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Dr Suzanne Kingston PhD BL LLM BA
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Biography:
| Suzanne has lectured at UCD since 2007. She has published widely on EU law issues in leading international peer-reviewed journals, including in the fields of EU competition law, EU environmental law, EU taxation law and EU human rights law. Her work has been cited by the EU's judiciary. Recent significant publications include the monograph Greening EU Competition Law and Policy (Cambridge University Press, October 2011, shortlisted for the Society of Legal Scholars' 2012 Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship) and (as editor and contributor) European Perspectives on Environmental Law and Policy (Routledge, 2012). She has been a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University, the University of Leiden, Queen's University, Belfast, and Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, and is frequently invited to speak on EU-related issues at international and domestic conferences. She is a principal investigator at UCD's Earth Institute and a member of the UCD Centre for Regulation and Governance and the Dublin European Institute. |
Research Interests
| Suzanne's research focuses primarily on EU law and policy and its interplay with national and international law. To date, her research has centred on:
She has a particular interest in interdisciplinary approaches, especially law/economics, law/political theory, and (especially in the environmental law context) law/science. Her PhD research considered the role of environmental protection in EU competition law and policy, examining this issue from legal, economic and governance perspectives. |
Research Projects
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Application for Funding for Monograph Publication Start Date / End Date : 17-MAY-10 / 16-NOV-11 |
| Sponsor : Higher Education Authority (HEA) Title : PRTLI 5: ESI-PhD-ENS - Split Accounts School of Law Start Date / End Date : 01-MAR-11 / 28-FEB-16 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Application for Funding for a Textbook Publication Start Date / End Date : 01-MAY-12 / 31-OCT-13 |
| Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD) Title : Linking emissions trading schemes ¿ legal aspects and regulatory challenges. Start Date / End Date : 01-MAY-12 / 31-OCT-13 |
Books
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2011) Greening EU Competition Law and Policy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2010) Manual on European Union Law. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Kingston, Suzanne (2012) 'Competition and environmental protection: A case of ne'er the twain shall meet?' In: European Competition Law Annual 2012. Oxford: Hart. [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne (2012) 'Introduction' In: European Perspectives on Environmental Law and Governance. Abingdon: Routledge. [Details] |
| Suzanne Kingston; (2012) 'The European Court of Justice and Regional Taxation' In: Federalism in the EU. Oxford: Hart Publishing. [Details] |
| Suzanne Kingston; (2012) 'Difficulties in Enforcement and the Continuing Unfulfilled Promise of EU Environmental Law' In: European Perspectives on Environmental Law and Governance. Abingdon: Routledge. [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2008) 'Social and Employment Law' In: Kapteyn & Verloren van Themaat: The Law of the European Union and the European Communities. The Netherlands: Kluwer. [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2007) 'The Boundaries of Sovereignty: The ECJ's Controversial Role Applying the Internal Market Rules to Taxation' In: Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] | |||||||||
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Edited Books
| Suzanne Kingston (Ed.). (2012) European Perspectives on Environmental Law and Governance. Abingdon: Routledge. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Suzanne Kingston; (2012) 'Schmelz and Rimbaud'. Common Market Law Review, . [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2010) 'Developments in Environmental Law'. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, . [Details] |
| Fiona de Londras and Suzanne Kingston; (2010) 'Rights, Security and Conflicting Obligations: Exploring Inter-Jurisdictional Judicial Dialogues in Europe'. American Journal of Comparative Law, . [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2010) 'Integrating Environmental Protection and EC Competition Law: Why Competition Isn¿t Special'. European Law Journal, . [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2009) 'Joined Cases C-468/06 to C-478/06 Sot. Lelos'. Common Market Law Review, . [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2009) '"Ireland's Options after the Lisbon Referendum: Strategies, Implications and Competing Visions of Europe"'. European Law Review, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2007) 'A light in the darkness? Recent Developments in the ECJ's case law on taxation'. Common Market Law Review, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2001) '"A new division of responsibilities" in the Proposed Regulation to modernise the rules implementing A81/82 EC? A warning call'. European Competition Law Review, . [Details] | |||||||||
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Conference Publications
| Kingston, Suzanne (2012) Developments in Access to Environmental Justice in Ireland and Europe Law and the Environment 2012 [Details] |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2010) Integrating Environmental Protection Requirements into EU Competition Law and Policy: Why Competition Isn't Special Second Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Law and Economics [Details] |
