Lucas Miotto
@miottoluc.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Law and Philosophy at The University of Surrey.
Editor of Legal-Phi (blog)
AoI: Legal & Pol Phil., Crim. Law Theory.
www.lmiotto.wordpress.com
Editor of Legal-Phi (blog)
AoI: Legal & Pol Phil., Crim. Law Theory.
www.lmiotto.wordpress.com
This Friday, Nov 7th (5pm UK), Ariel Zylberman (SUNY) will be at the Legal Philosophy Trident presenting his paper on normative powers titled "Powerful Animals". This promises to be excellent. You can register here: forms.gle/zYjGsZno2W1z...
LPT Seminar w/ Ariel Zylberman - Registration Form
LPT Seminar w/ Ariel Zylberman (SUNY)
Title: Powerful Animals
Time: Friday 7th November 2025 - 5pm UK Time.
Location: Online (Zoom link will be sent to registered participants by e-mail 2 hours befo...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This Friday, Nov 7th (5pm UK), Ariel Zylberman (SUNY) will be at the Legal Philosophy Trident presenting his paper on normative powers titled "Powerful Animals". This promises to be excellent. You can register here: forms.gle/zYjGsZno2W1z...
Today, @ezemonti.bsky.social and I will host Alex Guerrero (Rutgers) at the Legal Philosoph Trident Seminar Series. There's still time to register. Don't miss what promises to be an excellent seminar!
On Friday (October 3rd), we are kicking off the LPT Seminar Series with Alex Guerrero (Rutgers), who will discuss a dilemma voters face between voting instrumentally or as true believers. The seminar is online and open all. You can register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
LPT - Seminar Series
2025-26 Seminar Series
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October 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Today, @ezemonti.bsky.social and I will host Alex Guerrero (Rutgers) at the Legal Philosoph Trident Seminar Series. There's still time to register. Don't miss what promises to be an excellent seminar!
On Friday (October 3rd), we are kicking off the LPT Seminar Series with Alex Guerrero (Rutgers), who will discuss a dilemma voters face between voting instrumentally or as true believers. The seminar is online and open all. You can register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
LPT - Seminar Series
2025-26 Seminar Series
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September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On Friday (October 3rd), we are kicking off the LPT Seminar Series with Alex Guerrero (Rutgers), who will discuss a dilemma voters face between voting instrumentally or as true believers. The seminar is online and open all. You can register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
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🚨 Just out in Jurisprudence: a special issue, edited by D. Dyzenhaus and G.B. Ratti, devoted to the close relationship between HLA Hart and Norberto Bobbio.
It comprises a.o. the translations into English of five essays by Bobbio, substantial excerpts from the Hart-Bobbio correspondence...
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It comprises a.o. the translations into English of five essays by Bobbio, substantial excerpts from the Hart-Bobbio correspondence...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🚨 Just out in Jurisprudence: a special issue, edited by D. Dyzenhaus and G.B. Ratti, devoted to the close relationship between HLA Hart and Norberto Bobbio.
It comprises a.o. the translations into English of five essays by Bobbio, substantial excerpts from the Hart-Bobbio correspondence...
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It comprises a.o. the translations into English of five essays by Bobbio, substantial excerpts from the Hart-Bobbio correspondence...
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The new journal "Experimental Philosophy" is now on BlueSky.
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September 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The new journal "Experimental Philosophy" is now on BlueSky.
@xphijournal.bsky.social
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Please share!
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Thank you @miottoluc.bsky.social and @philosophy-law.bsky.social for this conversation! I loved talking to Legal Phi about my work.
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 1:22 PM
Thank you @miottoluc.bsky.social and @philosophy-law.bsky.social for this conversation! I loved talking to Legal Phi about my work.
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…
legalphi.wordpress.com
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/
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This site has been a joy this week: wiby.me. It's a search engine which skips the corporate web and just looks for the amateur / hobbyist web that's still out there but doesn't appear in popular search engine results. I've used the Surprise Me function to read about a random thing everyday
Wiby - Search Engine for the Classic Web
Wiby is a search engine for older style pages, lightweight and based on a subject of interest. Building a web more reminiscent of the early internet.
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August 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This site has been a joy this week: wiby.me. It's a search engine which skips the corporate web and just looks for the amateur / hobbyist web that's still out there but doesn't appear in popular search engine results. I've used the Surprise Me function to read about a random thing everyday
@ezemonti.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the 2025-26 Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series Line-up & Schedule. Details below:
August 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@ezemonti.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the 2025-26 Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series Line-up & Schedule. Details below:
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The Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy continues to grow - welcome Leah! And more news to follow...
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We’re delighted to share that Leah Trueblood (DPhil, Oxon) has officially joined the School of Law, University of Surrey and is now a member of the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy! | Surrey Centr...
