David Tan
@davidtandw.bsky.social
Academic at Deakin Law. Legal Philosophy| Legal Interpretation | Law and Language | Public Law Theory| Master of Tom Yum
My stuff: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2489888
My stuff: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2489888
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For all the reasons why this conduct from the US (or any other government) is unlawful and reprehensible have a listen to this episode of #CalledToTheBar
on.soundcloud.com/HuJwiOOFAF2V...
on.soundcloud.com/HuJwiOOFAF2V...
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For all the reasons why this conduct from the US (or any other government) is unlawful and reprehensible have a listen to this episode of #CalledToTheBar
on.soundcloud.com/HuJwiOOFAF2V...
on.soundcloud.com/HuJwiOOFAF2V...
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Bullet casings collected from the scene were engraved with the words "has enough time passed now that we can collectively admit that the Barbie movie wasn't that amazing"
September 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Bullet casings collected from the scene were engraved with the words "has enough time passed now that we can collectively admit that the Barbie movie wasn't that amazing"
A paper of mine and Steph's has been reviewed in Jotwell!
Jotwell Jurisprudence:
Jeffrey Pojanowski, Rethinking Legislative Intent, JOTWELL (September 23, 2025) (reviewing Stephanie Collins & David Tan, Legislative Intent and Agency: A Rational Unity Account, 44 Oxford J. Legal Stud. 231 (2024)), juris.jotwell.com/rethinking-l....
Jeffrey Pojanowski, Rethinking Legislative Intent, JOTWELL (September 23, 2025) (reviewing Stephanie Collins & David Tan, Legislative Intent and Agency: A Rational Unity Account, 44 Oxford J. Legal Stud. 231 (2024)), juris.jotwell.com/rethinking-l....
September 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A paper of mine and Steph's has been reviewed in Jotwell!
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I had a blast talking about to my old friend and mentor Rob McLaughlin and the phenomenal @alonso-gd.bsky.social about why sinking random "drug" vessels is lawless AF
A US kinetic strike on a suspected drug boat, lawful self-defence or utterly lawless? (No prizes for guessing.) Join @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social, Rob McLaughlin & @alonso-gd.bsky.social on #CalledToTheBar as they unpack law & blurred lines in the “war on drugs/terror.” soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Professor Rob McLaughlin and Dr Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg to unpack a troubling event:
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September 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I had a blast talking about to my old friend and mentor Rob McLaughlin and the phenomenal @alonso-gd.bsky.social about why sinking random "drug" vessels is lawless AF
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My paper 'Carefully tailored' is now out in the OJLS: doi.org/10.1093/ojls.... It defines the core assumptions of doctrinal research, explains where empirical observations help and how to avoid some common pitfalls. A thread on doctrinal methods 👇 I'll do the same for the other two later 1/n
Carefully Tailored: Doctrinal Methods and Empirical Contributions
Abstract. Doctrinal research is the distinct methodological approach of lawyers and a core contribution of legal studies to human knowledge. Yet, lawyers d
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August 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My paper 'Carefully tailored' is now out in the OJLS: doi.org/10.1093/ojls.... It defines the core assumptions of doctrinal research, explains where empirical observations help and how to avoid some common pitfalls. A thread on doctrinal methods 👇 I'll do the same for the other two later 1/n
Lucky visitors might get a free trip to American detention centres
August 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Lucky visitors might get a free trip to American detention centres
Republicans - the party of States' rights and small government
Trump on DC: "We haven't had to bring in the regular military, which we're willing to do if we have to. And after we do this, we'll go to another location and we'll make it safe also ... Chicago is a mess. And we'll straighten that one out probably next"
August 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Republicans - the party of States' rights and small government
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Chairman Mao touts his state-run economy
August 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Chairman Mao touts his state-run economy
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Join us for our mostly quirky and fun but sometimes serious 50th episode with the best colleagues an accidental podcaster could ask for
50 episodes of #CalledToTheBar! 🥂 Join me, @drnajimagi.bsky.social, @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social, @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social as we take your questions on setting up your own state, PCIJ judges, treaties & who plays us in the Netflix series.
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50. Your international law questions answered!
Fifty episodes in, and we’re still going strong (and still without footnotes). In this special milestone edition of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Douglas Guilfoyle (Professor
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August 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Join us for our mostly quirky and fun but sometimes serious 50th episode with the best colleagues an accidental podcaster could ask for
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Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
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ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇
Calling for Applicants to the Australian National University-SEARCH Foundation PhD Scholarship | School of History
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August 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇
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The Australian Feminist Law Journal is looking for a Publication and Media Support Officer. If you are a Melbourne-based graduate researcher with an interest in feminism and law, consider joining our team!
The AFLJ is looking for a Publication and Media Support Officer to assist with its copyediting, outreach and engagement activities! Are you a Melbourne-based graduate researcher with an interest in feminism and law? This position could be perfect for you! drive.google.com/file/d/16z3u...
