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Jeremy Letwin

@jeremyletwin.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Law @Lancaster University. Working in human rights, legal theory, environmental law, public law, and tort law. Website: tinyurl.com/rbtx9sjy SSRN: tinyurl.com/4st2mea8

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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy to see my new article out in the Journal of Environmental Law about the ECtHR’s (@echr.coe.int) approach to environmental rights [open access] academic.oup.com/jel/advance-...
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What is Strasbourg’s theory of environmental human rights?
Abstract. Although the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) contains no explicit environmental right, the Strasbourg Court has gradually come to affo
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Writing is fun. You endure hours of excruciating pain and self-doubt. But in the end, you’ve created something. And then you get to hate that thing.
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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our Director, @alanrenwick.bsky.social, has responded to the news over the weekend that Reform UK has received £72 million from two donors. He suggests a wider review of political finance rules.
A picture of Professor Alan Renwick, Director of the UCL Constitution Unit, and the quote: 'It has long been clear that donations to political parties ought to be capped. Democracy is based on the idea that we are all equal. Allowing the richest people in our society to give unlimited sums violates that principle. Political parties do need to be able to communicate their message to voters, and that costs money. So a cap might be set relatively high – perhaps at £1 million – at least initially, while a wider review of political finance rules is conducted.'
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you're interested in the environment and human rights, consider coming to our conference at Lancaster Castle on 17-18th September. Registration link here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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Sanjit Nagi @sanjitnagi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Super happy that my paper, “..The [Human] Rights [Act] Stuff—26 Years On” has been accepted for publication in the European Human Rights Law Review. A huge thanks to the editors and reviewers.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I don't deny the Arday resignation is important news, but to have it as the top item on the Guardian, Times and Telegraph websites says something about the weight they all give to culture wars over substantive news on politics, the economy, the environment, international conflict etc
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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
my unfinished paper draft watching me start a new paper
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Law & Social Justice @lsjleeds.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Next up, @jeremyletwin.bsky.social delivers his paper, "What is Strasbourg's theory of social rights?" - looking at how these social rights are understood and framed within the ECHR / ECtHR
Jeremy Letwin presenting his paper - on screen behind him is a slide on the modern liberal conception of social rights, with pictures of John Stuart Mill, Joseph Raz, and John Rawls representing that more traditional view that he analyses
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
❗CALLS FOR PAPERS❗ Theorising the New Age of Environmental Human Rights Law Conference, 17-18th September 2026, Lancaster Castle AND Postgraduate Researcher Roundtable: Environmental Justice, 18th September 2026, Lancaster Castle
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
There have been contenders but I'm in my view no other philosopher has been able to match Henry Sidgwick's beard/intensity combination.
Photograph of SIdgwick in Victorian style jacket, very long wispy beard, swept hair, frowning, wide open eyes, looking worried
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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Jonathan Hall's position should be untenable after these comments. Far from being an "Independent Reviewer", he is committing every sin in the counter-terrorism playbook by capitalising on an attack to pursue an ideologically driven clamp-down on human rights and basic democratic values.
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Nayeli Urquiza Haas @nayeliurquiza.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The most accurate statement about the university sector today.
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Nikhil Venkatesh @nikvenkatesh.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Harriet Taylor Mill officially recognised as co-author of 'On Liberty'! dailynous.com/2026/03/19/o...
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“On Liberty” Now Officially Has Two Authors - Daily Nous
An edition of On Liberty published this month is the first to officially name Harriet Taylor Mill as a co-author alongside John Stuart Mill. The new volume is edited by Piers Norris Turner (Ohio State...
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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A useful reminder from the Court of Appeal today: "Deference to the judgment of the legislature cannot be taken too far in the context of equality and discrimination cases... it is an important function of the courts to protect minorities, in particular small and perhaps unpopular minorities..."
