Martin David Kelly
@martindavidkelly.bsky.social
I teach public law at the University of Glasgow and my research focuses on law and its relationship to language. I love dogs! 🐶♥️ Usual caveats.
We’re now on Bluesky - please give us a follow! @publiclawgroup-uog.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
We’re now on Bluesky - please give us a follow! @publiclawgroup-uog.bsky.social
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
Looking forward to this afternoon's @uofglaw.bsky.social Public Law Research Cluster seminar, when Leah Trueblood of the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy will present her paper ‘The Salience of Scarcity in Public Law’.
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Looking forward to this afternoon's @uofglaw.bsky.social Public Law Research Cluster seminar, when Leah Trueblood of the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy will present her paper ‘The Salience of Scarcity in Public Law’.
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Really looking forward to presenting to wonderful colleagues at Glasgow tomorrow on some recent work about Irish parliamentary culture and practice.
Looking forward to tomorrow afternoon's @uofglaw.bsky.social Public Law Research Cluster seminar, when David Kenny (@dkennytcd.bsky.social) of @tcddublin.bsky.social will present his paper 'Ireland, Westminster, and Political Constitutionalism'.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Really looking forward to presenting to wonderful colleagues at Glasgow tomorrow on some recent work about Irish parliamentary culture and practice.
Looking forward to tomorrow afternoon's @uofglaw.bsky.social Public Law Research Cluster seminar, when David Kenny (@dkennytcd.bsky.social) of @tcddublin.bsky.social will present his paper 'Ireland, Westminster, and Political Constitutionalism'.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Looking forward to tomorrow afternoon's @uofglaw.bsky.social Public Law Research Cluster seminar, when David Kenny (@dkennytcd.bsky.social) of @tcddublin.bsky.social will present his paper 'Ireland, Westminster, and Political Constitutionalism'.
Great to see that @routledgebooks.bsky.social has published Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language www.routledge.com/Language-for... with a chapter by me: 'Tense Aspects of Legislative Drafting' (earlier version available here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) @uofglaw.bsky.social
Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language
This collection teaches us how language and legislation interact to produce effective laws. It brings linguistics, lawyers, theory, and practices together to show how linguistic tools, concepts, and m...
www.routledge.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Great to see that @routledgebooks.bsky.social has published Language for Legislation and Legislation through Language www.routledge.com/Language-for... with a chapter by me: 'Tense Aspects of Legislative Drafting' (earlier version available here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) @uofglaw.bsky.social
Looking forward to this tomorrow!
We’re delighted to share the details of this Workshop in Legal Epistemology, co-organised by Tsampika Taralli (UoE) and Alex Houghton (Stirling). The event will take place at the University of Stirling on Oct 27th, 2-7 pm. Further info & a registration link at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-o....
Workshop on Legal Epistemology
Let's dive deep into the world of legal epistemology and explore the fascinating intersection of law and knowledge in this hands-on workshop
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Looking forward to this tomorrow!
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📢 Staff at the University of Edinburgh are on strike against £140m cuts.
Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊
Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📢 Staff at the University of Edinburgh are on strike against £140m cuts.
Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊
Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊
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A new Legal-Phi interview is out! We spoke with Alma Diamond
about how practices shape obligations, constitutional meaning, and much more. Check it out 👇https://legalphi.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/alma-diamond-practices-obligations-and-constitutions/
about how practices shape obligations, constitutional meaning, and much more. Check it out 👇https://legalphi.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/alma-diamond-practices-obligations-and-constitutions/
Alma Diamond: Practices, Obligations, and Constitutions
It is a pleasure to have Alma Diamond as our next interviewee. Alma obtained her LLM and JSD from NYU School of Law, where her dissertation was supervised by Jeremy Waldron. She has taught at the U…
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September 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A new Legal-Phi interview is out! We spoke with Alma Diamond
about how practices shape obligations, constitutional meaning, and much more. Check it out 👇https://legalphi.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/alma-diamond-practices-obligations-and-constitutions/
about how practices shape obligations, constitutional meaning, and much more. Check it out 👇https://legalphi.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/alma-diamond-practices-obligations-and-constitutions/
Goodbye old office
August 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Goodbye old office
Wondrous ambiguity... @scottwortley.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Wondrous ambiguity... @scottwortley.bsky.social
I had a very similar experience to Mark and I am also appalled by this change (as well as by the drastic cuts to PhD funding by universities). I would not be an academic now were it not for the AHRC funding my doctorate. Academia should not return to being the preserve of those with wealth parents.
