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Professor Imelda Patricia Maher BCL LLM
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Biography:
Imelda Maher moved to UCD in 2006 to take up the newly established Sutherland Chair of European Law. She previously worked at the London School of Economics; the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University (where she was Director of the Centre for Competition and Consumer Policy); Birkbeck College, University of London; and Warwick University. She has also held Fellowships or visiting appointments at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London; Sydney University School of Law and Lund University, Sweden. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia. In 2008 she gave the prestigious general course lectures on economic governance at the Academcy of European Law, European University Institute, Florence. |
Research Interests
| Her main research interest is in law and governance and her work straddles the two domains of competition law and EU law. Her current work addresses the changing nature of economic goverance and its relationship with law in the European context. She is also continuning her work on competition networks and their increasing prevalence internationally. |
Research Projects
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : PhD programme in EU Law and governance Start Date / End Date : 11-NOV-06 / 31-JUL-07 |
Books
| Ardy, B., Begg, I., Hodson, D., Maher, I., Mayes, D.; (2006) Adjusting to EMU. Basingstoke: Macmillan. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher; (1999) Competition Law: Alignment and Reform. Dublin: Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Imelda Maher (2012) 'Transnational Legal Authority in Competition Law and Governance: Commonality and Networks' In: Günther Handl, Joachim Zekoll and Peer Zumbansen (eds). Beyond Territoriality: Transnational Legal Authority in an Age of Globalization. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff.  [Details] |
| Imelda Maher (2012) 'Competition Policy' In: Erik Jones, Anand Menon, Stephen Weatherill (eds). The Oxford Handbook of the European Union. UK: Oxford. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher and Oana Stefan (2010) 'Competition Law in Europe: The Challenge of a Network Constitution' In: Dawn Oliver, Tony Prosser, Rick Rawlings (eds). The Regulatory State:Constitutional Implications. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher (2011) 'Irish Legal Scholarship Abroad: The UK Experience' In: Jennifer Schweppe and Thomas Mohr (eds). Thirty Years of Legal Scholarship: The Irish Association of Law Teachers. Dublin: Round Hall. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher; (2011) 'The Legal Dimension in EU Integration' In: Ali M. El-Agraa (eds). The European Union: Economics and Policies 9th edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher; (2010) ''Trust and EU Law and Governance'' In: Catherine Barnard and Okeoghene Odudu (eds). The Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 2009-2010 vol. 12. Oxford: Hart Publishing. [Details] |
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| Imelda Maher; (2011) 'Competition Law Modernization: An Evolutionary Tale?' In: Paul Craig and Gráinne de Búrca (eds). The Evolution of EU Law (2nd ed). Oxford: OUP. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I.; (2008) 'Exploitative Abuses: Which Competition Policy, Which Public Policy?' In: Govaere, I., Ullrich, H (eds). Intellectual Property, Market Power and the Public Interest. Brussels: PIE Peter Lang. [Details] |
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| Maher, I. ; (2007) 'Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights in Ireland' In: Anderman, S (eds). The Interface between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. ; (2007) 'EU Law' In: Ronald Tiersky and Erik Jones (eds). Europe Today: A Twenty-First Century Introduction. Boulder, Colorado: Rowman & Littlefield. [Details] | |||||||||
| Imelda.Maher; (2006) 'The Interface of EC Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights: The Essential and the Innovative' In: John Bell and Claire Kilpatrick (eds). Cambridge Yearbook of European Law. Oxford: Hart. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. ; (2005) 'Networking Competition Authorities in the European Union: Diversity and Change' In: C-D Ehlermann and I. Atanasiu (eds). European Competition Law Annual 2002: Constructing the EU Network of Competition Authorities. Oxford: Hart. [Details] | |||||||||
| Bohjani, S., Brown R., Maher, I.; (2005) 'Australia' In: Metha, P (eds). Competition Regimes in the World - A Civil Society Report. Jaipur: CUTS- INCSOC. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. ; (2004) 'Regulatory Compliance and the Rule of Law: Evaluating the Performance of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission' In: Barker, M (eds). Appraising the Performance of Regulatory Agencies. Canberra: Australian Institute of Administrative Law. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. ; (2004) 'Irish Competition Law' In: G. Dannecker and O. Jansen (eds). The Transnational Application and Enforcement of Law in the European Legal Sphere. The Hague: Kluwer. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. ; (2000) 'The EU as a Model of International Dispute Resolution: Integration Through Flexibility?' In: Komura, C (eds). Dreams and Dilemmas in the Asia-Pacific Region. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. [Details] | |||||||||
