Blue skies in @tcddublin.bsky.social yesterday.

Many thanks to Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy for an eye-opening paper on democratic backsliding in Hungary last night at @tricondublin.bsky.social, and to @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Beatrice Monciunskaite for incisive comments.

Looking forward to chairing this @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar tomorrow on direct democracy in Hungary with visiting speaker Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy with commentators @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Prof Beatrice Monciunskaite.

One of the heroines of modern Ireland www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

📢The 2026 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Submissions is out! Join us in #Dublin from June 29 – July 1, 2026! Read the 🧵for details ⬇️

New article called ‘Underuse of the Override’ forthcoming in the Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, now up on @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... It’s based on my 2023 Coxford Lecture: m.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRs...

TODAY! All welcome

Join us for an ICON meets TriCON webinar on October 17th on the rationale and risks of referendums! Brilliant speakers, important topic. ICON GBIE @tricondublin.bsky.social

Interesting thread by @drdeanknight.bsky.social reflecting on how parliamentarians should respond to a declaration of incompatibility/inconsistency in UK or NZ law - a question which @robertcraig3.bsky.social tackles in this review of The Collaborative Constitution in @nilegalq.bsky.social

Thanks to @robertcraig3.bsky.social for this in-depth review of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org in the @nilegalq.bsky.social. Great discussion about inter-institutional interaction and constitutional conventions.

Deeply honoured - and a bit taken aback - to discover that The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org has been shortlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize 2025, alongside Sean Coyle, @vmantouvalou.bsky.social & Liron Schmilovitz.

Tomorrow Sept 16th 5.30pm @tcddublin.bsky.social: @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar with @hbirk.bsky.social on the rule of law in Germany.

Shocked and saddened to hear about the sudden death of Conor Gearty. Matrix chambers has set up a condolences wall for anyone who wants to share memories or offer condolences to the family. www.online-tribute.com/ProfessorCon...

New season of TriCON seminars begins with Prof Hannah Birkenkötter @hbirk.bsky.social speaking about her new co-authored book The Rule of Law in Germany, with Prof Niels Kirst commenting, chaired by Prof Christiane Ahlborn @tcddublin.bsky.social

Full marks to the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly to curating this great Special Issue on academic writing, with personal ‘Reflections on Writing’ from Nikki Lacey, Emily Jackson, Conor Gearty @tamarahervey.bsky.social & many more. Well done NILQ! All open access: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...

The next Public Law Conference will be held at University of Cape Town, 1-4 July 2026. The theme is Public Law and the Future of Constitutional Democracy. 2026 marks the 30 year anniversary since the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. More details coming soon.

@tricondublin.bsky.social New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop 3rd Oct. Great opportunity for ECRs across the island of Ireland to present and get focused feedback on their work in public/constitutional law. Abstracts due July 31st!

Prof Meg Russell's (@conunitucl.bsky.social) 2024 Public Law lecture - "Should we be worried about the decline of parliamentary scrutiny?" - is available open access here: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/content/dam/...

Nice delivery from @cambup-law.cambridge.org today: a box full of The Collaborative Constitution which has just gone into paperback! Good to know that it’s now available at a more realistic price point - and you can save 20% with code TCC2025. cup.org/4jQt1Ko

New in paperback! The Collaborative Constitution by @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social  Argues that protecting rights in a democracy is a collaborative constitutional enterprise between all three branches of government. | Save 20% with code TCC2025 https://cup.org/4jQt1Ko #constitutionallaw #LawSky 💙📚

New blogpost: The President of the UK Supreme Court on populism, the judicial role and the constitution publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/06/16/t...

Many thanks to Prof Jonathan Morgan @cambridgelaw.bsky.social for his insightful review of my book The Collaborative Constitution in the latest issue of the Cambridge Law Journal @cambup-law.cambridge.org

Oireachtas debate with Úna Mulally @irishtimes.com and @donalcoffey.bsky.social on the 10th anniversary of the Marriage Equality Referendum

Just over a week to the deadline, so I'll bump this up for anyone who was interested but got lost in the marking melee...

Coming this July!

Great seminar yesterday at @tricondublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social to mark the 10th anniversary of the Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland. Special thanks to Katherine Zappone for her fascinating talk and conversation with Profs @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social & @dkennytcd.bsky.social

To mark the 10th anniversary of the marriage equality referendum, @tricondublin.bsky.social is hosting an ‘in conversation’ event with Katherine Zappone and comments from Profs @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social May 22nd 1.30pm @tlrhub.bsky.social. All welcome!

