# administrative law (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover administrative law. Page: Feed: --- ## [Welcome the new Global Academic Fellow Dr Xiangyi Ren!](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/08/welcome-new-global-academic-fellow-dr_01631341782.html) _2026-08-19 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ Welcome to Dr Xiangyi Ren who joined the Faculty of Law as a Global Academic Fellow. Dr. Xiangyi (Tami) Ren is a socio-legal scholar studying legal and policy change in Mainland China. Her research examines how legal knowledge is produced, circulated, and transformed through the interaction between court operations and lawmaking processes. Her current research examines the operation of ## [Welcome the new Global Academic Fellow Dr Marianne Von Blomberg!](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/08/welcome-new-global-academic-fellow-dr.html) _2026-08-17 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ Welcome to Dr Marianne Von Blomberg who joined the Faculty of Law as a Global Academic Fellow. Marianne von Blomberg is a Global Academic Fellow (postdoctoral researcher) at the Law and Technology Centre of the University of Hong Kong. She also participates in a research project on corporate social responsibility regimes and techno-regulation in Europe and China at the Bern University of Applied ## [Spreading Jesus Through the OMB: The Final Levers OMB Has Over Agencies are “Management Initiatives”](https://www.crisesnotes.com/spreading-jesus-through-the-omb-the-final-levers-omb-has-over-agencies-are-management-initiatives/) _2026-08-14 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ This is a free piece of Notes on the Crises. All pieces in our OMB coverage will be free. Please take out a paid subscription to support this work. Or leave a tip . Joshua Lawrence is a research fellow at Notes on the Crises and graduate of Sarah Lawrence ## [Benjamin Chen et al on Mitigating the Judicial Human–AI Fairness Gap (Journal of Legal Analysis)](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/08/benjamin-chen-et-al-on-mitigating.html) _2026-08-14 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ "Mitigating the judicial human–AI fairness gap"Benjamin Chen, Yoan Hermstrüwer, Pascal Langenbach, Alexander Stremitzer, Kevin TobiaJournal of Legal Analysis, Volume 18, Issue 1, 2026, Pages 207–242Published online: July 2026Abstract: Machine adjudication is perceived as less fair than human judging. We study whether hybrid procedures, in which a human consults an algorithmic recommendation ## [Craig Purshouse on Rethinking negligence liability for ‘pure psychiatric damage’: an analogy with assault (Legal Studies)](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/08/craig-purshouse-on-rethinking.html) _2026-08-12 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ "Rethinking negligence liability for ‘pure psychiatric damage’: an analogy with assault"Craig PurshouseLegal StudiesPublished online: July 2026Abstract: Orthodox accounts of negligence liability for ‘pure psychiatric damage’ view it as protecting the claimants’ interest in their psychiatric health and often attack English law’s restrictive duty of care rules for inadequately safeguarding ## [The Great Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 Was First and Foremost a Liquidity Crisis: Lessons for the Data Center Financial Crisis Debate](https://www.crisesnotes.com/the-great-financial-crisis-of-2007-2009-was-first-and-foremost-a-liquidity-crisis/) _2026-08-11 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ The reason I care so much about keeping the record clear about the causes of the Great Financial Crisis is that I think there are many important lessons about how the financial system works in that crisis. ## [New book by Julius Yam on Judging for Democracy (Cambridge University Press)](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/08/new-book-by-julius-yam-on-judging-for.html) _2026-08-10 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ Judging for Democracy: Principles and Strategies in Hybrid RegimesJulius YamCambridge University PressPublished in July 2026276 pp.Book description: This book examines how constitutional courts can sustainably contribute to advancing democratic norms in hybrid regimes, i.e. regimes that are neither fully democratic nor fully authoritarian. Using a comparative approach analysing cases from ## [Trevor Wan on Anchoring Proportionality in China (International Journal of Constitutional Law)](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/08/trevor-wan-on-anchoring-proportionality.html) _2026-08-07 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ "Anchoring Proportionality in China"Trevor WanInternational Journal of Constitutional LawPublished online: July 2026Abstract: Proportionality, the lingua franca of rights adjudication across the globe, is not a lost cause in China. It has attained a modest jurisprudential, epistemic, and discursive presence, with proportionality-resembling formulations scattered across statutes and judicial ## [A Hidden Geopolitical Threat to the Global Financial System? Oddities in the U.S.