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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Marta Maroni and I are happy to see our entry on '#Legitimacy' on the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press). The work is at the intersection of constitutional law, legal and political philosophy and sociology of law. oxcon.ouplaw.com/display/10.1...

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Here you find the link to the website of ReConNet (Research in Constitutional Theory Network) sites.google.com/view/reconne... The third ReConNet conference, entitled "Constitutionalism: Toward a Jurisprudence for the Future", will take place on 25–26 June 2026 at the Stag Hill Campus in Guildford.

Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I admired Jurgen Habermas, so RIP. However, I can only follow his reasoning up to a certain point, beyond which I believe he ignored the relevance of the material constitution and discourses of power #Habermas

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I will be discussing at the @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social @martinicogi.bsky.social 's recent work on 'Populism, the principle of primacy and the values of the EU'. Seminar jointly organised by @um-foundations.bsky.social and @glnmaastricht.bsky.social on 23.10.2025. Join if you can (also on line)!

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

“They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger…(...) They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.” (Tacitus, Agricola)

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Tom Hickey @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

What a few days we've had at the University of Maastricht for the RECONNET Conference in Constitutional Theory. Thanks in particular to @massimofichera.bsky.social.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 18/06/2025

The first panel has Cormac Mac Amhlaigh talking on the harm of populism, particularly to pluralism, Donald Bello Hutt asking what the role of citizens is in ensuring the rule of law, and @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social on how the Irish constitution exemplifies constitutions as a legitimacy pact

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 18/06/2025

Starting with Carmen Pavel’s keynote on postnational constitutionalism and the (dis)advantages of codification in that context. Great discussion right off the bat - what do we want to constitutionalise, why, and how, what role for courts and communities, &c

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 18/06/2025

In the 3rd session of the day, Victoria Kristan develops a framework for restoring the rule of law after illiberal rule of law violations, and @jscholt.bsky.social gives us a mental map of European constitutionalism

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 18/06/2025

In the 2nd session, @ruthhoughton.bsky.social reflects on the relationship between constituent power and utopia, @massimofichera.bsky.social connects legitimate authority to communal constitutionalism, & Francesco Rizzi Brignoli discusses constitutional identity and future generations

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 18/06/2025

Today and tomorrow, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social and @um-foundations.bsky.social are hosting the #RECONNET conference on Constitutionalism and Democracy: Tensions and Transformations, organised by @massimofichera.bsky.social, Donald Bello Hutt and Francesco Rizzi Brignoli

Massimo, Donald and Francesco kicking off the conference with words of welcome in the Feestzaal of Maastricht’s Faculty of Law

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Damn, how did you find out about my secret paper?

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Maastricht University | Faculty of Law @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

📢 Only 2 weeks left to register for the RECONNET Conference 2025 (18-19 June)! Theme: Constitutionalism & Democracy: Tensions and Transformations Keynote by Carmen Pavel (King’s College London) Don’t miss out – secure your spot now! www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

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Maastricht University | Faculty of Law @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

RECONNET Conference 2025: "Constitutionalism and Democracy: Tensions and Transformations" at Maastricht University, 18-19 June. Keynote by Carmen Pavel (King's College). PhD/Master's students are welcome! Full programme and registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

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Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Looking forward to heading back to Maastricht in June to present at the Reconnet Conference. I'll be talking about 'Constituent Power as Utopian Impulse' www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/recon...

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Next IVR Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, 28 June-3 July 2026 'Law in the Face of the Changing Problems of the World' #IVR #legalphilosophy #JurisprudenSky #constitutionaltheory ivr2026istanbul.org/home/

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dimitrios-kyritsis.bsky.social @dimitrios-kyritsis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I look forward to presenting my paper 'Law in the Service of Legitimacy' at a Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquium on 30 April. The colloquium will be hybrid. To register go to www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/maast...

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The march is underway. The crowd has left Vrijthof and is making its way through the city center. The message: our region's economy is at risk! UM is the largest employer in Limburg. Citizens hold also a stake in defending all other educational institutions against these cuts! #WOinActie

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Representatives from trade unions, political parties, and the UM take the stage "We care about the future. We want to let the government that we should all care about the future and stop the cuts." - Pamela Habibovic, Rector UM #WOinActie

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 16/04/2025

Colleagues from @um-foundations.bsky.social @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social at the protest against the budget cuts today 🟥

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

'Constitutional crises and changing values' Conversation with prof. Dorota Gozdecka youtu.be/QiWs9XseR_I?...

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I have just had a good discussion with many questions on my paper entitled 'Communal Constitutionalism and the notion of legitimate authority' at the University of Essex, Law School, at a joint session organised by the Law and Theory and the Public Law research cluster

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I will be discussing my book on 'The EU and Constitutional Time- The Significance of Time in Constitutional Change' tomorrow at La Sapienza, Faculty of Law, at 18

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Looking fwd to talking about the relationship between constitutionalism and democracy tomorrow (University La Sapienza, Faculty of Law)

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I will be teaching today at the Faculty of Law of the University 'La Sapienza' on 'Sovereignty' with prof. Francesco Bilancia as part of his Constitutional Law course

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

If I manage to avoid the public transport strike, today I will give a class on ‘Forms of government’ as part of the course of public law at University ‘La Sapienza’ of Rome. Believe it or not, it will be my first ever class in Italian language

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Today I begin my Visiting Professorship at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. Not surprisingly, I will be quite busy teaching and researching for about a month #ConstitutionalTheory

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

'I'll bring back plastic straws, because paper ones explode. Sharks are gonna be just fine eating plastic' says the US President

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Taormina, Sicily: View of Mount Etna, with ski resorts waiting for tourists

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Beginning the New Year with Socrates, Plato, Diogenes and Cicero @Capitoline Museum, Rome

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European Law Open @europeanlawopen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We're experimenting a new marketing technique- sending out notice of our latest issue to zero followers. What can go wrong? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Massimo Fichera 🟥 @massimofichera.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

End of the course of Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning: some students have decided to surprise me with a gift #law #legalreasoning

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Today’s poem is called ‘Meeting Deadlines’.

Meeting Deadlines

I always meet my deadlines.
I don’t even have to try –
They sneak up on me from nowhere,
Tap my shoulder and say hi.

It’s you! I cry. So how are you?
I did not think you’d come so soon.
Can’t stop now but why don’t we meet
Next Tuesday afternoon?

Or, better still, two weeks from now?
My deadline shrugs and sighs.
A fortnight on, we meet again,
Much to my surprise.

Brian Bilston

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Michael Sevel @michaelsevel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Very fortunate to have had Mark's contribution for the Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law. It's an astute and valuable response to (among other things) Jeremy Waldron's latest views on the rule of law. I summarize all the chapters of the handbook here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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This addition to the Routledge Handbook series aspires to be both a snapshot - a state-of-the-art survey - of rule of law studies in the early twenty-first cent

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Marta Maroni 🟥 @martamaroni.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Join us in Maastricht on 16–17 Dec for the conference Re-imagining Law for Sustainable Globalization: Navigating Uncertainty in a Globalized Era! We’ve got super fascinating panels on #AI, #ClimateChange, GlobalTrade, & #SocialJustice, plus keynote speakers Prof. I. Solanke and Prof. M. Hildebrand 👉

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