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Why I read Deleuze
Read more: Why I read DeleuzeFor Ronald Bogue, A Thousand Plateaus is Gilles Deleuze's finest piece of work. In this blog, he explains why it's one-of-a-kind.
The Politics of Rent Control
by Peter Robson In 1915, the world was dominated by authoritarian dictators and the war in Europe. Markets were in turmoil. Rents were out of control and tenants faced eviction at the whim of their landlords. Fast forward to 2025…
Africa Food Security and the WTO
by Onsando Osiemo The food security dilemma Africa’s food security is ever worsening. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): “…nearly 282 million people in Africa (about 20 percent of the population) were undernourished in 2022, an increase of…
EUP75: Our Publishing in Law
Discover the story of Law at Edinburgh University Press – the first publications, the books that changed the field and what you can expect to see in future
From the Appalachian to the Highlands and the Pyrenees, energy futures are all about permitting
By Ernesto Bonafé The gas pipeline project MidCat intended to cross the Pyrenees was abandoned on 20 October 2022. It could have been completed in only one year and would have served as an alternative gas corridor for gas imports…
A Conversation with Laurence Diver on ‘Digisprudence’
by Laurence Diver Tell us a bit about your book Digisprudence is about the technologies that govern our behavior, and how they can be designed in ways that are compatible with democracy. We’ve probably all had that feeling of frustration…
Understanding Emerging Trends in the European Union Climate Litigations as a Neo-Functionalist: Part Two
By Shashi Kant Yadav Read Part One Climate Change and Neo-functionalism In the past decade, the EU’s supranational institutions have expanded their integrational approach eventually facilitating interest groups to mobilize beyond their state boundaries as an actor rather than a subject. To explain…
Three ways that human rights impact assessment can improve consistency between economic law and human rights law
By Caroline Dommen It is perplexing to observe how often States ignore their international legal commitments in one area of law when making rules in another. An area in which this is repeatedly plays out is trade policy – as…
What is Progressive Realism? The ‘other’ Kelsen
by Robert Schuett, Ph.D. When I began working on what would eventually become Hans Kelsen’s Political Realism I wasn’t sure what to expect of this Austrian–American jurist. The only thing I knew for sure was that there’s far more to…
Obscure no more: Brexit and the Nobile Officium
What is The nobile Officium? It had previously been regarded as obscure, and few people had even heard of it, but that was all set to change with Brexit.