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This is great. Good to finally have a podcast dedicated to ECHR stuff to keep me occupied on my long commute! (Excellent episode ft @cohelongo.bsky.social) strasbourgobservers.com/2026/02/23/c...
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Climate change litigation at the Strasbourg Court with Corina Heri - Strasbourg Observers
We’re excited to bring you closer to the European Court of Human Rights through our brand-new podcast. Join us as we explore key judgments, discuss emerging legal trends, and talk with experts and aca...
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Nayeli Urquiza Haas @nayeliurquiza.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Tragic manslaughter case with potential chilling effect on mountain sports. What is more interesting is that the judge is a mountaineer himself and mountain rescuer. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Gericht spricht Angeklagten im "Großglockner-Prozess" nach langer Verhandlung schuldig
Nach dem Erfrierungstod einer 33-Jährigen im Jänner 2025 wird ihr Freund wegen grob fahrlässiger Tötung verurteilt. Er habe als erfahrener Alpinist Verantwortung getragen
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I have just discovered fake citations in a peer-reviewed article (quite a few of them). These are invented articles attributed to real scholars, clearly the result of a scholar being incredibly lazy with AI. What's the proper response?
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Spot on. No one really thinks leaving the ECHR would make us equivalent to Russia. The point is that it sets a bad example for other states and undermines the authority of the ECHR. PEX is attacking a straw man and missing the real point.
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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 15/12/2025
I conjecture that philosophers are more comfortable separating the artist from their art because basically everyone we study was an asshole. If you refused to read any philosopher that had despicable opinions, you'd be left with like three of them.
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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
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Legal Theory Blog
Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
My new article on Climate Change Litigation under the ECHR is out in @echr-law-review.bsky.social. (Thanks to my colleagues @lancasterlaw.bsky.social and @cohelongo.bsky.social for comments.) brill.com/view/journal...
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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The amount of time it takes to mark an essay has easily doubled since AI as I am finding myself trawling through footnotes, Google, and my university library database to double-check that the articles and books cited actually exist. Thanks AI-- you've really increased my productivity.
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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
20 bird species recorded from our house in Cumbria since Thursday. House martin, wren, robin, chaffinch, goldcrest, willow warbler, nuthatch, wood pigeon, jackdaw, blue tit, great tit, siskin, wagtail, blackbird, osprey, buzzard, tawny owl, greylag goose, pheasant, chiffchaff. Here's Crummock Water
Lake with mountains beyond. An old fence going down to the water. Cloudy sky.
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Angus MacCulloch @amacculloch.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The Guardian have a write up of some of the amazing work done by my Criminology colleagues, Camilla & Steph, on a national survey on police uniforms. It’s been a massive project. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Police say ill-fitting uniforms leading to crushed testicles and lumps in breasts
Exclusive: Survey of officers in England and Wales reveals symptoms so severe that some have had multiple surgeries
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
youtu.be/TjDEsGZLbio?... the funniest song of the genius Tom Lehrer
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Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun - with intro
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The Warwick 'rebrand' crystallises much of what is wrong with UK higher education today: namely (with honourable exceptions, of course) a fundamental disconnect between senior leaders and the reality of running academic departments and delivering teaching and research 'on the ground'.
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Megan Rae Blakely @meganraeblakely.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Not the Vogue article 😩 don’t try to make higher ed a (bad) luxury brand… I guess that explains SOME things. Warwick, just love yourself for who you are or no one else will. You were good enough 💜😳
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Thought provoking piece from my good friend Sanjit here
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I’m seeing a lot of this
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Alex Sarch @should-b-workin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I'm increasingly worried about one second-order effect of students relying on AI so much: that it undermines their CONFIDENCE to be able to distinguish smart-sounding but mediocre sludge from actually persuasive writing.... 1/3
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
My case note on Tindall v CC of Thames Valley Police. Perhaps of interest to anyone who read the judgment and found the reasoning confused. We say the root of the confusion is a failure to “deconstruct” the elements of duty of care (in the words of Donal Nolan). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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UNFORESEEABLY MAKING MATTERS WORSE: AN ISSUE OF NOTIONAL OR FACTUAL DUTY? | The Cambridge Law Journal | Cambridge Core
UNFORESEEABLY MAKING MATTERS WORSE: AN ISSUE OF NOTIONAL OR FACTUAL DUTY? - Volume 84 Issue 1
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Bluebells at Rannderdale
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Fascinating reflections from Judge Eicke www.ejiltalk.org/human-rights...
