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Critical legal and social thought at the School of Law (Queen Mary, University of London). Partnered with the Institute of Law, Birzeit University.

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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LRIL Lecture: Anne Orford: Climate Change and the Future of the State criticallegalthinking.com/2026/09/29/l...
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LRIL Lecture: Anne Orford: Climate Change and the Future of the State
Climate change is challenging many of the foundational pillars of international law. One of the most significant is the concept of the state. The seventeenth century vision of the territorial state em...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Book launch: Kojo Koram, The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs November 11, 4pm. Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Book launch: Kojo Koram, The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the...
Book launch: Kojo Koram, The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs
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Hedi Viterbo @hediviterbo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📢Join us for the launch of @kojokoram.bsky.social's book, The Next Fix. 🗣️With @draskew.bsky.social, @simonflacks.bsky.social, @cclas2025.bsky.social & @crimjusticecentre.bsky.social. 11 Nov., 4pm, @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social & online. 🎟️Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Book Launch: Kojo Koram on The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs
Book launch: Kojo Koram on The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Book launch: Kojo Koram, The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs November 11, 4pm. Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Book launch: Kojo Koram, The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the...
Book launch: Kojo Koram, The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
CfP: Association of Law and Political Economy Conference criticallegalthinking.com/2026/09/11/c...
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CfP: Association of Law and Political Economy Conference
The Association of Law and Political Economy (ALPE) invites proposals for its second annual meeting, to be held on June 9-10, 2027, in Boston, MA. Panels, roundtables, and individual paper proposals a...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings - European Action: 17 & 18 October Tribunal Panel: Mireille Fanon Mendès-France, Prof. Joy James, Esther Mamadou-Blanco, and Prof. Gus John Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-people...
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The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings - European Action: 17 & 18 October
The People’s Tribunal On Police Killings - European Action. An event escalating our campaigns for justice internationally. Hosted by QMUL.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 17/08/2026
Dr Arday’s death was the direct result of media harassment – we’re demanding a public inquiry to prevent this from ever happening again: goodlaw.social/j0y2
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Warnings about Jason Arday’s mental health were ignored by the press
Dr Arday’s death was the direct result of media harassment – we’re demanding a public inquiry to prevent this from ever happening again
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings - European Action: 17 & 18 October www.eventbrite.com/e/the-people...
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The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings - European Action: 17 & 18 October
The People’s Tribunal On Police Killings - European Action. A two day event escalating our campaigns for justice internationally.
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Our new centre logo pays homage to its East London environs and the Match Girls' Strike of 1888 in Bow. phm.org.uk/blogposts/th...
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The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
On the blog this week: Our Director Prof. Andrew Blick considers the outworking of a potential written constitution under the new Prime Minster. Read it now at: consoc.org.uk/burnham-written-const…
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Andy Burnham and a Written Constitution: Is the Time Arriving? - The Constitution Society
Andrew Blick assesses some of the challenges which might lie ahead for Andy Burnham in implementing a written constitution.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16/06/2026
‘The judge declared himself “bound by the legislation” to sentence the Filton Four to “special custodial sentences” as terrorists. He didn’t mention that it was his choice to approve the application fifteen months ago.’ @nicholasrl.bsky.social on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...
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Nicholas Reed Langen | Legislative Sleight of Hand
Every white Serco prison van that drove into Woolwich Crown Court on Friday morning was met with a cacophony of cheers,...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Critical Legal Conference 2026 – Registration Details criticallegalthinking.com/2026/08/10/c...
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Critical Legal Conference 2026 - Registration Details
Conference Information Update Registration, Plenaries, and Accommodation deals are now live on the CLC2026 website. Please
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings - European Action: 17 & 18 October www.eventbrite.com/e/the-people...
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The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings - European Action: 17 & 18 October
The People’s Tribunal On Police Killings - European Action. A two day event escalating our campaigns for justice internationally.
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Dialectic of Strategy: Political and Legal Struggles for Chagossian Decolonization papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Dialectic of Strategy: Political and Legal Struggles for Chagossian Decolonization
<p><span>This chapter examines the shift from political negotiation to legal mobilisation in the Chagossian struggle for decolonisation. Rather than treating th
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
'What is Critical Legal Theory?' by Gilbert Leung 24 July 2026 at 11:00 CEST/10.00 BST criticallegalthinking.com/2026/07/15/w...
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What is Critical Legal Theory?