We’re delighted to share that Leah Trueblood (DPhil, Oxon) has officially joined the School of Law, University of Surrey and is now a member of the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy! 🎉
Leah brings...
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July 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy continues to grow - welcome Leah! And more news to follow...
www.linkedin.com/posts/surrey...
www.linkedin.com/posts/surrey...
Looking forward to this!
Our Legal Theory Festival starts 3 weeks today! We've workshops on Methodology in General Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence by Experiment, Conforming Interpretation and Human Rights, Contemporary Critical Legal Theory, and Grotius' "The Rights of War and Peace", as well as a Keynote by David Dyzenhaus.
May 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Looking forward to this!
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The workshop on Jurisprudence by Experiment is on Monday 2nd June @ 2-5.15pm and is organised by Lucas Miotto @miottoluc.bsky.social (Surrey) and our own Tsampika Taralli. Speakers include Eleonore Neufeld (UMass), Jonathan Ichikawa (UBC), Guilherme Almeida (Insper), and Karolina Prochownik (Ruhr).
May 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The workshop on Jurisprudence by Experiment is on Monday 2nd June @ 2-5.15pm and is organised by Lucas Miotto @miottoluc.bsky.social (Surrey) and our own Tsampika Taralli. Speakers include Eleonore Neufeld (UMass), Jonathan Ichikawa (UBC), Guilherme Almeida (Insper), and Karolina Prochownik (Ruhr).
Simon Palmer (Surrey) is presenting his "Do Triggerable Reasons Explain Legal Authority?" this Friday (09/05) at the Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series. This promises to be excellent. Registration and more info here: forms.gle/5GmRvPW7aepj...
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LPT Seminar - Registration Form (Simon Palmer)
LPT Seminar w/ Simon Palmer (Surrey)
Title: Do Triggerable Reasons Explain Legal Authority?
Time: Friday, 09 May 2025 - 5pm UK Time.
Location: Online (Zoom link will be sent to registered participa...
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May 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Simon Palmer (Surrey) is presenting his "Do Triggerable Reasons Explain Legal Authority?" this Friday (09/05) at the Legal Philosophy Trident Seminar Series. This promises to be excellent. Registration and more info here: forms.gle/5GmRvPW7aepj...
w/ @ezemonti.bsky.social
w/ @ezemonti.bsky.social
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On 28 March, Daniel Wodak will be presenting his paper 'Malapportionment: A Murder Mystery' as part of the LPT Seminar Series. Join us for what promises to be a very interesting discussion!
Register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
Register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
March 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On 28 March, Daniel Wodak will be presenting his paper 'Malapportionment: A Murder Mystery' as part of the LPT Seminar Series. Join us for what promises to be a very interesting discussion!
Register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
Register here: bit.ly/3YXPH4w
Next Friday (21/02/25 - 17:00 UK), the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Nina Varsava (Wisconsin), who will present her "Stare Decisis and Egregiously Errouneous Precedents". All are welcome to join. Register via the form below: forms.gle/tFjk9L9PaXb4...
LPT Seminar - Registration Form (Nina Varsava)
LPT Seminar w/ Nina Varsava (Wisconsin)
Title: Stare Decisis and Egregiously Erroneous Precedents
Time: Friday, 21 February 2025 - 5pm UK Time.
Location: Online (Zoom link will be sent to registere...
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February 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Next Friday (21/02/25 - 17:00 UK), the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Nina Varsava (Wisconsin), who will present her "Stare Decisis and Egregiously Errouneous Precedents". All are welcome to join. Register via the form below: forms.gle/tFjk9L9PaXb4...
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In the fifth post of the series, Himani Bhakuni (York) reflects on the case of unhealthy diets and asks: why shouldn't the government use legislation (rather than just advice) to prevent significant individual and social harm from the consumption of ultra-processed foods?
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Himani Bhakuni: The Legitimacy of Exclusively Using Soft Law: The Case of Unhealthy Diets ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/02/10/h...
Himani Bhakuni: The Legitimacy of Exclusively Using Soft Law: The Case of Unhealthy Diets
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. The distinction between hard and soft law that permeates discussions…
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February 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In the fifth post of the series, Himani Bhakuni (York) reflects on the case of unhealthy diets and asks: why shouldn't the government use legislation (rather than just advice) to prevent significant individual and social harm from the consumption of ultra-processed foods?
bsky.app/profile/ukcl...
bsky.app/profile/ukcl...
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Himani Bhakuni: The Legitimacy of Exclusively Using Soft Law: The Case of Unhealthy Diets ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/02/10/h...
Himani Bhakuni: The Legitimacy of Exclusively Using Soft Law: The Case of Unhealthy Diets
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. The distinction between hard and soft law that permeates discussions…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Himani Bhakuni: The Legitimacy of Exclusively Using Soft Law: The Case of Unhealthy Diets ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/02/10/h...
