Bent Stohlmann
bstohlmann.bsky.social
Bent Stohlmann
@bstohlmann.bsky.social
ConLaw, Constitutional and Legal Theory, Legal Empirics - Research assistant HU Berlin

https://www.lehrstuhl-moellers.de/mitarbeiterinnen/bent-stohlmann
If you’re interested in migration law, human rights law, or simply enjoy sharp legal analysis, check out @hannahzar.bsky.social’s excellent new article on how states use temporary status to restrict forced migrants’ protection under the ECHR - Out now, open access, in the IJRL.
Can States use temporary status to restrict forced migrants’ protection of family reunification under European human rights law?

My article is now out in IJRL! I explore the role that legal status and temporariness play in the context of the right to family life:
academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...
Playing for Time: Temporary Status, Migration Control and the Human Rights of Forced Migrants to Family Reunification
Abstract. The article analyzes a set of cases in front of the European Court of Human Rights in which forced migrants challenged restrictions to family reu
academic.oup.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Bent Stohlmann
Emad Atiq has a terrific new book on general jurisprudence. Published in the Cambridge Elements in Philosophy of Law series, the book offers a concise articulation and defense of legal non-positivism.

You can read my review of the book in JOTWELL: juris.jotwell.com/non-frilly-n...
Non-Frilly Non-Positivism - Jurisprudence
Emad H. Atiq, Contemporary Non-Positivism (2025).Bill WatsonAn all-too-common misconception of the debate between positivists and non-positivists over the nature of law is that the debate hasn’t progr...
juris.jotwell.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Bent Stohlmann
My review of Scott Hershovitz's (shershovitz.bsky.social) “Law Is a Moral Practice” just published! You can read the review for my critique of the book. I'll highlight here something that I think the book gets right. It concerns lawyers’ moral expertise.🧵

journals.library.wustl.edu/jurisprudenc...
IN WHAT SENSE IS LAW A MORAL PRACTICE?
Scott Hershovitz’s book Law Is a Moral Practice contends that law is, well, a moral practice. But what Hershovitz means by that claim is not entirely clear. A modest version of the claim, and one that...
journals.library.wustl.edu
January 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM