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Dr Thomas Mohr BA LLB MA PhD
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Biography:
Thomas Mohr has been teaching in the School of Law since 2005 and became a fulltime member of staff in 2007. His main teaching areas include jurisprudence, the law of evidence and the history of public law. His doctorate examined the constitutional status of the Irish Free State between the years 1922 and 1937. This was an interdisciplinary work involving such fields of law as constitutional law, legal theory, public international law and legal history. He received a Government of Ireland scholarship to complete this work and was also awarded National University of Ireland prizes in both law and history. During the course of his career Thomas has worked with the Irish Centre for Human Rights, the Department of Foreign Affairs and has also advised National University of Ireland, Galway on matters of copyright. He has recently been awarded a mobility grant from the Royal Irish Academy. Thomas is Honorary Secretary of the Irish Legal History Society. He also sits on the Council of the Irish Association of Law Teachers. He is Book Review Editor of the Irish Jurist, Ireland's leading law journal. Thomas is also the Programme Coordinator for the Law with History, Law with Politics, Law with Economics and Law with Philosophy degree programmes. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the UCD Institute of Criminology. Thomas is interested in hearing from students who wish to undertake doctoral research in the fields of legal history, jurisprudence or evidence. |
Research Interests
| Research Interests Jurisprudence and Legal Theory Legal History Evidence Constitutional Law |
Edited Books
| Mohr, T. and Schweppe, J (Ed.). (2011) Thirty Years of Legal Scholarship - The Irish Association of Law Teachers. Dublin: Thomson Round Hall. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Mohr, T. and Schweppe, J.; (2011) 'Irish Scholarship, Irish Law and the Irish Association of Law Teachers' In: Thomas Mohr and Jennifer Schweppe (eds). Thirty Years of Legal Scholarship - The Irish Association of Law Teachers. Dublin: Thomson Round Hall. [Details] |
| Mohr, T.; (2011) 'A British Empire Court - An Appraisal of the History of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council' In: Anthony McElligott et al (eds). Power in History - Historical Studies XXVII. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details] |
| Mohr, T.; (2008) 'Online Education and Copyright Law' In: Shannon, G. and O'Dell, E (eds). Law and Practice: Essays on Reform. Dublin: Clarus Press. [Details] |
| Mohr, T.; (2007) 'Law in a Gaelic Utopia: Perceptions of Brehon Law in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Ireland' In: O. Brupbacher et al (eds). Remembering and Forgetting: Yearbook of Young Legal History. Munich: Martin Meidenbauer. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Mohr, T. (2012) 'The Privy Council appeal as a minority safeguard for the Protestant community of the Irish Free State, 1922-1935'. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 63 (3):365-395. [Details] |
| Mohr, T.; (2011) 'British Imperial Statutes and Irish Sovereignty: Statutes Passed After the Creation of the Irish Free State'. Journal of Legal History, 32 (1):61-85. [Details] |
| Mohr, T.; (2010) 'British Imperial Statutes and Irish Law: Statutes Passed Before the Creation of the Irish Free State'. Journal of Legal History, 31 (3):299-321. [Details] |
| Mohr, T.; (2009) 'The Colonial Laws Validity Act and the Irish Free State'. Irish Jurist, 43 :21-44. [Details] |
| Mohr, T.; (2008) 'British Involvement in the Creation of the Constitution of the Irish Free State'. Dublin University Law Journal, 30 :166-186. [Details] |
| Mohr, T. ; (2008) 'The Rights of Women under the Constitution of the Irish Free State'. Irish Jurist, 41 :20-59. [Details] | |||||||||
| Mohr, T.; (2005) 'The Foundations of Irish Extra-Territorial Legislation'. Irish Jurist, 40 :86-110. [Details] | |||||||||
| Mohr, T.; (2004) 'Online Education and Copyright Law: A Law Reform Proposal'. UCD Law Review, 4 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Mohr, T.; (2002) 'Law without Loyalty: The Abolition of the Irish Appeal to the Privy Council'. Irish Jurist, 37 :187-226. [Details] | |||||||||
| Mohr, T.; (2002) 'Brehon Law before Twentieth Century Courts'. Peritia, 16 :352-388. [Details] | |||||||||
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Book Reviews
| Thomas Mohr; (2011) Ian Hendry and Susan Dickson, 'British Overseas Territories Law' (2011, Hart, Oxford) in (2011) 46 Irish Jurist. The Irish Jurist: Book Reviews [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2007. Title: Ad Astra Scholar |
