Current Research Profiles

 

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Michael Ball
The Effect of the Fiscal Compact Treaty on Constitutionalism: The Divergent Approach of the UK and Ireland.
Dr Maria Cahill, Dr. Benedicte Sage-Fuller & Prof Shane Killcommins

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Sharanya Basu Roy
Failure of the Ganga Action Plan in India: An Institutional Analysis
Prof Owen McIntrye

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Paul Bradfield
The Use of Amnesty as a response to mass atrocity in Uganda. A successful transitional justice tool or forever undermined by legal retribution
Prof Siobhan Mullally

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Thomas Bullman 
The Funds Industry within Ireland and Comparisons to the EU and US.
Dr Mary Donnelly

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Maire Carney
The Impact of Participation in Family Mediation on Families and State Resources:  A (Mixed Methods) Empirical Socio-Legal Study
Dr Louise Crowley and Dr Aisling Parkes 

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Olivia Crehan
Impunity of UN Peacekeepers who perpetrate acts of sexual violence and the potential for justice
Dr Dug Cubie

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Alan Cusack
Access to Justice for Victims with Disabilities in Ireland: Forgotten Figures within our Adversarial Model of Justice.
Professor Caroline Fennell and Dr. Aisling Parkes

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Alan Desmond
Undocumented Migrants.
Professor Siobhán Mullally

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Sandra Duffy
Human Rights - Gender Recognition Law
Prof Siobhan Mullally and Dr Claire Murray

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Tara Duggan
Anti-Avoidance Tax
Dr Benedicte Sage Fuller

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Mairead Enright
The Accommodation of Islamic Divorce Law in Secular Legal Systems.
Professor Siobhán Mullally

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Louise Forde
Juvenile Justice/Child Law
Professor Ursula Kilkelly

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Caterina Gardiner 
Standard Form Online Contracts, End User Licence Agreements and 'Terms of Use': Effective Regulation for the Global Economy.
Dr Fidelma White

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Emilie Ghio
Harmonisation or Collision? European Insolvency and Rescue Law: A Case Study on the Functioning of the EU Internal Market
Prof Irene Lynch-Fannon

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Niall Harte 
“Geo-Location Data Processing & Privacy in the European Data Protection Framework: Challenges posed by Smart Mobile Devices and Location Based Services.”
Professor Maeve McDonagh

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Sarah Judge
The trial of children in the adult court.
Professor Ursula Kilkelly

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Helen Kehoe
An Examination of Ireland's implementation of Ireland's international obligations to investigate and remedy historic and systemic gendered human rights abuses. 
Prof Siobhan Mullally

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Joanne Kelleher-Ralston
Reform of Mental Health Law and services to ensure that the voice of the child is heard.
Prof Mary Donnelly and Dr Claire Murray

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Elena Knyazeva
The Protection of linguistic rights within the Russian Federation under International Human Rights Law:  Identifying models of protection in the light of Irish experience.
Professor Siobhán Mullally and Mr Sean O'Conaill

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Celia LeLievre
An analysis of Marine spatial planning role in addressing domestic and transboundar environmental impact associated with offshore renewable energy. 
Professor Owen McIntyre and Dr Benedicte Sage

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Bernard Long
A theoretical and contextual inquiry into centralising and decentralising trends in liberal theory concerning religion. 
Dr Maria Cahill and Dr Patrick O'Callaghan

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Ann Lynch
The Law and Practice of Healthcare Decision-Making in Ireland for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities - A Rational Perspective.
Professor Mary Donnelly and Dr Claire Murray

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Jonathan McCarthy
Unravelling the ‘puzzle’ the basis for the status of secured creditors in Irish law.  
Dr Mary Donnelly?

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Shane McCarthy
The Parole Board in Ireland - balancing issues of justice and risk.
Professor Shane Kilcommins

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John McNally
Regulating Commercial Environmental Information on Climate Change in the Environmental Information Age.
Dr Owen McIntyre

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Eimear Moroney
Science, Law and Juridical Fact-Finding in the Criminal Process: Clashing Concepts or Interdisciplinary Justice.
Professor Caroline Fennell 

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Jane Mulcahy
Post release supervision: practices, actions and resources in the community that enhance prospects for successful re-integration of long sentence male prisoners on release.
Dr Fiona Donson & Dr Catherine O'Sullivan

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Rosemary O'Sullivan
Should the constitution be amended to enable the Oireachtas to move towards specialisation in the family law area, with alternative forms of dispute resolution as part of the system.
Professor Ursula Kilkelly 

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Siobhan O’Byrne
The conflict between the law relating to international parental child abduction and children's rights.
Professor Ursula Kilkelly

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Claire O'Connell
Does Irish Law on Assisted Human Reproduction favour family autonomy or the child's right to identity and is such an approach in the best interests of the child? 
Dr Conor O'Mahony

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Anthony O’Dwyer
Investigating the legitimacy of extending the droit de suite, or artists resale right to other creators within an EU context.
Dr Louise Crowley

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Laurie O'Keeffe
A Critical Analysis of Enforcement of Sea-Fisheries Law in Ireland 
Professor Owen McIntyre

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Sean O'Reilly 
Enforcing European Union Law in Common Law Jurisdictions - A Study of the Courts of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Dr Áine Ryall 

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Brian O'Reilly
Research into the Proposed European Prosecutors Office and its potential impact on the Irish criminal justice system.
Dr Fiona Donson

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Kevin O’Sullivan
Digital Rights for the Information Age: Developing a Rights Based Regulatory Framework for the Resolution of Online Intellectual Property Disputes.
Professor Steve Hedley 

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Elliott Payne
Employment law for the digital age: how social media has affected the contract of employment.
Dr Darius Whelan

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Eirini Pothitou
European Welfare State in Crisis: A Comparative Study of the Greek and Irish Case.
Dr Conor O'Mahony

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Caroline Somers
End of Life Decision-making for Infants and Neonates.
Dr Mary Donnelly

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Ola Taiwo
Human Rights Challenges in the Nigerian Criminal Justice System:  Awaiting trial prisoners and prisoners on death row at the Lagos State prisons in perspective.
Dr Fiona Donson

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Maura Twomey
ESC Rights for people with disabilities in the Irish Constitution.
Dr Conor O'Mahony

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Ray Walsh
Good Faith in Irish and English Contract Law
Prof Steve Hedley

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Sean Whittaker
Legal Transplants and Regime Governing Access to Environmental Information: A Comparative Study and the Globalisation Effect of Legal Transplants.
Dr Aine Ryall

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Samuel Willbanks
Beyond Efficiency:  A Distributive Equity Approach to Institutions of Cultural Knowledge Governance in the 21 Century.
Dr Darius Whelan  

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Emma Jane Williams 
Lawyers stemming the flow of illicit money: Implications of 'gatekeeper' initiatives.
Professor Caroline Fennell and Dr Fiona Donson 

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Franz Wittmann
Children’s Rights as a weapon in the combat against sexual abuse of minors.
Professor Ursula Kilkelly & Dr Conor O'Mahony 

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