Law professor. Legal history, constitutional law. PhD in philosophy. Forthcoming book on the origins of the English parliament, Routledge.
Routledge has just listed my book as forthcoming: www.routledge.com/Parliament-a...
Parliament and the Invention of Legislative Power: England, 1100-1330How did the English parliament become a legislature—an assembly that deliberates, makes law, and represents a nation? In this wide-ranging and carefully argued reinterpretation, Matthew Steilen retrac...www.routledge.comState elimination of faculty senates: www.chronicle.com/article/a-mu...
"Non action" is an interesting idea. I've been thinking recently about the value of saying nothing even when you have something to say, even when the situation seems to demand it. Cultivating a feel for that value might be worth doing... Especially given our obsession w self expression and speech
Mike Young1/ IS KINDNESS CONTAGIOUS? I had a philosophical conversation with Tri-Long Nguyen — an epidemiologist with an interest in #Zen #Buddhism — about his recent paper with Ji Young Lee on 'Kindness as a public health action'. [THREAD] mikeyoungacademy.dk/being-kind-i...
A gorgeous part of England.
History and Heritage YorkshireThe ruins of Ellerton Priory, a Cistercian house for nuns in Swaledale, stand quietly in the parish of Ellerton Abbey. Founded in the late 12th century, possibly by the Egglescliffe family or stewards of the Earl of Richmond, the priory endured centuries of hardship, including
Spending vs preserving cash reserves--the 'endowment' of the public research university: www.chronicle.com/article/amid...
Amid Volatility and Uncertainty, Should Colleges Spend Down Their Surpluses?Accumulating reserves is a bulwark against unforeseen challenges, finance experts say. Critics often characterize it as hoarding.www.chronicle.comA perspective on the federal judgeship: 1) there is no property right in a judgeship or any other federal office; 2) for example, you cannot sell your office, or rent it out for an income stream-both of which are common historically; 3) a supreme court judgeship is the same as any federal judgeship;
Robert L. TsaiJustice Sotomayor suggests—implausibly—that justices somehow have a vested property interest in their office. Yet another reason why relying on judges to be reformers is an absolute disaster.
