Great Books and Jurisprudence Student — lex iniusta non est lex
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joined June 2020
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Pleased to have my first piece published.
I argue that constitutional conflict in Western Europe is driven by rival generational frameworks of meaning rather than disagreement within a shared legal order.
Many thanks to @Vermeullarmine and the team at @thenewdigest!
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'Hegel seems to be in the impossible position of being both extraordinarily influential and almost completely inaccessible.' Robert Pippin
Another excellent case study for authoritarian liberalism @Vermeullarmine @BalazsOrban_HU
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Albo wyprowadzicie ich za rok parlamentu, albo oni wyprowadzą nas z Unii Europejskiej.
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In Nederland bestaat sinds kort een universiteit, waar niets anders gedaan wordt dan het bestuderen van de Grote Boeken: het Pascal Instituut in Leiden.
Imagine that. Harvard is reinventing a great books college. And the students do really want to put down the phones and pick the classics up.
“A lot of what we get out of this class is the human experience, and you can’t get that out of AI,” said Peggy Urdan, a government and neuroscience major from Lexington, Mass. “The only way to get anything out of this class is to not use AI.”
wsj.com/lifestyle/harvard-cl…
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Today @thenewdigest features my assessment of a certain proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution, concluding that certain aspects of this proposed amendment, even if unanimously ratified, are violence, not law, and command no one's obedience. Link below. Enjoy.
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An important piece by @MLuipen in @thenewdigest, a publication run by @Caseyco231 and @Vermeullarmine.
The author argues that the weakening of the liberal political consensus may paradoxically strengthen liberal legal doctrines. As public support declines, legal institutions increasingly become instruments for preserving ideological dominance.
The article also discusses The Great Reset, the EU reform proposal published by MCC and Ordo Iuris in 2025, exploring two possible paths: fundamental EU reform or a new framework for cooperation among sovereign European nations.
The key takeaway: electoral victories alone are not enough. Long-term intellectual and institutional work, especially in legal theory and constitutional interpretation, is essential.
Today @thenewdigest: we are delighted to have a guest essay from @MLuipen, of the Pascal Institute and St. John’s, on the increasingly important topic of “liberal authoritarianism.”
Enjoy!
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/…
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“Kelsen’s empty form acquires a historical memory” @MLuipen discussing the power of Article 2, which anchors the EU legal order in European values.
Today @thenewdigest: we are delighted to have a guest essay from @MLuipen, of the Pascal Institute and St. John’s, on the increasingly important topic of “liberal authoritarianism.”
Enjoy!
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/…
Very pleased to have another piece published by @thenewdigest!
Today @thenewdigest: we are delighted to have a guest essay from @MLuipen, of the Pascal Institute and St. John’s, on the increasingly important topic of “liberal authoritarianism.”
Enjoy!
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/…
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Today @thenewdigest: we are delighted to have a guest essay from @MLuipen, of the Pascal Institute and St. John’s, on the increasingly important topic of “liberal authoritarianism.”
Enjoy!
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/…
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Dutch law world is full of these kinds of holy mantra's. So if you describe how different it is to look at a courtroom where the prosecutor isn't seated next to the judge, someone will repeat this law school-mantra to you. I don't mean that it's not true, but it's a particular type of Dutch normalizing argument that educated people love to poop out, especially with the 'yes' in there to show that they are very reasonable
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Really enjoyed this piece on the differing political theologies of successive generations, today @thenewdigest - check it out!
thenewdigest.substack.com/p/…
Pleased to have my first piece published.
I argue that constitutional conflict in Western Europe is driven by rival generational frameworks of meaning rather than disagreement within a shared legal order.
Many thanks to @Vermeullarmine and the team at @thenewdigest!
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Idk if it’s because the Dutch are so poorly educated in history and specifically also literary history or if it’s because Dutch people are naturally anti-authoritarian (calvinist) and therefore unable to feel reverence for real intelligence, but Dutch people are very delusional and think they’re mediocre observations are extremely intelligent and our entire intellectual landscape is dictated by this. I know most people might think it’s like this in their country but it’s not. It’s hard to explain if you haven’t spent enough time around enough Dutch people
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How life feels when you realize philosophy is not simply footnotes to Plato
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Ik wanneer ik zak voor een vak:
Caroline van der Plas maakt centraal examen Nederlands en schrikt: ’Dit is wel linkse materie, zeg’ telegraaf.nl/nieuws/caroline…
