UCD Constitutional Studies Group recent events
The UCD Constitutional Studies Group recently two highly successful events - an international workshop on the separation of powers, aimed primarily at scholars in the field of law and governance and a conference on recent developments in Irish constitutional law, of interest to legal practitioners and the wider community.
The international workshop "Beyond Montesquieu: Re-thinking the architecture of contemporary governance" workshop attracted participants from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.S.A. Papers delivered at the workshop addressed issues associated with modern systems of governance, including institutional fragmentation, accountability, participatory democracy, the role of courts and the influence of supranational organisations like the European Union.
The workshop was generously funded by a "New Ideas" grant from the Irish Research Council for Hmanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) to Group member Eoin Carolan. The workshop built on Eoin's previous work on "The New Separation of Powers: A Theory for the Modern State" (OUP, 2009) which was awarded the Kevin Boyle Book Prize and was also funded by the IRCHSS.
Aart Loubert, Univerity of Amsterdam; Prof. Richard Albert, Boston College; Prof. Imelda Maher, UCD.
Prof. Richard Albert, Boston College; Prof. Josh Chafetz, Cornell Law School.
Dr. Maria Cahill, UCC; Prof. Imelda Maher, UCD
Prof. William Dutton, University of Oxford; Prof. David Feldman, University of Cambridge
Here is the workshop scheduleThe Group's recent sold-out conference on developments in Irish constitutional law examined major developments in constitutional law in the last year, including the decisions in Dellway Investments v NAMA, Nottinghamshire CC v B, and the John Grace Fried Chicken Ltd litigation.
If you are interested in papers from the event, please contact Sinead Hennessy at sinead.hennessy@ucd.ie.