All are invited to an online talk by me, Gilbert Leung, on 24 July 2026 at 11:00 CEST | 10:00 BST, in which I will attempt to answer the question: ‘What
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Anna Saunders @annasaunders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Now calling for papers for this year's Australian Progressive Legal Studies conference, held 3-4 December 2026 at RMIT. Come think with us on 'Making and Breaking Worlds: Old and New Struggles in Law and Political Economy'. Abstracts due 7 August!
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Toward a historical materialist account of British constitutional change. Tanzil Chowdhury for the International Journal of Constitutional Law (open access) academic.oup.com/icon/advance...
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Toward a historical materialist account of British constitutional change
Abstract. This article argues that British constitutional reforms are historically specific expressions of the mediation of significant antagonisms between
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
At Critical Legal Thinking, Tanzil Chowdhury discusses Left and Right strategies of legislative supremacy in Great Britain.
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Left and Right Strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain
Over at the LPE blog, a series of contributions has advanced why legislative supremacy ought to be part of a socialist left strategy. Partly, this is a
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Daniella Lock @daniellalock.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Here are some thoughts on the new Court of Appeal Palestine Action ruling, written with @alangreene.bsky.social and @colinmurray.bsky.social for @verfassungsblog.de verfassungsblog.de/palestine-ac...
Quote from the blog: 'The Court creates an impression of judicial scrutiny, but one so lacking in substance as to embolden even far more reaching uses of executive powers in the future'
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Andy Woodhouse @andywoodhouse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Andy Burnham has argued for public control of water and energy, but what kind of public ownership can meet the challenges of environment and climate breakdown? In a blog for the @ukcla.bsky.social, I explore a case study of Labour's post-war nationalisation of electricity. [1/3]
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Please follow the work of Friends of Palestinian Universities whom support the resilience of Palestinian scholars and students and uphold the principles of freedom, equity, and justice for the future of education in Palestine. friendsofpalunis.org/mission-peop... youtube.com/@friendsofpa...
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Friends of Palestinian Universities
Friends of Palestinian Universities builds UK and international academic solidarity, partnership, and exchange with Palestinian higher education institutions facing systematic attack. We work to suppo...
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Kate Leader @leader-kate.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Our annual @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social Criminal Justice Centre conference on Conspiracy Theories and Pseudolaw is this Thurs/Fri online/in-person at Queen Mary. Everything freemason, sov cits, freemen of the land and micronations! Full programme below and free reg here: pseudolaw.org/events/
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
QMUL Postgraduate Law Conference 2026 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/postgradua...
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Postgraduate Law Conference 2026
Postgraduate Law Conference 2026: Critical Legal Thinking in an Evolving World
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
While the writing/editing are not always conducive to get the point across as clearly as it could, I think this is a very important contribution by Tanzil Chowdhury, as it identifies from within a historical materialist approach the 'blind spot' in political constitutionalist accounts on the left
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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Extremely interesting criticallegalthinking.com/2026/05/29/l...
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Left and Right strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain
Over at the LPE blog, a series of contributions have advanced why legislative supremacy ought to be part of a socialist left strategy. Partly, this is a
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Tanzil Chowdhury on 'Left and Right strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain' criticallegalthinking.com/2026/05/29/l...
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Left and Right strategies of Legislative Supremacy in Great Britain
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Kate Leader @leader-kate.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Fantastic work on protest and public order offences from my @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social colleagues www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may...
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New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A monumental loss. Ran was not only a trailblazing and brilliant scholar; he was also a remarkably generous colleague and, what's more, a dear friend. www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/memoria...
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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My piece on dollar hegemony as international law-making power is now out with the Chinese Journal of International Law: academic.oup.com/chinesejil/a.... This has been in the making for a while, and I am glad to finally see it out in the world.
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Dollar Hegemony as International Law-making Power
Abstract. The so-called weaponisation of the dollar as part of the escalating geopolitical competition has drawn attention to dollar hegemony within the fi
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Law & Political Economy, or Legal Theory & Capitalism? Justin Deystone @lpeproject.bsky.social lpeproject.org/blog/law-pol...
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Law & Political Economy, or Legal Theory & Capitalism?
What is this thing called capitalism? What, if anything, is the use of legal theory in understanding capitalist society? Is anything gained, or anything lost, if we replace the phrase “Law and…
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
'Britain’s Political Prisoners' hosted by our friends at @ccccjustice.bsky.social As climate & anti-war protesters face harsh jail terms in Britain, join speakers and an open discussion on resisting growing state repression. Register here www.kairos.london/event/britai...