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Dear academics
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
Who is for abolishing grad app letters of rec at the point of application? Would it be so bad if letters were requested AFTER candidates were shortlisted? If we do this at UCSD who will join us?
December 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Dear academics
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
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The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.
#WOinActie 🟥
#WOinActie 🟥
November 29, 2024 at 12:31 PM
The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.
#WOinActie 🟥
#WOinActie 🟥
Hi Bluesky folks,
Tomorrow (Nov 22nd 5PM UK time) the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Filippa Ronquist (UCL) as part of our seminar series. She will present her draft titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons".
You can register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs...
Tomorrow (Nov 22nd 5PM UK time) the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Filippa Ronquist (UCL) as part of our seminar series. She will present her draft titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons".
You can register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs...
LPT Seminar - Registration Form (Filippa Ronquist)
LPT Seminar w/ Filippa Ronquist (UCL)
Title: Authority and Categorical Reasons
Time: Friday, 22 November 2024 - 5pm UK Time.
Location: Online (Zoom link will be sent to registered participants by e...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Hi Bluesky folks,
Tomorrow (Nov 22nd 5PM UK time) the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Filippa Ronquist (UCL) as part of our seminar series. She will present her draft titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons".
You can register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs...
Tomorrow (Nov 22nd 5PM UK time) the Legal Philosophy Trident will host Filippa Ronquist (UCL) as part of our seminar series. She will present her draft titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons".
You can register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs...
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Here’s some pictures from our annual Disputationes! It was great to learn more about our PhD candidates’ research and to engage in thought-provoking discussions with our colleagues from Glasgow and Surrey. Looking forward to next year!
November 19, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Here’s some pictures from our annual Disputationes! It was great to learn more about our PhD candidates’ research and to engage in thought-provoking discussions with our colleagues from Glasgow and Surrey. Looking forward to next year!
Join us on Nov 22nd (5pm UK) for another Legal Philosophy Trident seminar. Our guest will be Filippa Ronquist (UCL), who will present her draft paper titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons". Register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs...
More info: sites.google.com/view/lptride...
More info: sites.google.com/view/lptride...
LPT Seminar - Registration Form (Filippa Ronquist)
LPT Seminar w/ Filippa Ronquist (UCL)
Title: Authority and Categorical Reasons
Time: Friday, 22 November 2024 - 5pm UK Time.
Location: Online (Zoom link will be sent to registered participants by e...
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November 5, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Join us on Nov 22nd (5pm UK) for another Legal Philosophy Trident seminar. Our guest will be Filippa Ronquist (UCL), who will present her draft paper titled "Authority and Categorical Reasons". Register here: forms.gle/coUxKPtxKLJs...
More info: sites.google.com/view/lptride...
More info: sites.google.com/view/lptride...
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Staff from Utrecht University:
there will be a national demonstration against higher eduction budget cuts on 14 November (more details to follow). We need a massive turnout there, which requires strong mobilization of colleagues and students. >
there will be a national demonstration against higher eduction budget cuts on 14 November (more details to follow). We need a massive turnout there, which requires strong mobilization of colleagues and students. >
October 3, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Staff from Utrecht University:
there will be a national demonstration against higher eduction budget cuts on 14 November (more details to follow). We need a massive turnout there, which requires strong mobilization of colleagues and students. >
there will be a national demonstration against higher eduction budget cuts on 14 November (more details to follow). We need a massive turnout there, which requires strong mobilization of colleagues and students. >
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See below a call for applications to do a PhD with me at Edinburgh Law School 😊
Dr @tripkovicmilena.bsky.social invites PhD applications in the field of criminology, global crime, & comparative criminal justice.
Her latest works focus on citizenship and penality, and democratic backsliding & penal policy
www.law.ed.ac.uk/people/dr-mi...
#PhDChat #Criminology
Her latest works focus on citizenship and penality, and democratic backsliding & penal policy
www.law.ed.ac.uk/people/dr-mi...
#PhDChat #Criminology
Dr Milena Tripkovic | Edinburgh Law School
Milena Tripkovic joined Edinburgh Law School in 2019 as a Lecturer in Criminology, having previously taught at the University of Birmingham, University of Kent and University of Novi Sad.
www.law.ed.ac.uk
September 26, 2024 at 8:29 AM
See below a call for applications to do a PhD with me at Edinburgh Law School 😊
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Legal-Phi has just published a new interview! Their conversation with is Steve Coyne about his work on authority, disobedience, and much more. Please share! legalphi.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/s...
Steve Coyne: Authority and its Reasons
It is a great pleasure to have Steve Coyne with us at Legal-Phi. Steve is currently an Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Computer Science at the University of Toronto and is the main ethicist for ...
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September 23, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Legal-Phi has just published a new interview! Their conversation with is Steve Coyne about his work on authority, disobedience, and much more. Please share! legalphi.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/s...