Browsing School of Law (Scholarly Articles) by Issue Date
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Law in Virtual Worlds
(Journal of Internet Law, 2009-04)This article considers the application of real-world law to virtual worlds, new shared spaces that are being created on the Internet. These computer-mediated environments are often fantastic places where magic works, people ... -
Climate change law and policy after Copenhagen
(Round Hall, 2010)This article deals with recent developments in climate change law and policy. It examines the likely future developments in international negotiations for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol; briefly summarises climate ... -
Irish and UN forces faced with dilemma in Lebanon
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Local authorities and the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003
(Clarus Press, 2010)This article discusses the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 (ECHR Act) on local authorities in Ireland. The Act creates a new framework for the representative, regulatory, agency and service ... -
International instruments on housing rights
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Housing rights can act to guarantee minimum housing provision for poor and deprived persons, based on respect for human dignity. These rights are now established within many international public law instruments and treaties, ... -
Improving fishery law enforcement in marine protected areas.
(Springer, 2010-02)There are several international and European legal instruments which provide a legal basis for the establishments of marine protected areas (MPAs) for the purpose of improving fishery management in the marine environment. ... -
The role of regional advisory councils in the European Common Fisheries Policy: Legal constraints and future options.
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2010-04)One of the outcomes of the reform of the European common fisheries policy (CFP) in 2002 was the establishment of Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) to enable the European Commission to benefit from the knowledge and experience ... -
Access to Justice under Irish Environmental Impact Assessment Law: Case C-427/07 Commission v Ireland European Court of Justice (Second Chamber), 16 July 2009 [2010] Env LR 8
(SAGE Publications, 2010-05)Ireland was recently found not to have fully implemented Directive 85/337 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the EIA Directive) and Directive 2003/35 (the Århus ... -
Advance Directives in Mental Health Care: Hearing the Voice of the Mentally Ill
(Thomson Reuters Professional Ireland Limited, 2010-05)Advance directives or 'living wills' are statements by competent adults setting out their wishes in anticipation of future incapacity to make decisions. The capacity to make independent choices and decisions may be impacted ... -
Can housing rights be applied to modern housing systems?
(Emerald, 2010-05)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to outline and examine the growing corpus of housing rights and assess their relevance and applicability to complex contemporary housing systems across the world. Design/methodo ... -
The role of regional advisory councils in the European Common Fisheries Policy: legal constraints and future options.
(Martinus Nijhoff, 2010-05)One of the outcomes of the reform of the European common fisheries policy (CFP) in 2002 was the establishment of Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) to enable the European Commission to benefit from the knowledge and ... -
The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.
(Roundhall Sweet & Maxwell, 2010-06)The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (the 2009 Act)has updated and expanded many areas of social housing law. This takes place as the significance of social housing rises immeasurably within the financial rescue ... -
Fundamental Rights Protection in the European Union post Lisbon Treaty
(Fondation Robert Schuman, 2010-06-14)With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty last December, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights has finally become a legally binding and core element of the Union's legal order. This is not, however, the sole major ... -
Can international housing rights based on public international law really impact on contemporary housing systems?
(Ashgate, 2010-12)The concept of home advances a new basis for evaluating housing rights, emphasising their human and personal benefits. Housing rights address, at a national, regional and global level, displacement and dispossession, as ... -
Was it Author's Rights all the time?: Copyright as a Constitutional Right in Ireland
(Dublin University Law Journal, 2011)If property rights are “the Cinderella of the fundamental rights provisions of the Irish Constitution,” copyright may be its glass slipper, seeking its proper owner. The underlying rationale for copyright in Irish law is ... -
No three strikes for Ireland (yet): EU Copyright Law and individual liability in recent internet filesharing litigation
(Wolters Kluwer, 2011)This article is a summary of recent Irish cases involving peer-to-peer file-sharing. These cases are another step in the ongoing development of this fast-changing area of the law, and raise some interesting questions about ... -
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. -
Is it time for a World Court of Human Rights?
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Housing and human rights
(Elsevier, 2011)Housing meets a primary human need and housing rights are now enshrined housing rights within international human rights law, regional and constitutional legal instruments. These rights extend beyond shelter, and encompass ... -
Defences to international crimes
(Routledge, 2011)The label 'defences' can be used to describe a range of excusing or justificatory answers to a criminal charge, or as 'grounds for excluding criminal responsibility', according to Article 31 of the Rome Statute of the ...