IJS events to date (most recent first)

6 May 2010 - Workshop - Ms Rachael Walsh, Trinity College, Dublin: ‘A Thomistic Reading of Article 43 of the Irish Constitution‘ Chair: Professor Garrett Barden

17 April 2010 - Symposium - Symposium on Jurisprudence and Legal Theory at University College Cork. Venue: Rm 22-23 Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, UCC

Panel 1   10.00-11.50  “Rights, Democracy and the Role of the Judge”

Chair: Mr. David Prendergast; Discussant: Prof. Garrett Barden

Dr. Shane Kilcommins: “The Security State and Constitutional Justice: the dangers of
ignoring a ‘rights-based conception of the Rule of Law’ that ensures
that ‘the majority cannot travel as fast or as far as it would like’”

Dr. Darren O’Donovan: “The Role of Rights in Furthering Democratic Decision-Making: The Fruitful Conflict between Deliberative Democrats and Critical Race Theorists”

Panel 2   13.30-15.10 “New Departures in Analytical Legal Philosophy”

Chair: Dr. Darren O’Donovan; Discussant: Dr. Maria Cahill

Dr. Seán Patrick Donlan: ‘“The drunkenness of things being various”: legal theory in historical
and comparative perspective’

Dr. Oran Doyle: “True Morality and the No Necessary Connection Thesis.”

Panel 3   15.20-17.20 “Political Questions”

Chair: Mr. Donal Coffey; Discussants: Ms. Laura Cahillane & Prof Desmond Clarke

Mr. Thomas Patrick Murray: “The Politics of Property and Principle: Economic Rights in the
Drafting of the Irish Free State Constitution.”

Mr. Eoin Daly: “Non-domination as a primary good: re-thinking the frontiers of the ‘political’ in
Rawls’s political liberalism”

1 April 2000 - Workshop -  Mr Patrick O’Brien, St. John’s College, Oxford: “The Democratic Objection to Judicial Review: Problems with Waldron’s Account.” Chair: Professor Desmond M Clarke

10 December 2009 - Workshop - Donal Coffey, UCD: “Distributive Justice and the Separation of Powers” Chair: John Kenny

26 November 2009 - Workshop - Dr William Phelan, TCD: “The Practical Irrelevance of National Constitutional Law Fundamental Rights to the application of European Community law in the National Legal Orders” Chair: Diarmuid Rossa Phelan

12 November 2009 - Workshop - Eoin Daly, UCC: “Religious liberty and the Rawlsian idea of legitimacy: the French laïcité project between comprehensive and political liberalisms” Chair: Tom Hickey

25 May 2009 - Lecture - Professor Robert Moffat, Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law: “Hitler, Hart, and Fuller: The Challenges of Doing Evil Lawfully” Chair: Oran Doyle

30 April 2009 - Workshop - Professor Gerard Casey, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University College Dublin: “Constitutions of No Authority: Spoonerian Reflections” Chair: Des Clarke

16 April 2009 - Workshop - Dr Maria Cahill, Lecturer in Law, University College Cork:“Searching for the Meaning of Constitutional Endeavour” Chair: John Kenny

2 April 2009 - Workshop - Frank Dunlop, PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin: “Moral Considerations and the Content of Irish Law: A Razian Perspective” Chair: Maria Cahill

19 March 2009 - Workshop - James Gallen, PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin: “Outreach: Justice seen to be done” Chair: Des Ryan

25 February 2009 - Public Lecture - Joseph Raz, Research Professor and an Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and Professor of Law, Columbia University: ‘Innovative Interpretation’ Chair: Des Clarke

4 December 2008 - Workshop - Mr Paul Brady, DPhil candidate, Balliol, Oxford ‘Evaluation and Legal Theory: Can jurisprudence insulate itself from questions of moral philosophy?‘ Chair: Diarmuid Rossa Phelan

27 November 2008 - Workshop - Professor Garrett Barden, ‘The Nature and Function of Civil Law (ius civile)‘ Chair: Paul Brady

13 November 2008 - Workshop - Mr Brian Flanagan, ‘The Rule as Point of Reference: Defeasibility and Intention‘ Chair: Oran Doyle

25 October 2008 - The Irish Jurisprudence Society/NUI Galway Law School ‘Symposium on Constitutionalism and Legal Theory’ Convenor: Tom Hickey, Chair: Conor Hanly

Session 1: Mr Tom Hickey,‘Freedom as Non-Domination; making space for the cultural outsider?’ Dr Maria Cahill, Lecturer in Law, UCC ‘The Connection between Freedom and Constitutionalism’; Session 1 Discussant: David Prendergast

Session 2: Mr John Danaher, PhD Candidate, UCC ‘Reconstructing Leviathan: Hobbes’s Political and Legal Philosophy from a Modern Perspective’; Session 2 Discussant: Benarji Chakka

Session 3: Mr Peter Malone, Competition Lawyer, Brussels ‘Critical Legal Studies and Article 45 of the Irish Constitution’; Dr Oran Doyle, Lecturer in Law, TCD: ‘Natural Law, the Constitution and Legal Positivism: The Unenumerated Rights Doctrine’; Session 3 Discussant: Donal Coffey

16 October 2008 - Workshop - Professor Desmond Clarke, ‘Causality, Common Sense and the Law‘ Chair: William Binchy

1 May 2008 - Workshop - Dr Oran Doyle, Lecturer in Law, TCD “Dworkin: Adjudication, Value, Indeterminacy” Chair: Diarmuid Rossa Phelan