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The judiciary in public debates: the sound of silence?
(Sweet & Maxwell/Round Hall, 2011)
The judiciary's approach to communicating with the public it serves has to change. If it does not--if our voice remains silent in debates on public policy, and we become irrelevant to the process--we have only ourselves to blame.
An expanded definition of environmental information? Minch v Commissioner for Environmental Information [2016] IEHC 91
(SAGE Publications, 2016)
A recent Irish High Court decision has overturned a decision of the Commissioner for Environmental Information not to grant access to a report on broadband networking infrastructure on the grounds that the document sought ...
E-regulation and the rule of law: smart government, institutional information infrastructures, and fundamental values
(IOS Press, 2016-02-15)
Information and communications technology (ICT) is increasingly used in bureaucratic and regulatory processes.
With the development of the Internet of Things , some researchers speak enthusiastically of the birth of the ...
A Flood of Light: Comments on the Interpretation Act 2005
(Judicial Studies Institute, 2006)
The Interpretation Act 2005 consolidates previous
legislation and contains some new provisions inspired by a Law Reform Commission report. These may bring about a subtle but significant change in the methods of statutory ...
Extra-judicial Comment by Judges
(Judicial Studies Institute, 2005)
This article looks at recent occasions where extrajudicial speech has been the subject of public comment in Ireland. It then examines case law from other jurisdictions, focusing on examples from common law countries and ...
Algorithms and the rule of law
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-10-05)
In this short article Ronan Kennedy explores fundamental issues surrounding the use of algorithms in the context of the rule of law in our society. He states, The issues that are buried in these systems should be a matter ...
Algorithms and the rule of law
(Society for Computers and Law, 2017-04)
[No abstract available]
Algorithmic governance: Developing a research agenda through the power of collective intelligence
(SAGE Publications, 2017-09-19)
We are living in an algorithmic age where mathematics and computer science are coming together in powerful new ways to influence, shape and guide our behaviour and the governance of our societies. As these algorithmic ...
New ideas or false hopes? : International, European, and Irish climate change law and policy after the Paris Agreement
(Round Hall, 2016)
This article is an overview and summary of recent developments in international, European and Irish climate change law and policy. It places the recently-concluded Paris Agreement in the context of the US-China Deal on ...
‘Substantial Interest’ requirement for judicial review of planning decisions: Harding v Cork County Council and An Bord Pleanála and Xces Projects Ltd now known as Kinsale Harbour Developments Ltd [2008] IESC 27; [2008] 2 ILRM 251
(SAGE Publications, 2009-02)
The Supreme Court of Ireland recently considered the criteria by which a person may be said to have a “substantial interest” (which is the statutory requirement) in a planning matter which is sufficient to allow that person ...