Alex Sarch
@should_b_workin
Professor, University of Surrey School of Law. Criminal Law, White Collar, Law & Tech, Philosophy. Tweets mostly about toddler parenthood it seems
Very happy to report that this is out today! It's about how criminal law should handle willful ignorance in corporations--not just WI individuals but structures of WI that management knows will make the company less likely to discover risks of harm. academic.oup.com/ojls/advance-a…
People sleeping outside in sub-freezing temps? Np, here's 19 billion dollars for "Stargate"
OpenAI and SoftBank are reportedly putting $19B each into Stargate tcrn.ch/40LruPI
This Friday, @Adam_J_Kolber argues: in our current non-ideal world, carceral punishment is better addressed through pure consequentialism (i.e. denying the value of deserved punishment) than standard retributivism (where moral desert justifies punishment): …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com
I hate being an economist. I'm no fun at parties
Worth checking out this paper on competitive authoritarianism. A helpful concept for understanding what's at stake in our current political moment. scholar.harvard.edu/levitsky/files…
There have been lots of great experimental studies about how people attribute the mental states relevant to criminal responsibility (purpose, knowledge, recklessness, negligence) A thread of some interesting findings:
Thought there were some helpful insights here. Strategies for parsing Trump’s noise ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-to-pay-a…
So much good stuff in this special issue on the moral dimensions and implications of AI and automation: link.springer.com/journal/11098/…
Cleaning up a jar of sprinkles that your child dumped on the floor really makes you appreciate the number of atoms in the universe
Wrote a post about the diff btw punishment for individual culpability and punishment based on fair notice. Should the law ever pretend you have traits we know you lack just because you were warned this would happen? Is that fair? Is it retributive justice?…iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/can…
And here it is: @should_b_workin's post on whether actions can manifest traits or attitudes that are not actually present: …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/can… Enjoy!
In our next post, @should_b_workin argues that, to a limited extent, the criminal law can fairly take D’s actions to manifest traits or attitudes even when we know that D does not actually possess them! Under what conditions? Find out this Friday on …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com!
Consider yourself teased
In our next post, @should_b_workin argues that, to a limited extent, the criminal law can fairly take D’s actions to manifest traits or attitudes even when we know that D does not actually possess them! Under what conditions? Find out this Friday on …iminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com!
Indiana Jones and the decision by university management to shut down the archaeology program bc it doesn't score well enough on their odd metric of impact/growth potential devised by some MBAs at PwC, even though the department is highest ranked on research quality in the country
Some good ideas here incl more funding at the top of the list. Is it just me or does #3 sound like a very oblique suggestion of something like Ofstead ratings for different courts theguardian.com/law/2024/dec/1…
@ValerijZisman's post on Empirical Research into the Psychology of Punishment is now live on our blog, Check it out at shorturl.at/jFS5B. Comments and questions welcome!
Life hacks shouldn’t be “waking up early” or “having organizational skills” and should be “up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start.”