Just Theory – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode we speak with Michelle Dempsey, Professor of Law at Villanova University, where she explores criminal law, feminist legal theory, and philosophy of law. 

We talk about working with John Gardner, finding a life in academia as a litigator, and the notion of robust consent.

We are grateful to Professor Dempsey for her time and engagement. To further engage with her thought-provoking research, please visit: https://www.villanova.edu/university/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/profiles/MichelleMaddenDempsey.html

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications! 

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode we speak with Alma Diamond, a Faculty Fellow at the University of Michigan Law School (from July 2026, Alma will be an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas School of Law) where she writes and teaches on contracts, legal philosophy, and constitutional theory. Her research explores how contracts and constitutions distribute power among individuals across time. In this episode, we touch on those themes as well as discussing foreseeability in contract law.

You can download the paper here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5395745 

We are grateful to Alma for her time and engagement. To further engage with her thought-provoking research, please visit: https://almadiamond.net/. You can also find Alma on Twitter: https://x.com/alma_diamond and Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/almadiamond.bsky.social.

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications! 

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

Welcome back to Just Theory! Season 2 is almost here. 

Some pretty exciting news in this episode, too…

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate '21)

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

We had the privilege of speaking with Baroness Hale of Richmond, a former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2017 until her retirement in 2020. Baroness Hale is also a renowned academic and one of the most esteemed figures in the history of the UK judiciary.

We speak about the challenges and the beauty of judicial work, the relevance of practical wisdom in judging, and Baroness Hale’s years of experience on the bench and beyond.

We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications!

Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // the inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate)

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

In this episode, we speak with Alison Young, Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of Robinson College. Professor Young's main interest is in constitutional theory, particularly dialogue theory, where she draws comparisons between different means of protecting human rights.

We discuss the importance of popular legal education as well as Professor Young’s current research project in legal methodology. We talk about the model-theoretic approach in constitutional law and the need for constant readiness to revise our own assumptions.

We are grateful to Professor Young for her time and engagement, and we hugely support her work leading the Constitutional Law Matters initiative: https://constitutionallawmatters.org

To further engage with her groundbreaking research, please visit: https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/al-young/77940

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications!

Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // the inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate)

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If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications! 

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

In this episode, we are speaking with Professor Linda Zerilli,  the Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at Chicago University, where she writes on subjects ranging from feminist thought to the politics of language, democratic theory, and Continental philosophy.

We discuss her reflections on Volume I of Hannah Arendt’s The Life of the Mind as well as the interplay between thinking, knowing and judging. We ask why opinions matter, wonder about the role of individuals in assessing the legal system and learn from feminist historiography.

Massive thanks to Professor Zerilli for her time and engagement: we look forward to seeing the published papers!

To further engage with Professor Zerilli's fascinating research, please visit: https://chicago.academia.edu/LZerilli

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications!

Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // the inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate)

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

In this episode, we discuss the distinct concept of the rule of laws, the relationship between law, certainty and power, and how the expansion of legal frameworks can be far from the linear evolution that we expect.

Fernanda Pirie is a Professor of the Anthropology of Law at Oxford University's Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, where she publishes on legal anthropology and Tibetan legal history, as well as related issues, such as comparison in law and anthropology and the relationship between empirical studies and legal theory.

Massive thanks to Professor Pirie for her time and engagement - we loved the discussion and her new book, 'The Rule of Laws: a 4,000-year quest to order the world' (Profile Books, 2021), which you can find here: https://profilebooks.com/work/the-rule-of-laws/

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications!

Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // the inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate)

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If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications! 

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

In this episode, we discuss art, the concept of authenticity, and how law struggles to address the poignant aspects of human creativity.

Amy Adler is the Emily Kempin Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, where she teaches Art Law, First Amendment Law, and Feminist Jurisprudence.

Massive thanks to Professor Adler for her time and engagement - we loved the discussion and her paper, a link to which will be available [HERE] when as soon as it is published.

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications!

Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // the inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate)

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If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications! 

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

In this episode, we discuss algorithms, logic and how tech solutions to simple legal problems can be an easy win for all.

Massive thanks to Professor Lawsky for her time and engagement - we loved the discussion and her paper, a link to which will be available [HERE] when as soon as it is published.

Follow Professor Lawsky on Twitter! @sarahlawsky

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications!

Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // inaugural season generously funded by Newcastle University // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - Graduate Division, NYU Law School (LLM Candidate)

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Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)

Welcome to Just Theory! In this episode, we explain why we decided to start the project, what it is all about, and where we see it going.

If you like what we do, you can buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/justtheory. We would also love to hear from you about potential guests and new publications! 

You can find us on Twitter: @JustTheory2

Changing the face of legal theory // Championing female-led scholarship in analytic legal philosophy and jurisprudence // Dr Emilia Mickiewicz - Newcastle University & Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk - NYU Law School (JSD Candidate)