Dictionary Entry
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2009) "Institutions" in Irish entry in the Antitrust Encyclopaedia, published by www.concurrences.com. Dictionary Entry [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Kingston, Suzanne (2009) Irish Yearbook of International Law: Book Review, Sieberson, Dividing Lines between the European Union and its Member States: The Impact of the Treaty of Lisbon (The Hague, TCM Asser Press, 2008) and Pech, The European Union and its Constitution: From the Rome to Lisbon Treaties (Dublin, Clarus Press, 2008). Book Reviews [Details] |
| Kingston (2010) Common Market Law Review, Book Review: Ryall, Effective Judicial Protection and the EIA directive in Ireland (Hart, 2009). Book Reviews [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2012. Title: Seed Funding |
| Year: 2011. Title: Funding as Principal Investigator supervising PhD on Regulating Climate Change at Earth Institute, UCD |
| Year: 2011. Title: Visiting Research Fellow, European Union Centre of Excellence |
| Year: 2009. Title: Seed Funding |
| Year: 2007. Title: Affiliated Lecturer |
| Year: 2001. Title: Stage scholar of the Bar Council of England and Wales |
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| Year: 2000. Title: Graham Challis Scholar of The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn |
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| Year: 2000. Title: The Lee Essay Prize |
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| Year: 1997. Title: University College Oxford Law Prize |
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Associations
| Association: University Association for Contemporary European Studies, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Irish Association of Law Teachers, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Irish Environmental Law Association, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Society of Legal Scholars, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Bar of Ireland, Function/Role: Barrister |
| Association: Bar of England and Wales, Function/Role: Barrister | |||||||||
| Association: Irish Society for European Law, Function/Role: Member | |||||||||
| Association: Irish Centre for European Law, Function/Role: Member | |||||||||
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Conference Contributions
| Kingston, Suzanne (2012) Human Rights in EU Law and Policy. [Invited Oral Presentation], 12th Annual IHRC/Law Society Conference - Promoting and Protection Human Rights in Ireland - the Role of the Irish Constitution and European Law, Dublin , 13-OCT-12 - 13-OCT-12. |
| Kingston, Suzanne (2012) Competition and environmental protection: A case of ne'er the twain shall meet?. [Invited Oral Presentation], 17th Annual EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop: Public policies, regulation and economic distress, Florence , 13-JUL-12 - 15-JUL-12. |
| Kingston, Suzanne (2012) Developments in Access to Environmental Justice in Ireland and Europe. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Law and the Environment, University College Cork , 29-MAR-12 - 29-MAR-12. |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2011) Difficulties in enforcement and the continuing unfulfilled promise of EU environmental law. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Frontiers of European Environmental Law and Policy, Dublin , 25-FEB-11 - 25-FEB-11. |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2011) Remedies before the EU Courts. [Invited Lecture], Remedies in EU Law - Irish Centre of European Law Conference, Dublin , 27-JAN-11 - 27-JAN-11. |
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2011) From a European Economic Community to an EU of values: Assessing the limits of the ever closer union. [Invited Lecture], Visiting EUCE Scholar Lecture,Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Toronto , 15-MAR-11 - 15-MAR-11. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2011) Rights, Security and Conflicting International Obligations: the ECJ's judgment in Kadi and its aftermath. [Invited Lecture], Visiting EUCE Scholar Lecture, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Toronto , 17-MAR-11 - 17-MAR-11. | |||||||||
| Suzanne Kingston; (2011) Regional taxation and the European Court of Justice. [Invited Lecture], Federalism in the European Union, Leuven, Belgium , 13-MAY-11 - 13-MAY-11. | |||||||||
| Suzanne Kingston; (2011) The EU's environmental state aid rules - a more economic approach?. [International Refereed Conference], Second Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Law and Economics, Universiteit van Amsterdam , 24-JUN-11 - 24-JUN-11. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2010) Integrating Environmental Protection Requirements into EU Competition Law and Policy: Why Competition Isn't Special. [International Refereed Conference], Second Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Law and Economics, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, US , 26-MAR-10 - 27-MAR-10. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2010) Regulating Climate Change: Power, Politics and the Promise of Climate Justice. [Chaired Session], Third biennial conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, UCD, Dublin , 18-JUN-10 - 18-JUN-10. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2010) Human rights and the environment. [Invited Lecture], Law Society/Irish Human Rights Commission Conference 2010, Dublin , 20-NOV-10 - 20-NOV-10. