Jinal Dadiya
Jinal Dadiya
@jinaldadiya.bsky.social
Legal Academic @GoldsmithsLaw
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Delighted to see that @lsolum.bsky.social has recommended my latest paper on limited constituent power in his Legal Theory Blog. May the peer reviewers enjoy it just as much!
October 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I wrote something on my time on returning to Goldsmiths as an associate lecturer, 17 years after graduating with my first degree. It’s a plea to Frances Corner’s successor to learn from mistakes made over the last 6 years and change course. #UCU #UKHE

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Cutting Corners: a message to the next Vice Chancellor at Goldsmiths
On 1 October 2025, a short announcement was put on Goldsmiths’ website to say that Vice Chancellor Frances Corner was stepping down with immediate effect. This came off the back of an announcement …
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October 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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I am delighted that my book 'More Equal Than Others: Humans and the Rights of Other Animals' is featured in Psychology Today @psychologytoday.com and has been made an essential read in their Philosophy section. Many thanks to Marc Bekoff for interviewing me! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
Granting Rights to Animals Doesn't Undermine Human Rights
In proposing the Species Membership Approach, Raffael Fasel argues against the misplaced fears that granting legal rights and personhood to nonhumans would weaken human rights.
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August 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Thinking of everyone on the clearing hotlines today! May your headset be comfortable, your snacks plentiful, your coffee iced and your spreadsheets intelligible
August 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Life an academic, part ∞

We have had so many eye-opening panels that we can't even close our eyes at night. 👀
August 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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An ex-worker at Karnataka’s Dharmasthala temple says he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies, including children.
Why is India investigating alleged mass killings of sexual assault victims?
An ex-worker at Karnataka’s Dharmasthala temple says he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies, including children.
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July 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring for the Just Transitions on Indian Streets project!

🔹 2 Postdoc positions (Deadline: 11 Aug)
🔹 2 Research Associate positions (Deadline: 4 Aug)

📍 Hosted at NLSIU, Bengaluru with Dr Anwesha Ghosh.

Apply & share!

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Work With Us - National Law School of India University
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July 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3
‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’
Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still
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July 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Really looking forward to launching John Adenitire's and my new book 'Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-based Constitutionalism' (OUP 2025) in @animalrightslaw.bsky.social's Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series on 30th June from 3-4.30pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-adeni...
June 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Delighted to share my recent piece on affordable access to procreative assistance in the Human Rights Law Review. Its open access, so if you have the time to read it, I'd love to know what you think

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A right to health case for access to affordable procreative assistance
Abstract. This article contends that States have procedural and aspirational obligations towards the provision of affordable procreative assistance. I loca
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March 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A short glimpse of what I learnt on my American archival trip this summer :)

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How the law soothed broken hearts in 19th-century America | Psyche Ideas
What does a deep dive into the transcripts of historical seduction trials reveal about how we account for hurt feelings?
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November 21, 2024 at 1:22 PM