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Human Rights Protection of Non-Human Subjects from the Perspective of an ECtHR Judge
Editor’s note: This post is part of the EJIL:Talk! Symposium on ‘Expanding Human Rights Protection to Non-Human Subjects? African, Inter-American and European Perspectives.’ As is well known, unlike m...
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is still very clearly the climate story of the week, and possibly the year.
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Xi Commits China to Tougher Climate Targets as US Retreats
China’s President Xi Jinping committed the world’s top polluter to more stringent curbs on greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade in global climate talks that took place without the US.
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
If you're not old enough to remember the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of communism, but sufficiently old to remember 9/11 and the Iraq War, things have basically been on a downward curve since your childhood.
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Inclusive legal positivism out of control
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CURE Campaign @curecampaign.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"A European Court of Human Rights ruling against Italy over toxic waste marks the start of a new approach to European states' pollution responsibilities, according to legal experts."
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Important new environmental judgment from the ECtHR. Noteworthy that the Court adopted a "precautionary approach" [391]. Also important that exceptional approach to standing of associations from KlimaSeniorinnen confined to climate change cases only [220-221]. hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22item...
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HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The standard terrible NIMBY arguments all on display from Monbiot 1.. Build more affordable housing not more housing 2. More housing won't impact price much 3. There are lots of empty houses 4. Redistribute what we have www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... /1
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Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market | George Monbiot
Private developers offer politicians a simple solution for bulldozing through this crisis – build more. But it won’t work, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I have taken the resources that were in the budget and which you were probably saving for higher education Forgive me they were needed to feed the AI bubble and to dismantle the humanities
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ECHR Law Review @echr-law-review.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Thank you all for following us. We wanted to introduce ourselves as some of you might not know who we are. We are an academic journal and here we will be informing you about new research that we publish and about other ECHR related news. We are independent from the @coe.int.
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ECHR Law Review @echr-law-review.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
We are happy to announce that we moved from X to here and our X account will be discontinued. Please do follow us and spread the word. This change will not amend our mission to share the most up-to-date and insightful scholarship on the European Convention on Human Rights!
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
‘In Defense of Anarchism’ was one of the very best things I read as an undergraduate. Sad to learn that its author has died.
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Eben Muse @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Double whammy of festive access news today with great new polling and advocacy from Slow Ways. More than 71% of Brits agree that we should be trusted to walk along farm edges - such a thing would be transformative in a number of ways. THREAD 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Campaigners call for right to roam on edges of private farmland in England
Group says people in rural areas have to walk on roads without pavement, which can be very dangerous
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The facts in SIAC judgments are just amazing sometimes. Here, in essence, a Chinese spy is alleged to have formed a relationship with Prince Andrew which had a “covert and clandestine” element. It is straight out of a spy novel.
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Lancaster Law and Criminology @lulawcrim.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A wonderful evening marking the great work of our amazing academic and PS staff this year. Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season 🎄 Photo credit: Prof Easton
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Socio-Legal Studies Assocation @slsauk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
☺️The deadline for abstracts for the #SLSA2025 annual conference @liverpooluni.bsky.social is 18 December - don't miss out. Lots of lovely streams and current topics and people to discuss your socio-legal research with. Early bird registration, also open. See: www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
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Call for papers - Liverpool Law School - University of Liverpool
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Jeremy Letwin @jeremyletwin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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