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2009) Recent Developments in the ECJ's Case Law on Direct Taxation. [Invited Lecture], Recent Developments in Direct Taxation, ERA, Trier, Germany , 25-NOV-09 - 25-NOV-09. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2009) Environmental Protection and EC Competition Law: Why Competition Isn't Special. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Presentation to 13th CLaSF Workshop on Competition First? Reconciling Competition with other Norms in Modern Competition Law, Glasgow , 16-APR-09 - 16-APR-09. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2009) Ireland's Options after the Lisbon Treaty Referendum: Strategies, Implications and Competing Visions of Europe. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Responses to the Lisbon Treaty Referendum: EU and National Perspectives, Dublin , 23-JAN-09 - 23-JAN-09. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2009) The Sot Lelos judgment of the ECJ. [Invited Lecture], Recent cases of the European Court of Justice, European Institute of Public Administration, Luxembourg , 27-NOV-09 - 27-NOV-09. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne and Scott, Colin; (2008) Reinventing Regulation for the Challenge of Climate Change. [National Refereed Conference Paper], UCD Earth Systems Institute Seminars on Climate Change, Dublin , 05-DEC-08 - 05-DEC-08. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2008) Advanced lectures on the preliminary reference procedure in EU law given to Romanian High Court judges. [Invited Lecture], The preliminary reference procedure, Bucharest , 22-JUN-08 - 26-JUN-08. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2008) Lectures on EU constitutional law and internal market law given to Romanian High Court judges. [Invited Lecture], Fundamental principles of EU law, Bucharest , 04-MAY-08 - 07-MAY-08. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2007) The role of national authorities in the EC's merger regime. [Invited Lecture], Advanced conference on competition law for the Bulgarian competition authority, Sofia , 13-JAN-07 - 16-JAN-07. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2007) The Boundaries of Sovereignty: The ECJ's controversial role applying the internal market rules to taxation. [Invited Lecture], Lecture to the Centre of European Legal Studies, Cambridge, Cambridge , 13-FEB-07 - 13-FEB-07. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2006) The implications of the Marks & Spencer case for national tax systems. [Invited Lecture], Recent developments in EU law, The European Institute of Public Administration, Luxembourg , 15-APR-06 - 15-APR-06. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2006) Lecture on current developments in EU direct taxation law, Academy of European Law. [Invited Lecture], Recent developments in EU law, Academy of European Law, Trier , 28-MAY-06 - 28-MAY-06. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2006) Advanced conference to officials from the Romanian Department of Education. [Invited Lecture], Mutual recognition of qualifications in EU law, Bucharest , 02-MAY-06 - 05-MAY-06. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2006) Lectures on abuse of dominance and enforcement of EU competition law to Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian civil servants. [Invited Lecture], Principles of EU competition law, Rome , 02-FEB-06 - 05-FEB-06. | |||||||||
| Kingston, Suzanne; (2005) The Hans-Martin Timmink case and its implications. [Invited Lecture], Recent developments in EU law, The European Institute of Public Administration, Luxembourg , 05-NOV-05 - 05-NOV-05. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Research Committee, School of Law |
| Committee : Editorial Board, Irish Jurist |
| Committee : Organising Committee, European Law Forum 2009 |
| Committee : Clinical Legal Education Committee, UCD School of Law |
| Committee : Undergraduate Programme Board, School of Law |
Employment
| Employer: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Position: Barrister |
| Employer: Cambridge University Position: Affiliated Lecturer in Law |
| Employer: Churchill, Clare, King's, Magdalene, Pembroke and Peterhouse Colleges, Cambridge University Position: Tutor in EU law |
| Employer: European Commission Position: Stagiaire |
| Employer: European Court of Justice, Luxembourg Position: Référendaire, Cabinet of Advocate General Geelhoed |
| Employer: University of Leiden Position: Lecturer |
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Education
| Year 1998 Institution: University of Oxford Qualification: BA Subject: Law |
| Year 2000 Institution: University of Leiden Qualification: LLM in European Law Subject: EC law |
| Year 2007 Institution: King's Inns Qualification: BL Subject: Barrister-at-Law degree |
| Year 1999 Institution: Inns of Court School of Law, London Qualification: Barrister at Law Subject: Bar Vocational Course |
| Year 2009 Institution: University of Leiden Qualification: PhD Subject: The role of environmental protection in EC law and policy |
Languages
| French: |
| Dutch: |
| Irish: |
Consultancy
| Client: : European Commission |
| Client: : Institute of Public Administration, Dublin |
| Client: : National University of Ireland |
| Client: : Law Society/Irish Centre for European Law |
Other Activities
| External reviewer for various national and international funding applications |
| Editorial Board, Irish Jurist |
| External reviewer for a variety of leading national and international law journals. |
| National rapporteur for Ireland (with J. Finn), XXV FIDE Congress 2012 (Talinn) |
| External reviewer, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press. |