| Year: 2004. Title: Ireland Canada University Foundation Scholar |
| Year: 2004. Title: International Visiting Scholar |
| Year: 2003. Title: Government of Ireland Scholar in the Humanities |
| Year: 2002. Title: NUI Travelling Studentship in Law Prize |
| Year: 2002. Title: NUI Travelling Studentship in History Prize |
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| Year: 2002. Title: UCD Open Postgraduate Scholar |
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| Year: 2002. Title: Rodney Overend Memorial Award |
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| Year: 2000. Title: Val O'Connor Memorial Prize in Equity |
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| Year: 1997. Title: UCG History Prize |
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| Year: 2011. Title: Royal Irish Academy Mobility Grant |
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Associations
| Association: Irish Legal History Society, Function/Role: Honorary Secretary |
| Association: European Society of Young Legal Historians, Function/Role: Founding Member |
| Association: Society of Legal Scholars, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Socio-Legal Studies Association, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Irish Association of Law Teachers, Function/Role: Committee Member | |||||||||
| Association: European Society for Comparative Legal History, Function/Role: Founding Member | |||||||||
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Conference Contributions
| Thomas Mohr (2012) The Imperial Conferences and British Imperial Law. [Invited Oral Presentation], Legal Histories of the British Empire Conference, National University of Singapore , 04-JUL-12 - 07-JUL-12. |
| Thomas Mohr (2012) Leo Kohn and the Constitution of the Irish Free State. [Invited Oral Presentation], The Irish Constitution : Past, Present and Future, Honorable Society of King's Inns , 29-JUN-12 - 30-JUN-12. |
| Thomas Mohr (2012) The Role of the United Kingdom in reforming British Imperial Law. [Invited Oral Presentation], Forum of European Legal Historians, University of Vienna , 30-MAY-12 - 02-JUN-12. |
| Thomas Mohr (2012) The Irish Free State and the British Empire : A contested relationship charted in law journals. [Invited Oral Presentation], Law Journals and Political Change, University of Oslo , 06-JUN-12 - 08-JUN-12. |
| Thomas Mohr; (2011) An Imperial Legislature: The Parliament at Westminster and the Law of the British Empire. [Invited Oral Presentation], European Forum of Legal Historians, University of Maastricht , 13-APR-11 - 16-APR-11. |
| Thomas Mohr; (2011) Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy and the Resurrection of Irish Law. [Oral Presentation], British Legal History Conference 2011, Cambridge University , 15-JUL-11 - 15-JUL-11. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2011) The Privy Council Appeal as a Minority Safeguard for the Protestant Community of the Irish Free State. [Invited Oral Presentation], Society of Legal Scholars Conference, Cambridge , 06-SEP-11 - 06-SEP-11. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr (2011) The Irish Constitutions of 1922 and 1937 - Drafting and Models. [Invited Oral Presentation], 75 Years of Irish Constitutionalism, Newman House, UCD , 03-NOV-11 - 04-NOV-11. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr (2011) The Statute of Westminster, 1931. [Invited Lecture], Module on Irish Legal History, Queen's University Belfast , 06-DEC-11 - 06-DEC-11. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr (2011) Patrick McGilligan as Man of Commonwealth. [Invited Oral Presentation], UCD Lawyers and Public Life : 100 Years of Activism and Influence, Newman House, UCD , 12-NOV-11 - 12-NOV-11. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2010) Documentary Research. [Invited Oral Presentation], Research Methods for Doctoral Students, Smurfit School of Business, UCD , 26-MAY-10 - 26-MAY-10. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2010) Dominion Status and the Irish Free State, 1922-1937. [Invited Oral Presentation], Australia and New Zealand Legal History Conference, University of Melbourne , 12-DEC-10 - 15-DEC-10. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2010) War and Peace in Legal History. [Chaired Session], Australia and New Zealand Legal History Society Conference, University of Melbourne , 12-DEC-10 - 15-DEC-10. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2010) Poles Apart - New Zealand, Ireland and British Imperial Law in the Inter-War Years. [Invited Lecture], Legal History Lecture Series, University of Auckland , 01-DEC-10 - 01-DEC-10. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2010) The Statute of Westminster: A Contemporary Perspective. [Invited Oral Presentation], Society of Legal Scholars Conference, University of Southampton , 14-SEP-10 - 14-SEP-10. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2010) The Constitution of the Irish Free State in Inter-War Europe. [Invited Oral Presentation], European Society for Comparative Legal History, University of Valencia, Spain , 04-JUL-10 - 06-JUL-10. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2010) Constitutional Reform at the Inter-War Imperial Conferences. [Invited Oral Presentation], Ireland-Canada Conference, Waterford Institute of Technology , 15-MAY-10 - 15-MAY-10. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2010) British Imperial Statutes and Irish Law. [Invited Oral Presentation], UCD School of Law Seminar Series, University College Dublin , 21-APR-10 - 21-APR-10. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2009) Law and its Legitimacy. [Chaired Session], European Forum of Legal Historians, European University Institute, Florence, Italy , 03-APR-09 - 03-APR-09. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2009) British Judges and the Irish Free State. [Invited Oral Presentation], Irish Conference of Historians, University of Limerick , 12-JUN-09 - 14-JUN-09. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2009) A British Empire Court: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Legal History. [Invited Oral Presentation], European Forum of Legal Historians, European University Institute, Florence, Italy , 01-APR-09 - 04-APR-09. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2009) British Imperial Law : A Neglected Source of Comparative Law. [Invited Oral Presentation], Irish Comparative Law Conference, University of Limerick , 27-FEB-09 - 28-FEB-09. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2008) The Birth of the Irish Free State as a Watershed in Legal History. [Invited Oral Presentation], European Forum of Legal Historians, University of Pécs, Hungary , 07-MAY-08 - 10-MAY-08. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2007) Women's rights under the 1922 and 1937 Constitutions. [Invited Oral Presentation], Evolving Constitution Conference - 70th Anniversary of the 1937 Constitution, Newman House , 09-MAR-07 - 09-MAR-07. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2007) Irish Secession from the British Empire. [Invited Oral Presentation], ARENA Conference on Secession, University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA , 07-DEC-07 - 10-DEC-07. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2007) The Irish Free State as a Dominion of the British Empire - A legal historical analysis. [Invited Oral Presentation], Irish Conference of Historians, Queen's University Belfast , 19-MAY-07 - 20-MAY-07. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2007) Brehon law and the search for an Irish Volksgeist. [Invited Lecture], Binchy Memorial Lecture - Brehon Law Conference, Burren Brehon Law Conference , 09-MAY-07 - 11-MAY-07. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2006) The rights of women in the Irish Free State. [Invited Oral Presentation], Women's History Association of Ireland Conference, Trinity College Dublin , 18-NOV-06 - 18-NOV-06. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2006) Law in a Gaelic Utopia: Perceptions of Brehon Law in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Ireland. [Invited Oral Presentation], European Forum of Legal Historians, Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main, 27 May 2006 , 26-MAY-06 - 29-MAY-06. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2006) The Constitutional Link between Ireland and Canada, 1922-1937. [Invited Oral Presentation], Ireland-Canada Conference, NUI, Galway , 27-APR-06 - 27-APR-06. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2006) The foundations of Irish extra-territorial legislation. [Invited Oral Presentation], Irish Association of Law Teachers Conference, Cork , 07-APR-06 - 09-APR-06. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2005) Lloyd George and the 1922 Constitution. [Invited Lecture], Law Faculty, NUI, Galway Seminar Series, NUI, Galway , 09-APR-05 - 09-APR-05. | |||||||||
| Thomas Mohr; (2005) British involvement in the creation of the Constitution of the Irish Free State. [Invited Oral Presentation], 17th British Legal History Conference, University College London , 05-JUL-05 - 07-JUL-05. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Teaching and Learning Committee, School of Law, UCD |
| Committee : Undergraduate Programme Board |
| Committee : Advisory Board of the UCD Institute of Criminology |
| Committee : Editorial Board of "The Irish Jurist" |
Consultancy
| Client: : National University of Ireland, Galway (2000) |
| Client: : National University of Ireland, Galway (2002) |