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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · 9d

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · 15d

Second, I argue that the last decade of case law shows the Engel criteria can provide cover for decisions facilitating State sovereignty or facilitating State arguments justifying restrictions on the basis of broader public interests. #echr #humanrights(4/4) academic.oup.com/hrlr/article...

The Engel criteria in the 21st century: irrational flexibility and deference in recent European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence

Abstract. What does it mean for someone to be charged with a criminal offence? This is a question of considerable significance for multiple heavily-litigat

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · 15d

In the piece I argue, first, that the recent jurisprudence is characterized by a degree of incoherence and inconsistency that manifests as ‘irrational flexibility’. #echr #humanrights #humanrightslaw (3/4)

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · 15d

This article is focused squarely on the last decade of the European Court of Human Rights' case law on the Engel criteria, looking at two major 2020s Grand Chamber decisions and dozens of other recent decisions. #echr #humanrights #humanrightslaw (2/4)

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · 15d

What does it mean for someone to be charged with a criminal offence?
My new journal article is out this week in OUP’s Human Rights Law Review on the ECtHR's Engel criteria in the 21st century (1/4)

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#echr #humanrights #humanrightslaw #law

abstract of journal article linked to later in thread

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · 16d

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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing.

Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!

Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Sep 12

Terribly sad. Conor examined my DPhil, with good humour and thoughtful constructive criticism, and was unfailingly generous then and for years afterward.

Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Sep 12

The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.

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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · Sep 12

Huge, huge loss for the UK legal and political community

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#conorgearty #humanrights #ruleoflaw #justice #academia #lse #inmemoriam | Cherie Blair CBE KC

💔 I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of my dear friend and colleague, Professor Conor Gearty. Conor was a man of remarkable intellect—brilliant, principled, endlessly curious, and always gene...

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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's a hard sell, but more politicians would be good for Aus:

* Deeper talent pool for committees & ministries
* More access - most Aussies have never interacted with their local MP
* Reverses the growing physical size of rural electorates

Since 1980s, Aus added +11 million people and no new MPs.

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Rob Mullins @robertmullins.bsky.social · Jun 16

My article "Does Nature Need Rights?" (coauthored with the wonderful Lulu Weis), forthcoming in the OJLS, is now available open access: academic.oup.com/ojls/advance...

Does Nature Need Rights?

Abstract. Rights of nature (RoN) appear to provide a promising alternative to anthropocentric environmental rights. But do they meet the demands of transfo

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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · Jun 15

Some interesting ideas in this, and noticeable that the Canberra model is increasingly in vogue among reformers; @lewisbaston.bsky.social was similarly arguing a few months back that the UK could do worse than adopting an Australian-style parliamentary system.

Alex Parsons @alexparsons.bsky.social · Jun 14

New blog post about Lords reform. How ideas about semi parliamentary systems can give a clear purpose to change alexparsons.co.uk/blog/posts/s...

Don't replace the Lords - split the Commons

What an elected second chamber is for.

alexparsons.co.uk

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casey briggs @caseybriggs.com · Jun 10

Here's the full statement from Government House:

10 June 2025

Statement from Government House

Attributable to Official Secretary David Hughes:

This evening Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC, Governor of Tasmania, received the Premier, the Honourable Jeremy Rockliff MP, at Government House.
Following their conversation, Her Excellency is now taking the time necessary to give due consideration to all available options.
By the end of the week the Premier will meet with Her Excellency again.
Further statements will be made in due course.

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · May 11

🏛️ Great to publish this article on parliamentary privilege, coauthored with Prof Gabrielle Appleby; Tasmanian roadworks have never been so interesting!

G Appleby & R Goss (2025) 40(1) Australasian Parliamentary Review 14-33 www.aspg.org.au/a-p-r-journa... #auslaw

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · May 9

Looking for Catte Street, surely?

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · May 2

“our constitutional arrangements mean that we must, as a community, recognise our problems and accept that solving them is the responsibility of all of us because we can't look to pronouncements from on high to solve our political differences.…” — Justice Keane, 2008.

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · May 2

At a quiet Parliament House on a beautiful autumn afternoon, a few signs of preparations for new inhabitants arriving imminently

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Apr 17

I'm probably missing something, but it looks a bit like the Greens' lead ACT Senate candidate may be vulnerable to a s44 challenge on a similar set of facts to those in Gallagher's case? Perhaps there are more recent updates not available in the AEC form. www.aec.gov.au/election/fil... #auspol

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Apr 17

I'm probably missing something, but it looks a bit like the Greens' lead ACT Senate candidate may be vulnerable to a s44 challenge on a similar set of facts to those in Gallagher's case? Perhaps there are more recent updates not available in the AEC form. www.aec.gov.au/election/fil... #auspol

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Apr 16

eg this extract seems to bear some superficial similarities to Re Gallagher [2018] HCA 17
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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Apr 15

111 in-person overseas voting centres across the world!

screen grab of AEC post bearing the text

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Apr 14

As Kevin notes, some interesting reading in the section 44 checklists available at www.aec.gov.au/election/can...

Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · Apr 14

Candidate S44 checklists have been posted, I am going through the Tasmanian ones. #politas

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Mar 21

"Yet there is method nonetheless. He takes his time, he comes up with a plan, he assembles his materials and then, almost without you noticing it, he builds his house."

Alex Massie @alexmassie.bsky.social · Mar 20

The Starmer Reboot: with an assist from Donald Trump, the government discovers its purpose. open.substack.com/pub/alexmass...

The Starmer Reboot

The government discovers its purpose at last - aided and assisted by Donald Trump

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Mar 16

Pleased to have my research on criminal fair trial rights cited again in a recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg: Gorse v Slovenia, in the Concurring Opinion of Judge Serghides #echr #humanrights hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-24...

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Ryan Goss @ryangoss.bsky.social · Feb 28

Australian Head of State deployed as tool of British foreign policy
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Keir Starmer gives Donald Trump state visit invitation from the King

Keir Starmer hands the US president an invitation letter as the pair meet at the White House.

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