Publication and Media Support Officer (AFLJ) Position Description.pdf
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August 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The Australian Feminist Law Journal is looking for a Publication and Media Support Officer. If you are a Melbourne-based graduate researcher with an interest in feminism and law, consider joining our team!
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good take on twitter
August 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
good take on twitter
Random finds at second hand bookstores
August 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Random finds at second hand bookstores
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Bacteria glowing with green fluorescence move inside a fungal cell. In this video, the bacteria seem like an infection, but in successive generations, the two organisms will adapt to each other until they find endosymbiotic balance.
Scientists Re-Create the Microbial Dance That Sparked Complex Life | Quanta Magazine
Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab.
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August 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Bacteria glowing with green fluorescence move inside a fungal cell. In this video, the bacteria seem like an infection, but in successive generations, the two organisms will adapt to each other until they find endosymbiotic balance.
Overheard in Melbourne-
4 year old: i found some treasure!
Mum: that's not treasure, that's just grass
4 year old: i found some treasure!
Mum: that's not treasure, that's just grass
August 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Overheard in Melbourne-
4 year old: i found some treasure!
Mum: that's not treasure, that's just grass
4 year old: i found some treasure!
Mum: that's not treasure, that's just grass
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Blowing up your small-town writers festival because your local university needs to crack down on free speech because there’s a genocide we can’t talk about is so utterly on-brand for Australian culture. Cowards and fools 3-deep at the canapés tray
August 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Blowing up your small-town writers festival because your local university needs to crack down on free speech because there’s a genocide we can’t talk about is so utterly on-brand for Australian culture. Cowards and fools 3-deep at the canapés tray
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If the mind is a computer, where's the monitor? Where's the keyboard? It doesn't have a single USB port
August 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If the mind is a computer, where's the monitor? Where's the keyboard? It doesn't have a single USB port
And also this time the one using AI is a KC?
Another one, and this time neither side verified the references until the court raised the issue. This is a tragic case on several levels and everyone concerned deserved better from the lawyers involved.
Judge criticises lawyers acting for boy accused of murder for filing misleading AI-created documents
Documents filed included references to nonexistent case citations and inaccurate quotes from a parliamentary speech, judge says
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August 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
And also this time the one using AI is a KC?
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Preparing slides for a talk on Marxism in the 21st century I asked an AI programme to give Marx a contemporary hairstyle.
I’m sure he served me once at a craft beer place in Shoreditch.
I’m sure he served me once at a craft beer place in Shoreditch.
August 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Preparing slides for a talk on Marxism in the 21st century I asked an AI programme to give Marx a contemporary hairstyle.
I’m sure he served me once at a craft beer place in Shoreditch.
I’m sure he served me once at a craft beer place in Shoreditch.
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In promising to rescind Australia’s recognition of Palestine, the Coalition are now being more Trump than Trump.
August 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
In promising to rescind Australia’s recognition of Palestine, the Coalition are now being more Trump than Trump.
Having seen several ppl on here refer to SCOTUS as "wizards in robes" or similar, it's interesting to see how much trump has turned ppls intuitions away from judicial review of constitutional rights.
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Having seen several ppl on here refer to SCOTUS as "wizards in robes" or similar, it's interesting to see how much trump has turned ppls intuitions away from judicial review of constitutional rights.
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Relaxation tips:
- put down your phone
- breathe deeply
- craft effigies of your enemies out of bones & hair
- bury these effigies deep in the misty woods
- summon forgotten gods and listen to stories of the old days, when moss & magic ruled the earth
- have some tea
- put down your phone
- breathe deeply
- craft effigies of your enemies out of bones & hair
- bury these effigies deep in the misty woods
- summon forgotten gods and listen to stories of the old days, when moss & magic ruled the earth
- have some tea
August 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Relaxation tips:
- put down your phone
- breathe deeply
- craft effigies of your enemies out of bones & hair
- bury these effigies deep in the misty woods
- summon forgotten gods and listen to stories of the old days, when moss & magic ruled the earth
- have some tea
- put down your phone
- breathe deeply
- craft effigies of your enemies out of bones & hair
- bury these effigies deep in the misty woods
- summon forgotten gods and listen to stories of the old days, when moss & magic ruled the earth
- have some tea
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It’s amazing how many 1980s sci-fi movies foresaw human-like androids, flying cars, and interstellar travel, but failed to comprehend the truly apocalyptic evolution of human technology: the unrelenting dystopian nightmare of Microsoft Teams.
August 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It’s amazing how many 1980s sci-fi movies foresaw human-like androids, flying cars, and interstellar travel, but failed to comprehend the truly apocalyptic evolution of human technology: the unrelenting dystopian nightmare of Microsoft Teams.