@annasaunders
Lecturer in Law at the Australian National University. International law, history of property, political economy of science and technology. Writing on patents + climate struggle. annasaunders.net law.anu.edu.au/about/our-people/anna-saunders
Sánchez: “You may have heard that Spain is alone. They’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine, and then others followed.
“We are not alone — we are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible.”
Seminars 2 and 3 done with lots to ponder. We talked about ‘science in the courtroom’ and contending philosophies of science in the Whaling Case (with thanks to guest Bill Campbell KC) and then ‘science in the company’ and the ongoing Einarsson v Canada arbitration over offshore seismic data.
The UK's legal position on the use of its bases in the Middle East is solid with one glaring hole: The US cannot act in collective self-defence with the Gulf States. It is the aggressor. Ergo the UK cannot assist the US in collective self-defence.
The strikes are so obviously unlawful that it is not even up for debate. If the Foreign Minister has legal advice to the contrary, she should release it to the public immediately.
Thanks to all who braved the rain for last night’s CIPL event on Trump 2.0.
I spoke on the defunding of climate science, in violation of customary law; energy policy and the idea of a human right to consume; and the rhetoric (if not always the reality) of resource militarism.
no aggressive war; no war on Iran.
thank you!!
Back in the classroom with something new: a course on International Law, Science and Technology, heavily tilted toward questions of ecology, unequal power, and subaltern science.
Lots of energy in the room from our students on Day 1, and looking forward to thinking together.
The Jewish Council of Australia condemns Benjamin Harnwell's appalling comment at the Advance conference and call on our leaders and the Antisemitism Envoy to speak out in condemnation.
![an old-school DnD alignment chart, a grid of 3x3 squares, with the two axes being lawful to chaotic and good to evil.
lawful good: a lengthy, well-formatted footnote with additional explanatory text
neutral good: a note to future self of what to do with a footnote, but the full citation already pulled
chaotic good: an incomplete footnote but the various authors are at least listed in brackets
lawful neutral: a somewhat more restrained footnote than lawful good, without explanatory text
true neutral: just the footnote
chaotic neutral: a note from the author to the author, saying only "find this again!"
lawful evil: a curt footnote saying "see, again:" with the full citation after it
neutral evil: text, cut off by the screenshot: "I swear I read this somewhere; I've lost the bloody [...] goes to publication"
chaotic evil: a completely blank footnote](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jenhljo6xs32gmkabw4mbxpo/bafkreienl4ibcc6j5smjpjpoc2woecnkvxrf3rrf5xvidcqvt5ezp353nq)
an old-school DnD alignment chart, a grid of 3x3 squares, with the two axes being lawful to chaotic and good to evil. lawful good: a lengthy, well-formatted footnote with additional explanatory text neutral good: a note to future self of what to do with a footnote, but the full citation already pulled chaotic good: an incomplete footnote but the various authors are at least listed in brackets lawful neutral: a somewhat more restrained footnote than lawful good, without explanatory text true neutral: just the footnote chaotic neutral: a note from the author to the author, saying only "find this again!" lawful evil: a curt footnote saying "see, again:" with the full citation after it neutral evil: text, cut off by the screenshot: "I swear I read this somewhere; I've lost the bloody [...] goes to publication" chaotic evil: a completely blank footnote
I found this lying around in a random folder with other things I made in grad school: FOOTNOTE ALIGNMENT CHART
Lecturer in Law and Politics Ref Number B03-02945 Professional Expertise Academic Department UCL SLASH (B03) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £54,931-£64,644 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 23-Mar-2026
About the role UCL has a longstanding tradition of inter-disciplinarity across Law, Political Science and International Relations. We are looking to appoint as Lecturer one or more outstanding candidate(s) who will be able to contribute to UCL’s development and advancement of world leading teaching and research in both law and politics, understood broadly. The successful candidate will have their research home in the Faculty of Laws, while their teaching duties will be split across Laws and EISPS. Their teaching will include core modules offered by the Faculty of Laws in EU Law and in Public International Law (as expertise permits) aimed at students on non-law programmes, as well as elective interdisciplinary modules offered primarily by the EISPS Department, shaped by their expertise and research interests. Reflecting the broad strengths of the Faculty, we are keen for applications from a diverse range of scholars: those who take socio-legal, comparative, doctrinal, empirical, historical, and/or theoretical approaches; those who adopt interdisciplinary approaches; and/or those who approach EU and Public International Law through economic analysis of law and intersecting legal subject areas. The deadline for applications is Monday 23 March 2026. Interviews will likely take place in the weeks commencing 11 or 18 May 2026. About you Successful candidates will be expected to engage in world leading research, and to contribute to UCL’s development and advancement of an interdisciplinary approach to EU Law / Public International Law and political science and other areas of law falling within their subject matter expertise. It is also expected that the post-holders will contribute to all aspects of the academic life of the Faculty and University.
Full time, permanent law and politics lecturer post at @laws.ucl.ac.uk. Background either a social scientist with law training, or a lawyer with social science interest. Teaching: either/both of introductory EU/PIL, plus specialist teaching. Civil lawyers welcome! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Once, Latin Americans imagined international social rights far more ambitiously than today.
My new piece, published in ICON (Open Access), builds on Nehal Bhuta's erudite history of social rights to recover that forgotten Latin American horizon.
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Kafka on submitting to law reviews:
right there with you. commiserations to both of us
"wars can be lost before they are even declared if defenders surrender strategic terrain without a struggle. For universities, that terrain is the ultimate high ground: human intelligence itself. If we do not fight for it now, those who come after us will face an even more unequal struggle."
🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social.
𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy
𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026
𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below.
We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!
The International Journal of Law in Context is looking for a co-editor-in-chief. Terrific opportunity for socio-legal scholars out there: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
would be grateful for a copy!
A University of Alaska student ate another student's artwork, when he discovered it was AI-generated www.uafsunstar.com/news/student...
For years, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social & I have been frustrated with what we call the Part IV Problem in legal scholarship, the expectation of neat & feasible prescriptions to end pieces. Our frustrations are heightened in this moment of authoritarianism, as we wrote today at @lpeblog.bsky.social:
NSF building on Eisenhower Av. HUD now owns.
Destroying the NSF mural in the foyer. Of the Eisenhower building.
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
this film is so good and the composition (by Li Tavor) is haunting
m.soundcloud.com/li-tavor/pol...
looking forward to speaking some time at Sciences Po Law as a Senior Visiting Fellow from the first week of May to late June, and catching up with friends and colleagues in that quarter of the world - if passing through please get in touch!
closing in two days - join us!
Flyer mit allen Infos aus dem Post.
Materialist Feminist Analyses of Fascist Capitalism
International Workshop
Friday, 13 February 2026
Renate von Metzler-Saal (Cas. 1.801), Goethe-University Frankfurt
With Melinda Cooper, Penelope Deutscher, Clara Mattei, Vanessa E. Thompson, Vanessa Wills
Please register by February 6!
Back writing today, going back over my notes from December’s APLS workshop, and grateful all over again for the brilliant questions and hard thinking of colleagues and comrades
