For decades, UCD has been at the forefront of constitutional scholarship in Ireland. The School of Law has produced a host of graduates and scholars who have shaped the development of constitutional law and theory in Ireland and overseas. Today, the staff of the School of Law include a large number of nationally and internationally recognised experts in the area of constitutional studies. The staff of the School have an active research and publication record in the fields of Irish constitutional law, European constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, constitutional governance and constitutional history and theory, and have been extensively involved in the work of national and international bodies in these areas. School staff are also heavily involved in supervising the large number of postgraduate students who choose to conduct research into this area in UCD. The School is also in the process of establishing a new Constitutional Studies Group, which will further enhance the School's leading role in conducting interdisciplinary research and encouraging public understanding and debate on questions of constitutional law and theory.
Staff: Dr Marie-Luce Paris, John O’Dowd