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Britain’s Political Prisoners - Kairos
Tuesday May 26th, 6.30 for 7pm The last five years have seen a remarkable clampdown on climate and anti-war protests in Britain. An unprecedented number of people have been held on remand in prison or...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
BOOK DISCUSSION: Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-la...
Cover of Michael Lazarus' book
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
BOOK DISCUSSION: Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-la...
Cover of Michael Lazarus' book
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Today, @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com consider whether "Muskism" could serve as a possible successor to post-Fordism. How should we understand Muskism's distinctive regime of accumulation, and what kind of social contract does it propose to stabilize its disruptive effects?
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Muskism as Fordism
Coined by a German economist in 1926, Fordism came to describe the dominant political-economic order of the mid-twentieth century. Could "Muskism" play a similar role in the twenty-first?
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Delighted to be welcoming Prof. Tony Anghie to offer Reflections on International Law in a Time of Disorder (introduced by Prof. Ratna Kapur)
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
'The Weak Suffer What They Must: Reflections on international law in a time of disorder' with Professor Antony Anghie www.qmul.ac.uk/events/upcom...
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'The Weak Suffer What They Must: Reflections on international law in a time of disorder' with Professor Antony Anghie
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New Translation of Pashukanis: The Right of Asylum and the Practice of Bourgeois Governments criticallegalthinking.com/2026/04/14/n...
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New Translation of Pashukanis: The Right of Asylum and the Practice of Bourgeois Governments
Ilya Repin: They Did Not Expect Him, 1884-88 Introductory Note by Igor Shoikhedbrod E.B. Pashukanis (1891-1937) is best known for his General Theory
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
'The Weak Suffer What They Must: Reflections on international law in a time of disorder' with Professor Antony Anghie www.qmul.ac.uk/events/upcom...
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'The Weak Suffer What They Must: Reflections on international law in a time of disorder' with Professor Antony Anghie
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Marie Thøgersen @mariethogersen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I've written a short piece on international law, fetishism, and ideology - now out on Legal Form. I suggest that international law is an ideological fetishism of international relations.
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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Chowdhury on Capitalist Constitutionalism Tanzil Chowdhury (Queen Mary University of London, School of Law) has posted The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism (Accepted for publication in King's Law Journal)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Legal and…
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Chowdhury on Capitalist Constitutionalism
Tanzil Chowdhury (Queen Mary University of London, School of Law) has posted The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism (Accepted for publication in King's Law Journal)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Legal and Political constitutionalisms (and variations therewith) can be better understood as historically specific social forms of capitalist constitutionalism, rather than as competing models jostling for constitutional primacy.
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Tanzil Chowdhury on 'The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism' Forthcoming paper for King's Law Journal (special issue on Public Law and Political Economy) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism
Legal and Political constitutionalisms (and variations therewith) can be better understood as historically specific social forms of capitalist constitutionalism
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Tanzil Chowdhury on 'The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism' Forthcoming paper for King's Law Journal (special issue on Public Law and Political Economy) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Political and Legal Constitution: Historical Forms of Capitalist Constitutionalism
Legal and Political constitutionalisms (and variations therewith) can be better understood as historically specific social forms of capitalist constitutionalism
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Institute of International Law and the Humanities will host Tanzil Chowdhury to discuss 'The British Constitution, Capitalism and Constitutional Change' events.unimelb.edu.au/IILAH/event/...
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The British Constitution, Capitalism and Constitutional Change
Please join the Institute for International Law and the Humanities for a lunchtime seminar presented by Presented by Associate Professor Tanzil Cho...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
**Law and Marxism Book Series** Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx 📍Room 313, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London 🕛17/3/2026 4.00-5.30 pm Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-la...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
**Law and Marxism Book Series** Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx 📍Room 313, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London 🕛17/3/2026 4.00-5.30 pm Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-la...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Law and Marxism Book Series: Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-discu...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Law and Marxism Book Series: Michael Lazarus' 'Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-discu...
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Centre for the Critique of Law and Society (CCLAS) @cclas2025.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
CCLAS director Tanzil Chowdhury will be presenting on 'The British Constitution, capitalism and constitutional change' as part of the ANU Law School's Visitors Seminar Series. law.anu.edu.au/news-and-eve...
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