-Japanese Yen Intervention](https://www.crisesnotes.com/a-hidden-geopolitical-threat-to-the-global-financial-system-oddities-in-the-u-s-japanese-yen-intervention/) _2026-08-05 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ This is a Premium Piece of Notes on the Crises. Buy a Paid Subscription Give a Tip! I am way overdue on commentary on international financial and currency markets. I hope, by the end of the month, to have my long delayed big picture piece on “Dollar Hegemony After ## [HKU Law Welcomes Prof. Michael Tsimplis](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/08/hku-law-welcomes-prof-michael-tsimplis.html) _2026-08-05 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ Welcome to Prof. Michael Tsimplis, who joins the Faculty of Law as a Professor.Professor Michael (Mikis) Tsimplis has been with the Faculty of Law since July 2026. Before joining HKU Mikis worked for CityU (2018-2026). Before 2018 Mikis worked in various academic and leadership positions for the University of Southampton and before that for the UK Natural Environment Research Council. He has ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IUdXeDahShKg) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Ryan Whalen et al on Measuring Human Contribution in AI-Assisted Content Generation](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/08/ryan-whalen-et-al-on-measuring-human.html) _2026-08-03 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ "Measuring Human Contribution in AI-Assisted Content Generation"Yueqi Xie, Tao Qi, Jingwei Yi, Xiyuan Yang, Ryan Whalen, Junming Huang, Qian Ding, Yu Xie, Xing Xie, Fangzhao WuACL AnthologyPublished online: July 2026Abstract: With the growing prevalence of generative AI, an increasing amount of content is no longer exclusively generated by humans but by generative AI models with human ## [Benjamin Chen and Xinyu Xie on The Alignment Target Problem: Divergent Moral Judgments of Humans, AI Systems, and Their Designers (FAccT '26)](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/07/benjamin-chen-and-xinyu-xie-on.html) _2026-07-31 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ "The Alignment Target Problem: Divergent Moral Judgments of Humans, AI Systems, and Their Designers"Benjamin Chen, Xinyu Xie (PhD Candidate)ACM FAccT '26Published online: June 2026Abstract: The project of aligning machine behavior with human values raises a basic problem: whose moral expectations should guide AI decision-making? Much alignment research assumes that the appropriate ## [\*Sigh\* No Ed Zitron, AI bond issuance is not AI’s "Subprime Mortgage Crisis”](https://www.crisesnotes.com/sigh-no-ed-zitron-ai-bond-issuance-is-not-ais-subprime-mortgage-crisis/) _2026-07-30 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ EDITORIAL NOTE: Given the importance of this issue, and in a desire to be fair when writing such a critical piece, I sent a draft of this article to Ed Zitron to review and give his response to. I've clarified a few points here and there in response ## [Congratulations to Professor Ying Xia and Professor Ying Zhu!](https://researchblog.law.hku.hk/2026/07/congratulations-to-professor-ying-xia.html) _2026-07-30 · HKU Law · HKU Legal Scholarship Blog_ Congratulations to Prof. Ying Xia and Prof. Ying Zhu on their promotion to Associate Professor! Prof. Xia is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work focuses on environmental governance and developmental studies, taking a socio-legal approach. She is a leading contributor to the rapidly growing field of environmental governance in China. To read more about Prof. Xia's research ## [Christmas is Not Essential: the Levers OMB has Over Agencies under Continuing Resolutions and Government Shutdowns](https://www.crisesnotes.com/christmas-is-not-essential-the-levers-omb-has-over-agencies-under-continuing-resolutions-and-government-shutdowns/) _2026-07-28 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ This is a free piece of Notes on the Crises. All pieces in this OMB series will be free. Please take out a paid subscription to support this work. Or leave a tip . Joshua Lawrence is a research fellow at Notes on the Crises and graduate of Sarah Lawrence ## [BREAKING: HUD is Planning on Hobbling Federal Financial Assistance for Housing by Burying it in Paperwork.](https://www.crisesnotes.com/breaking-hud-is-planning-on-hobbling-federal-financial-assistance-for-housing/) _2026-07-23 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ This is a free piece of Notes on the Crises. Please take out a paid subscription so that breaking news coverage like this can be kept free. Or leave a tip . Have non-public information about the Trump Administration Unitary Executive and Impoundment Crisis? Get into contact! ## [The Oil Market is a Conventional Wisdom Processor](https://www.crisesnotes.com/the-oil-market-is-a-conventional-wisdom-processor/) _2026-07-21 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ I had so many thoughts about the run up to- and beginning of- the Trump-Iran war. My biggest thoughts were focused on how the ideas that I developed about the stock market as a “conventional wisdom processor” applied- or would apply- to the behavior of the oil market given Trump’s behavior. ## [Notes on the Crises on Bloomberg Odd Lots: Lev Menand and Nathan Tankus on Why Fed Independence Is Now Hanging by a Thread](https://www.crisesnotes.com/notes-on-the-crises-on-bloomberg-odd-lots-lev-menand-and-nathan-tankus-on-why-fed-independence-is-now-hanging-by-a-thread/) _2026-07-18 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ Last August, President Trump made the unprecedented choice of moving to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook ## [The Devil is in the Footnotes: The Fourth and Fifth Levers OMB Has Over Agencies](https://www.crisesnotes.com/the-devil-is-in-the-footnotes-the-fourth-and-fifth-levers-omb-has-over-agencies/) _2026-07-16 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ This is a free piece of Notes on the Crises. All pieces in this OMB series will be free. Please take out a paid subscription to support this work. Or leave a tip . Joshua Lawrence is a research fellow at Notes on the Crises and graduate of Sarah Lawrence ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vwocSLBIvFEy) _2026-07-16 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Alan Greenspan’s Death is a Chance to Remember the Heroism of his Most Powerful Critic](https://www.crisesnotes.com/alan-greenspans-death-is-a-chance-to-remember-the-heroism-of-his-most-powerful-critic/) _2026-07-14 · Notes on the Crises · Notes on the Crises_ This is a free piece of Notes on the Crises. Subscribe to support our work. Subscribe Today! When I first learned of Alan Greenspan’s death at the age of 100 a few weeks ago, my first thoughts were not about any of his actions, his relationship to Ayn