Professor, University of Surrey School of Law. Criminal Law, White Collar, Law & Tech, Philosophy. Tweets mostly about toddler parenthood it seems

Joined January 2010
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Very happy to report that this is out today! It's about how criminal law should handle willful ignorance in corporations--not just WI individuals but structures of WI that management knows will make the company less likely to discover risks of harm. academic.oup.com/ojls/advanc…
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This Friday, @Adam_J_Kolber argues: in our current non-ideal world, carceral punishment is better addressed through pure consequentialism (i.e. denying the value of deserved punishment) than standard retributivism (where moral desert justifies punishment): criminaljusticetheoryblog.wo…
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People sleeping outside in sub-freezing temps? Np, here's 19 billion dollars for "Stargate"
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OpenAI and SoftBank are reportedly putting $19B each into Stargate tcrn.ch/40LruPI
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I hate being an economist. I'm no fun at parties
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Worth checking out this paper on competitive authoritarianism. A helpful concept for understanding what's at stake in our current political moment. scholar.harvard.edu/levitsky…

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There have been lots of great experimental studies about how people attribute the mental states relevant to criminal responsibility (purpose, knowledge, recklessness, negligence) A thread of some interesting findings:
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Cleaning up a jar of sprinkles that your child dumped on the floor really makes you appreciate the number of atoms in the universe
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Wrote a post about the diff btw punishment for individual culpability and punishment based on fair notice. Should the law ever pretend you have traits we know you lack just because you were warned this would happen? Is that fair? Is it retributive justice?criminaljusticetheoryblog.wo…
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And here it is: @should_b_workin's post on whether actions can manifest traits or attitudes that are not actually present: criminaljusticetheoryblog.wo… Enjoy!
In our next post, @should_b_workin argues that, to a limited extent, the criminal law can fairly take D’s actions to manifest traits or attitudes even when we know that D does not actually possess them! Under what conditions? Find out this Friday on criminaljusticetheoryblog.wo…!
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Consider yourself teased
In our next post, @should_b_workin argues that, to a limited extent, the criminal law can fairly take D’s actions to manifest traits or attitudes even when we know that D does not actually possess them! Under what conditions? Find out this Friday on criminaljusticetheoryblog.wo…!
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Indiana Jones and the decision by university management to shut down the archaeology program bc it doesn't score well enough on their odd metric of impact/growth potential devised by some MBAs at PwC, even though the department is highest ranked on research quality in the country
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Ironic that humans have to unplug to recharge
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Some good ideas here incl more funding at the top of the list. Is it just me or does #3 sound like a very oblique suggestion of something like Ofstead ratings for different courts theguardian.com/law/2024/dec…
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Replying to @ValerijZisman
@ValerijZisman's post on Empirical Research into the Psychology of Punishment is now live on our blog, Check it out at shorturl.at/jFS5B. Comments and questions welcome!

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"This increase means more victims are facing unprecedented waits for justice, with some trials now being listed for 2027Victims wait around a year on average for their case to be resolved; for rape victims it’s over two years."
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Life hacks shouldn’t be “waking up early” or “having organizational skills” and should be “up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start.”
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Fav paper rejection copes: 1. Remember it happens to absolutely everyone-even people whose work is way better than mine, even the very best in the field. Everyone's stuff gets dinged. 2. Don't read the comments right away, wait until you're in a good place to think strategically
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5. Reminder you can take it. As an academic, there's actually a bit of pride in the fact that you've chosen a profession in which rejection is a routine part of it--and you're can handle it. Not necessarily gracefully (w/o swearing) but you made it this far & are still standing.
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Anything else you like to tell yourself to deal with paper rejections?
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