Looking forward to this ‘in conversation’ event tomorrow May 22nd with Katherine Zappone & @dkennytcd.bsky.social May 22nd, 1.30pm @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social All welcome

Interesting reflections on the 10th anniversary of the marriage equality referendum on @newstalkfm.bsky.social ‘Talking History’ with www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Great to partner with the Irish Jurisprudence Society for an excellent constitutional theory seminar with Prof Lawrence Sager @utexaslaw.bsky.social, with comments by @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social, chaired by @conorcrummey.bsky.social

Happening TODAY at 5pm: Prof Larry Sager @utexaslaw.bsky.social on Imperfect Duties and Constitutional Law, with comments from Profs @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social at @tricondublin.bsky.social All welcome!

The newest editorial comment by the former president of the European Court of Human Rights, Siofra O’Leary is available on our website. It contains a lot of food for thought for those who are interested in the development of the Strasbourg system of human rights protection: brill.com/view/journal...

Can’t wait to get my hands on this book by Prof Kate O’Regan - Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social - based on her Hamlyn Lectures 2023.

It’s a @tricondublin.bsky.social double bill next week! Looking forward to this special event marking the 10th anniversary of the marriage equality referendum, in discussion with Katherine Zappone and Prof @dkennytcd.bsky.social.

Looking forward to the 2025 Legal Theory Festival at the University of Edinburgh @legaltheoryed.bsky.social. I’ll be presenting a paper entitled ‘Interpretation as Collaboration’. Thanks to @philosophy-law.bsky.social for the invite!

Join us on May 19th at 5pm for a seminar with guest speaker Prof Lawrence Sager, jointly hosted by @tricondublin.bsky.social & the Irish Jurisprudence Society. Comments from @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social, chaired by @conorcrummey.bsky.social

Huge congrats to Daniel Gilligan on passing his doctoral viva with no corrections at TCD Law School! Pictures here with his two proud supervisors - Prof Des Ryan and I - & the brilliant examiners @colmocinneide.bsky.social & Mr Justice Gerard Hogan of the Irish Supreme Court.

Huge thanks to Dr @ignaciogiuffre.bsky.social for this insightful review of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org in the UTLJ. Great essay comparing deliberative and collaborative constitutionalism, available open access on SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Congrats @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social! Great to get some empirical data on interpretation under section 3 HRA to ground future discussion.

Many thanks to @mhailbronner.bsky.social, James Fowkes & Niels Peterson for organising a terrific constitutional workshop at the University of Muenster last week with a great group incl Erin Delaney, Silvia Suteu, Sergio Verdugo, Nora Markard, Veronica Fikfak, @tarunkhaitan.bsky.social & more!

1/5 My new article, "Interpreting the Interpretive Obligation: Empirical Insights into the use of Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998", is coming out later this year in the OJLS. I've uploaded a preprint here for anyone interested: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Am co-organising a symposium on the Irish Political Constitution with @alangreene.bsky.social and @laurcah.bsky.social Call for papers is currently live. If you have any interesting ideas on the topic, or know anyone who does, please do submit an abstract.

Do join us today in TCD Law School today at 4pm for the final Irish Jurisprudence Society event of the academic year: a symposium on @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social's book, 'The Collaborative Constitution'

Looking forward to this book symposium tomorrow at 4pm in @tcddublin.bsky.social with great discussants @conorcrummey.bsky.social, @marianavr.bsky.social & Daniel Gilligan, chaired by @donalcoffey.bsky.social supported by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social

Great to celebrate the new Scholars & Fellows at Trinity Law School, incl our new Fellow Dr Andrea Mulligan. An honour to meet Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, Chair of the Elders who received a Scholarship from @tcddublin.bsky.social 60 years ago.

Congrats to Dr @conorcrummey.bsky.social of @maynoothlaw.bsky.social on the publication of his exciting new book on The Principle of Legality. Looking forward to reading this!

Huge thanks to Dr @conorcrummey.bsky.social & Dr Hilary Hogan of the Irish Jurisprudence Society for organising this great symposium on The Collaborative Constitution on April 30th 4pm in Trinity Law School, supported by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social.

On May 1st, @tricondublin.bsky.social members Prof @dkennytcd.bsky.social and Dr Róisín Costello will speak at this legal humanities symposium on Antigone and Ireland at the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social

Great discussion about the links between crisis and constitutional social rights today at @tricondublin.bsky.social. Thanks to Dr @mariakotsoni.bsky.social for a terrific paper and Dr Hilary Hogan for insightful comments.

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