Book Prize for Dr Eoin Carolan
The inaugural Kevin Boyle Book Prize has been awarded to UCD School of Law lecturer Eoin Carolan for his book The New Separation of Powers: A Theory for the Modern State (Oxford University Press, 2009).
The prize is awarded by the Irish Association of Law Teachers for the best legal publication by an Irish-based author for the previous two years. The book proposes a new understanding of the separation of powers theory which, it is argued, would provide higher standards of accountability and decision-making in government.
The book was funded in part by the IRCHSS and UCD’s Seed Funding Scheme and has been described as “thought-provoking and based on consummate scholarship” (Modern Law Review) and as “a book that deserves to be widely read and widely debated” which “has made a lasting contribution to the discipline” (Public Law).