As someone who couldn't have undertaken a PhD without funding, the AHRC scholarship I received (many years ago) was life-changing. It's incredibly concerning that the the next generation of prospective academics are being denied such opportunities. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...
‘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
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I had a very similar experience to Mark and I am also appalled by this change (as well as by the drastic cuts to PhD funding by universities). I would not be an academic now were it not for the AHRC funding my doctorate. Academia should not return to being the preserve of those with wealth parents.
Safe to go in, or not? @scottwortley.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Safe to go in, or not? @scottwortley.bsky.social
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If you would like to come to our conference "25 years of the HRA" on 18 September you can get tickets here - www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
Select tickets – 25 Years of the Human Rights Act – Moot Court, Liberty Building
A one-day conference will take place at the University of Leeds to mark the 25th anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Few ...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If you would like to come to our conference "25 years of the HRA" on 18 September you can get tickets here - www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
Looking forward to this!
Our Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival starts this coming Monday! Here are the programmes - please note that the end time of the workshop on day 2 (Tuesday) is now 3.25pm.
May 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Looking forward to this!
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Conference uploading....
May 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Conference uploading....
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For fans of legislative intention. Max Radin nods
Tory MSP hands SNP victory in vote - after hitting Yes button instead of No
TORY MSP Brian Whittle handed the SNP victory in a knife-edge Holyrood vote — after hitting the Yes button instead of No. The former Team GB relay runner’s blunder saved Nats from defeat as MSPs …
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May 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
For fans of legislative intention. Max Radin nods
I'm very happy to share that, after 12.5 years teaching at the University of Edinburgh, this September I'll be moving to the Public Law team at the University of Glasgow. I'm honoured to be joining such a great team of scholars in this amazing Law School, and I'm looking forward to this new chapter.
May 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm very happy to share that, after 12.5 years teaching at the University of Edinburgh, this September I'll be moving to the Public Law team at the University of Glasgow. I'm honoured to be joining such a great team of scholars in this amazing Law School, and I'm looking forward to this new chapter.
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Looking forward to the 2025 Legal Theory Festival at the University of Edinburgh @legaltheoryed.bsky.social. I’ll be presenting a paper entitled ‘Interpretation as Collaboration’. Thanks to @philosophy-law.bsky.social for the invite!
Here's the poster for this year's Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival. Come join us, and please share widely!
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Looking forward to the 2025 Legal Theory Festival at the University of Edinburgh @legaltheoryed.bsky.social. I’ll be presenting a paper entitled ‘Interpretation as Collaboration’. Thanks to @philosophy-law.bsky.social for the invite!
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Here's the poster for this year's Edinburgh Legal Theory Festival. Come join us, and please share widely!
May 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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On 2 June, the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk will collaborate with scholars incl our members @ucllaws.bsky.social, @durham-university.bsky.social & @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism
May 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On 2 June, the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk will collaborate with scholars incl our members @ucllaws.bsky.social, @durham-university.bsky.social & @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social on a workshop on the role of politicians & parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism
Looks like a fabulous set of events for this year's Legal Theory Festival. The programme is available here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/.... Please repost and share widely!
May 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Looks like a fabulous set of events for this year's Legal Theory Festival. The programme is available here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/.... Please repost and share widely!
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Publication day! 'The Principle of Legality: A Moral Theory' is now out in the world. Perfect for your undergraduate public law reading lists and children's birthday presents.
Feeling immensely grateful to friends and colleagues for the years of support during the writing of this. <3
Feeling immensely grateful to friends and colleagues for the years of support during the writing of this. <3
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April 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Publication day! 'The Principle of Legality: A Moral Theory' is now out in the world. Perfect for your undergraduate public law reading lists and children's birthday presents.
Feeling immensely grateful to friends and colleagues for the years of support during the writing of this. <3
Feeling immensely grateful to friends and colleagues for the years of support during the writing of this. <3
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.