Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! In today's issue, I share a note that ended being a bit longer than originally foreseen, about the notions of 'essentially contested concepts' and 'magic concepts'. After that, we have
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! Last week, I had shared some events I was going to attend, and I was working on a more substantive issue of this newsletter for today. All of that was, in military parlance, overcome by events.
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! In recent weeks, I have not had much to share, as I have been focused on my job search and my ongoing manuscript. One of these things is out of the way now, and I will
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! Today's issue will be mercifully brief, as I want mostly to share some personal news. First of all, my time in Luxembourg is nearing an end: while I still have some months left in
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! It has been about a week since I've last written to (most of) you. In the meantime, we keep being flooded with news about the Digital Omnishambles, academic job markets remain pretty uncertain, and
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! It feels like it has been a while since I've posted a substantive essay in this newsletter. I guess that is a bit due to my awkward position in terms of works in progress:
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! It has been a bit over three weeks since the previous newsletter, but that delay is largely for good reasons. After a slow start to the year, my two remaining brain cells seem to be back
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Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! Is 20 January already? Oh my! I surely am not back to my cruise speed yet, and I don't really know why. I'd love to blame the Luxembourgish weather, but I think
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! First of all, I would like to wish you a happy new year. Even though 2026 has already started with some awful news in the macro scale (not personally, but look at the world!), I can
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! As you read this issue, I am putting the final touches on my presentation for the workshop Methods in Legal Discipline: Post-Doctoral Insights Across Research Fields, in which I will talk about how to engage with
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! November has been a bit more busy than I expected, between teaching, research, planning, and Winnie's health (she's well now, but she gave us quite a bit of a scare some weeks
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! I hope you are doing well these days. My plans were to write this issue shortly after the previous one. However, a few of my works in progress are finally coming to fruition and, since they
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! After a flurry of posts in August and September, I had to take a few weeks off writing this newsletter, in order to stop procrastinating finish some projects. While I still owe some writings to some
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! In today's issue, I wrap up my initial reflections on legal research programmes and the production of knowledge with some thoughts on whether the notion of a 'degenerate research programme' might help
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! It has been a bit more than a week since our last issue, and in the meantime the European Commission has opened a call for evidence meant to support its windmill-hunting effortsproject of simplifying the digital
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! I was planning to write a newsletter last week, but a few things got in the way. Even though I had a wonderful time at the UACES Annual Conference, I came back somewhat ill, so my
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! I was originally planning to continue last week's foray into the philosophy of science and whether it might help us think about the law. However, I find myself once again dragged into current affairs,
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! This should be the first 'proper' issue now at the newsletter's new home, now that I'm back from a much-needed staycation. In today's issues I'll think
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! Today I am just writing to let you know that my newsletter has a new home now: it is hosted in a different platform, and you can access it through https://blog.marcoalmada.com! So, this