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Edited Books
| Francis Snyder, Imelda Maher (Ed.). (2009) The Evolution of the European Courts: Institutional Change and Continuity/L¿évolution des juridictions européennes: Changements et continuité. Brussels: Bruylant. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Imelda Maher (2011) 'A Fine Balance: The National Courts, the European Commission and EU Competition law'. Dublin University Law Journal, 33 :152-171. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher; (2011) ''Competition Law and Transnational Private Regulatory Regimes: Marking the Cartel Boundary''. Journal of Law and Society, 38 (1):141-159. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher; (2009) 'Functional and Normative Delegation to Non-Majoritarian Institutions: The Case of the European Competition Network'. Comparative European Politics, 7 :414-434. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher, Stijn Billiet, Dermot Hodson; (2009) 'The Principal-Agent Approach to EU Studies: Apply Liberally but Handle with Care'. Comparative European Politics, 7 (4):409-413. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher; (2009) 'Introduction: Regulating Markets and Social Europe: New Governance in the EU'. European Law Journal, 15 (2):155-159. [Details] |
| Imelda Maher; (2008) 'Regulation and Modes of Governance in EC Competition Law: What's New in Enforcement?'. Fordham International Law Journal, 31 (6):1713-1740. [Details] |
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| Imelda Maher; (2008) 'editorial'. European Law Journal, 14 (6):689-692. [Details] |
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| Maher, I. ; (2004) 'Law and the Open Method of Coordination'. Journal of Comparative Government and European Policy, 2 (2):248-263. [Details] | |||||||||
| Imelda Maher; (2002) 'Competition Law in the International Domain: Networks as a New Form of Governance'. Journal of Law and Society, 29 (1):112-136. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. ; (2007) 'Economic Governance: Hybridity, Accountability and Control'. Columbia Journal of European Law, :679-703. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I.; (2006) 'Committing to Change: Economic Governance and the EU Constitution'. European Law Journal, 12 (1):9-12. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. and Wincott, D.; (2006) 'Critical Perspectives on Governance, Legitimacy and Democracy in the European Union: A Symposium''. European Law Journal, 12 (6):707-708. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. & Drahos, P. (eds.); (2004) 'Innovation, Competition, Standards and Intellectual Property: Policy Perspectives from Economics and Law'. Information Economics and Policy, 16 (1):1-158. [Details] | |||||||||
| Imelda Maher; (2004) 'Soft Law and Sanctions: Economic Policy Coordination and Reform of the Stability and Growth Pact'. Journal of European Public Policy, 11 (5):806-821. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I., Begg, I. & Hodson, D.; (2003) 'Economic Policy Coordination in the European Union'. National Institute Economic Review, 183 :67-77. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. & Hodson, D.; (2002) 'Economic and Monetary Union: Balancing Credibility and Legitimacy in an Asymmetric Policy-Mix'. Journal of European Public Policy, 9 (3):391-407. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. & Hodson, D.; (2001) 'The Open Method as a New Mode of Governance: The Case of Soft Economic Policy Co-ordination'. Journal of Common Market Studies, 39 (4):719-745. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. ; (2000) 'Re-imagining the Story of European Competition Law'. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 20 :155-166. [Details] | |||||||||
| Maher, I. ; (2000) 'Juridification, Codification and Sanction in UK Competition Law'. Modern Law Review, 63 :54-569. [Details] | |||||||||
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Working Paper
| Imelda Maher; (2007) Exploitative Abuses: Which Competition Policy, Which Public Policy?. Bruges: Working Paper [Details] |
| Imelda Maher; (2006) THE RULE OF LAW AND AGENCY: THE CASE OF COMPETITION POLICY. Working Paper [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2011. Title: Member, Royal Irish Academy |
Associations
| Association: Academic Society for Competition Law, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: European Law Institute, Function/Role: Founding Member |
| Association: Council of European Studies Research Network : European Integration and the Global Political Economy, Function/Role: member |
Conference Contributions
| Maher, I; (2009) Discussant. [Invited Oral Presentation], Antitrust Marathon IV: With Authority, Dublin , 26-OCT-09 - 27-OCT-10. |
Committees
| Committee : Vice-Chair, Private International Law Coordinating Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law |
| Committee : Executive Committee, Society of Legal Scholars of the UK and Ireland |
Education
| Year 1988 Institution: Hon Society of Kings Inns, IRL Qualification: Barrister-at-Law Subject: |
| Year 1987 Institution: Temple University, PA, USA Qualification: LLM Subject: |
| Year 1985 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: BCL Subject: |
Outreach Activities
| Appointed Non-Governmental Advisor by the Irish Competition Authority, 10th Annual Conference of the International Competition Network, The Hague, June 2011. |
Other Activities
| BCL (NUI) LLM (Temple) Barrister-at-Law (Kings Inns) |