The Spring Series of the Research Colloquium is already underway for this semester! Sessions take place  on Thursdays according to the following schedule:

Thursday 9th February: Dr Dug Cubie, UCC and Dr Luke Moffett, Queen's University Belfast: “Bringing the Battlefield into the Classroom: Using Video Games to Teach and Assess International Humanitarian Law”

Thursday 9th March: Dr Seán Ó Conaill UCC: "Sustainable Finance in European Football"

Thursday 23rd March: Dr Áine Ryall, UCC: "Promoting Compliance with Climate Obligations: Issues and Challenges in Domestic Law"

Thursday 6th April: Dr Bjørn-Oliver Magsig, UCC: "Solidarity as the Mainspring of State Responsibility for Climate Change"

TBC: Dr Patrick O'Callaghan, UCC: “The Right to be Forgotten and Semantic Discontinuity”

The Series has a pre-read format, with papers being circulated to the Panel of Discussants one week in advance.

For more information on any of the events or to express interest in presenting during the Spring Series, please contact Dr Maria Cahill (maria.cahill@ucc.ie).

The Autumn Series of the Research Colloquium is gearing up for next semester! Sessions take place at 2pm on Thursdays according to the following schedule:

Thursday 22^nd September: Professor Richard Mullender, Newcastle University: “George Orwell on Law and Politics”

Thursday 29^th September: Professor Irene Lynch Fannon, UCC: "The Irish National Asset Management Agency: a Case Study on the 'Bad Bank' Option"

Thursday 20^th October: Professor Owen McIntyre, UCC: "Systemic Integration in the Continuing Evolution of International Environmental Law"

POSTPONED (was on 17th November): Dr Áine Ryall, UCC: "Strengthening Access to Environmental Justice in the EU Member States: the Transformative Role of the Court of Justice"

Thursday 24^th November: Professor Mary Donnelly, UCC: "Rebalancing Empowerment and Protection: Evolving Legal Frameworks for Impaired Capacity"

Thursday 1^st December: Professor Stéphane Beaulac, Université de Montréal: "ICUF James M. Flaherty lecture - Brexit, Scoxit and Remedial Secession: Lessons from Quebec Secession Reference Case?"

Thursday 8^th December: Dr Fidelma White, UCC: “The Directive on Liability for Defective Products – the Cinderella of the consumer acquis”

The Series has a pre-read format, with papers being circulated to the Panel of Discussants one week in advance.

For more information on any of the events or to express interest in presenting during the Autumn Series, please contact Dr Maria Cahill (maria.cahill@ucc.ie). 

The Spring Series of the Research Colloquium is underway! Sessions take place at 1pm on Thursdays according to the following schedule:

Thursday 4^th February: Dr. Maria Cahill, UCC: “Ever Closer Remoteness of the Peoples of Europe?”

Thursday 18^th February: Prof. Steve Hedley, UCC: "A Theory of Tort Theories"

Thursday 25^th February: Dr. Patrick O’Callaghan, UCC: “Comparative Law and Translation”

Thursday 3^rd March: Dr. Conor O'Mahony, UCC: "How Marriage Equality came to Ireland and the US"

Thursday 10^th March: Prof. Ursula Kilkelly, UCC: "Convention on the Rights of the Child: Redrafting for the Next Generation" 

Thursday 14^th April: Dr. Dug Cubie, UCC: "Protection of Persons in Humanitarian Crises: the Rationale for incorporating a Rights-based Approach"

Wednesday 18^th May: Dr. Dale Smith, University of Melbourne: "The Meaning of a Statute and the Content of the Law"

The Series has a pre-read format, with papers being circulated to the Panel of Discussants one week in advance. For more information on any of the events or to express interest in presenting during the Autumn Series, please contact Dr. Maria Cahill (maria.cahill@ucc.ie). 

Some of our graduates work with us in, such as Drs Aisling Parkes, Bénédicte Sage-Fuller, Claire Murray and Dug Cubie.  Others work further afield.

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REPORT ON IRISH CONSUMERS’AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF LEGAL RIGHTS

by Dr. Mary Donnelly and Dr. Fidelma White, Faculty of Law,University College Cork

April 2013

Funded by the UCC LawDepartment Strategic Research Fund 2012/13

IRISH CONSUMER AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE REPORT

This Report presents the results of an empirical study conducted by staff at the Faculty of Law, University College Cork (UCC) in relation to consumers’ self-perception and their actualknowledge of the law.[1]

Report on Irish Consumers' Awareness and Knowledge of Legal Rights

[1]Mary Donnelly, Senior Lecturer in Law; Fidelma White, Senior Lecturer in Law,and Cormac Gilroy, Research Assistant.  We are grateful to the UCC Law Department Strategic Research Fund which provided funding for this study and to Dr. Darius Whelan.