Author: Michał Stambulski

[Michał Stambulski is an Assistant Professor in legal theory at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University] Contemporary conflicts over democracy play out on two intertwined planes. In the streets, they are intensely kinetic: bodies of protesters and police collide in public space while livestreams and viral clips race through social-media feeds, competing for attention and spurring fresh waves of mobilisation. Echoing Hong Kong’s maxim that...

[Jeff Handmaker is an Associate Professor of legal sociology at Erasmus University. Mikel Díez Sarasola is an Assistant Lecturer of constitutional law at the University of the Basque Country. Sanne Taekema is a Professor of legal theory at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University.. Michał Stambulski is an Assistant Professor of legal theory at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University.] Protests are non-formal expressions of...