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Jaakko Husa

@husajaakko.bsky.social
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Professor. Comparative law/legal languages/legal history/constitutional studies/law & globalisation. Academic "humour". Posts indicate satire, perplexity or whatever. Opinions are my own, unfortunately.

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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 12h
I enjoy writing and getting my stuff published, but in most times it feels like shouting into the void.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't consider myself narrow-minded, but if a fellow tram passenger sitting next to me soils their pants, I change seats. Today, I did that.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Some say that Yorkshire terrier is a judgmental goblin who acts as the master of the household and treats humans as servants. That may be true. But Yorkie is also a wonderful pet, a loyal friend, and a lovable furry creature.
Seemingly unhappy Yorkshire terrier looking straight at the camera
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My reaction when they suggest teaching the whole course online.
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Dismissive Simon Pegg
Alt: Man says decisively "No fucking way"
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A quiet moment...
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They: "How does it feel to be a comparative law scholar?" Me: "Well..."
stressed cat squeezed in between two cats
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today we had a seminar with brilliant professor Marlene Wind (Copenhagen) on Nordic constitutionalism. We had also time to see a bit of Helsinki.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I took Covid vaccinations back in the day and now my car battery is dead in 2026. I guess the dimwits were right about the side effects after all.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Publisher: "Our house style requires you to use endnotes." Me:
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Miyazaki: Insult to Life Itself
Alt: Miyazaki says "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself"
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hopefully my next book will flop as spectacularly as Nolan's The Odyssey.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Endnote is a footnote designed by non-legal scholars. — me
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh, to be a young legal scholar and have all the footnotes ahead of me.
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
First meeting of the Global Governance Law Research Seminar today. Here we go again...
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deep breath
Alt: man takes a deep breath
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Making the last revisions to your paper after two reviewer rounds.
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The Revenant: Leonardo Di Caprio's Painful Crawl
Alt: Scene from the movie The Revenant: half-dead Leonardo Di Caprio is painfully crawling forward
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I flew back to Helsinki from Singapore last night and did not sleep at all. Flight landed at 06.00 o'clock and I arrived to my faculty office at 09.00. Commitment or madness? I am not sure.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Well, this is...mad, but I like it. Changi airport massive waterfall.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have now been a month in Singapore and one of the great wonders I have encountered is this: Eduroam has worked perfectly the whole time!!!
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Stone lion guarding at the entrance of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.
massive chinese stone lion standing on elevated stone pedestal
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So, I got an email from a dubious looking publisher. "Dear Assoc. Prof., Szabados I hope this email finds you well." Well, I have no idea who this Szabados is but this message did not find me well.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A terrible personal disaster nearly unfolded in Singapore. I almost tripped over an iced coffee someone had dropped on the street. To keep my balance, I had to make a quick corrective move, and in doing so, I pulled my hamstring. Oh, the tragedy!
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I just me the Dutch street theatre group Close-Act's glowing stilt-walking creatures while they were roaming in the streets. of Singapore. Impressive!
two of said creatures biting a street sign
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Three layers of Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. Clarke Quay, a 19th-century commercial dock with shophouses. Towering modern skyscrapers and commercial complexes on the background.
text of the post says it all
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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🚨🚨 Job alert! 🚨🚨 I'm hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with me at CUHK Law on a project connected to State creation. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSP267/p...
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Discover Postdoctoral Fellow in Law jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Finally I managed to get a photo of the whole city, although only as a scale model in the Singapore City Gallery.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
How do I know that air conditioning is really efficient? When I have to pop out, from time to time, to warm up.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It is unfair that my family sends me pics of our Yorkie while I am away for the whole month. Just look at that face...
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It is none of my business to comment on academic tragedies in other countries. Nonetheless, here is my two cents. Jason was betrayed by everyone.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Last week at the Yong Pung How School of Law (SMU) I had the opportunity to speak to colleagues and students about the joys and sorrows of studying law comparatively.
man sits at the table of a seminar room and tries to explain something
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My sister's dog celebrated his birthday today.
black and white miniature poodle stands on a moss-covered stone
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He's is judging me, right?
Stone statue of Confucius looks man sporting a flat cap
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
When you know you have written your best paper ever, but the journal's reaction is a desk reject.
Fully geared up Agamemnon stands in front of Troy's massive closed gate
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Painted wooden doors in Thian Hock Keng Temple in Chinatown, Singapore.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You may want to connect with Jukka. Despite being our Dean, he is quite a decent chap.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Listening to a talk that everyone else seems to appreciate but you know it is full of shit.
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Cillian Murphy Looking Around
Alt: man looking around and being bored and unhappy
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We had to try...
Entrance of Raffles Long Bar in Singaporetwo Singapore Sling drinks on bar counter
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I am not sure if that building is impressive or silly.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Temples in Singapore...
interior of big Buddhist templecolourful tower of Hindu temple presenting various figures
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This evening's view was interesting...
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I am starting to like Singapore...
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Well, I found the place on a Sunday walk.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Perhaps we need to go back to handwritten exams? Not because of AI but because the long years in academia have transformed us sadists...
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Paddy's Evil Smile in Speak No Evil
Alt: Bearded man makes an evil and twisted looking smile
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I am spending the whole of August in Singapore as a visiting scholar at the SMU Law School. I have a very good feeling about this.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Cloudy day at our summer place.
Photo of a lake surrounded by trees and grass
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Free sample chapter from my 'Contrarian Jurists'. 👉 bit.ly/4pyIRxG #ComparativeLaw
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Academiaedu: "Hi Jaakko, Someone just found your Academia profile via Google." Me:
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Adrien Brody: What's Your Point?
Alt: Adrien Brody: What's Your Point?
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If the "woke" card does not work, then, try "communism" card instead. Same old, same old.
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My only regret about seeing The Odysseus is that I did not see it in IMAX format.
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