Irish Society of Comparative Law
Events
Future Among other projects, a public lecture and the 2010 conference are currently being considered.
Past The inaugural, international conference and Annual General Meeting were held at the University of Limerick (27-28 February 2009). In addition to our plenary speakers, over fifty papers were delivered by conference attendees from Ireland, Britain, and beyond (below). Publication of conference proceedings and of selected articles based on papers delivered there is currently being organised.
Plenary Papers 2009 Professor John Bell (University of Cambridge), ‘Collaborative research: the future of comparative law?’ Professor Attila Harmathy (Vice-President, International Academy of Comparative Law and former Judge of the Constitutional Court of Hungary), ‘The European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, and the protection of property’. [Plenary Paper]
Conference Papers 2009 ◦Dr Sibo Banda (National University of Ireland, Maynooth), ‘A comparative approach to the development and maturity of the doctrine of indirect horizontality in the Irish legal system.’ ◦Martina Brady (PhD Candidate, University College, Dublin), ‘Patenting of emerging technologies: stem cell research and regulation.’ ◦Claire Bruton (Barrister and PhD Candidate, National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘Reasonable accommodation and disability discrimination in employment: a comparative analysis.’ ◦Dr David Capper (Queen’s University, Belfast), ‘The unconscionable bargain in common law jurisprudence.’ ◦Keiva Carr (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa), ‘System development and liability rules in governing medical accidents: a comparative analysis.’ ◦Professor Eleanor Cashin-Ritaine (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law), ‘The relation between applied and fundamental research in comparative law.’ ◦Professor Ignazio Castellucci (University of Macau; University of Trento), ‘Rule of what?: the rule of law and the others.’ ◦Mark Coen (PhD candidate, Trinity College, Dublin), ‘Stand your ground: the cross-jurisdictional controversy of self-defence and the burglar.’ ◦Donal Coffey (PhD Candidate, University College, Dublin), ‘Commonwealth perspectives on the abdication of King Edward VIII.’ ◦Dr Vicky Conway (University of Limerick) and Jennifer Schweppe (University of Limerick), Centre for Criminal Justice (UL), ‘State responses to miscarriages of justice: an overview.’ ◦Professor Anton Cooray (School of Law, City University of Hong Kong), ‘Trusts without equity in Sri Lanka: form or substance?’ ◦Dr Pablo Cortés (University of Leicester), ‘An analysis of offers to settle in common law courts: are they relevant in the civil law context?’ ◦Professor Alain Couret (Paris 1-Pantheon-Sorbonne), ‘Conflicts of interest in European business law.’ ◦Louise Crowley (University College, Cork), ‘Asset distribution on divorce: the lessons Irish lawmakers can learn from the experience of others.’ ◦Eoin Daly (PhD Candidate, University College, Cork), ‘Constitutional church-state separation in comparative perspective: is the rights-based rationale of constitutional secularism limited by extra-legal and historical context?’ ◦Dr Yvonne Daly (Dublin City University), ‘Rationalising exclusion: unconstitutionally obtained evidence in Ireland and the United States.’ ◦Carole Deschamps (Independent), ‘The impact of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks on copyright law in France, Ireland and the UK.’ ◦Margaret Devaney (Researcher, Law Reform Commission), ‘Damages for personal injuries and the aim of Restitutio in Integrum: a comparative law assessment.’ ◦Professor Brice Dickson (Queen’s University, Belfast), ‘Comparative legal approaches to the human rights of suspected terrorists.’ ◦Alice Diver (University of Ulster) and Dr Lynn Ramsey (Letterkenny Institute of Technology), ‘Cross-border issues in collaborative family law.’ ◦Dr Michael Doherty (Dublin City University), ‘A bleak house: trade union recognition rights and the law in Ireland.’ ◦Dr Seán Patrick Donlan (University of Limerick), ‘“The debt is forgotten”: a compendious view of Arthur Browne, c1756-1805.’ ◦Dr Mariolina Eliantonio (Maastricht University), ‘National procedural law and the ECJ.’ ◦Eilionóir Flynn (PhD candidate, University College, Cork), ‘Rights-enforcement for people with disabilities: a comparative study of statutory advocacy services in Ireland and Victoria.’ ◦James Gallen (PhD Candidate, Trinity College, Dublin), ‘The criminal laws and procedure of Nepal: a comparative and international perspective.’ ◦Maebh Harding (University of Portsmouth), ‘The validity of polygamous marriage in a monogamous system.’ ◦Dr Edel Hughes (University of Limerick), ‘Regulating freedom of religion: the European approach’. ◦Magdalena Kancler (PhD candidate, University of Limerick), ‘To be or not to be born? – civil liability for damage resulting from birth in a comparative context: recent Polish and Irish caselaw concerning wrongful birth and wrongful conception.’ ◦Dr Cliona Kelly (National University of Ireland, Galway) and Dr Pascale Duparc Portier (National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘Invasion of privacy: new horizons or playing catch up?’ ◦Lorraine Lally (Independent), ‘The right to silence of an accused: study of the Irish position in light of international human rights law.’ ◦Frank MacNamara (Independent), ‘The status of economic migration in Europe: the experience of Ireland from a comparative law perspective.’ ◦Dr Alison Mawhinney (Queen’s University, Belfast), ‘“May God direct and sustain me”: religious oath-taking and freedom of religion in Ireland.’ ◦Maria McDonald (Barrister), ‘Hearsay evidence in Canada and Ireland’. ◦Patrick A McInerney (University of Limerick), ‘Negligently inflicted psychological harm and the “sudden shock” requirement: a comparative analysis.’ ◦Dr Thomas Mohr (University College, Dublin), ‘British Imperial law: a forgotten source of comparative law.’ ◦Niamh Mulholland (PhD Candidate, University College, Dublin), ‘In pursuit of market integrity: a comparative analysis of the development of insider dealing law in Ireland and Australia.’ ◦Carol Ní Ghiollarnáth (PhD researcher, Maastricht University), ‘Ireland could learn a thing or two from the Netherlands!: tax incentives for renewable energy: how far has Ireland come and is it far enough?’. ◦Dr Derek O’Brien (Oxford Brookes), ‘CARICOM and its Court of Justice.’ ◦Seán Ó Conaill, (PhD Candidate, Language, Policy and Planning Research Unit at Cardiff University), ‘Minority language rights and the criminal law: a comparative overview of differing approaches in Ireland, Canada and the United Kingdom.’ ◦Charles O’Mahoney (PhD Fellow Disability Law and Policy Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway; Law Reform Commission, Principal Legal Researcher on the Juries Project),‘Reform of the jury in common law jurisdictions.’ ◦Dr Marie-Luce Paris (University College, Dublin), ‘Implementing the European Convention on Human Rights: a comparative constitutional perspective with references to Ireland, the UK and France’. ◦Dr Aisling Parkes (University College, Cork), ‘Children should be seen and not heard?: a comparative analysis of the implementation of Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989.’ ◦David Prendergast (PhD Candidate, Trinity College, Dublin), ‘The one person, one vote rule in Ireland and the US.’ ◦Bénédicte Sage (University College, Cork), ‘Comparative implementations of the precautionary principle in Europe, with special references to France, the UK and Ireland.’ ◦Giovanni Tamburrini (PhD Candidate, Rome, La Sapienza), ‘Nonprofit organizations and patrons’ protection: a comparative legal and economic analysis of civil law and common law systems.’ ◦Dr Sophie Turenne (University of Cambridge), ‘Legal authority and rhetoric: rationalising the decisions of the ECJ’ ◦Professor Dermot Walsh (University of Limerick), ‘Comparative perspectives on police organisation in common law and civil law jurisdictions in the European Union.’ ◦Una Woods (University of Limerick), ‘The treatment of the bad faith squatter at home and abroad.’ ◦Rebecca L Zahn (PhD Candidate, Edinburgh), ‘Non-state actors in the European Union – can comparative labour law solve the problem?’
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