celebrate the publication of volume III in English. With the translator, Joel Scott & commentary by Charlotte Thiessen. Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSResistance

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

For those interested in the intersection of Admin Law and Democracy, and are at the Yale Law School on March 28: Stephen Sawyer (AUP, @europeatharvard.bsky.social) will be launching his new book, “Demos Rising” (UCP, 2025) at the Yale European Law Association. Commentary by Susan Rose-Ackerman.

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