Browsing College of Business, Public Policy and Law by Author "Kennedy, Rónán"
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Regulating intersectional activity: privacy and energy efficiency, laws and technology
Brown, Abbe; Kennedy, Rónán (Taylor & Francis, 2017-09-10)Using a case study, this article explores the extent to which one area of law (privacy and data protection) can intersect with, and be challenged by, proposals by delivery of another goal greater energy efficiency. The ... -
Rethinking reflexive law for the Information Age: Hybrid and flexible regulation by disclosure
Kennedy, Rónán (George Washington University Law School, 2016)Although it has its defenders,1 command-and-control environmental regulation has been criticised for being economically inefficient and for relying on the effectiveness of the regulator and its staff.2 Scholars have ... -
Rules as code and the rule of law: ensuring effective judicial review of administration by software
Kennedy, Rónán (Taylor and Francis Group, 2024-02-09)This paper considers the possible benefits and substantial risks of ‘Rules as Code’, the parallel drafting of legislation and codification in software, which has been the subject of attention from policy-makers and pilot ... -
‘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
Kennedy, Rónán (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 ... -
Virtual rights? property in online game objects and characters
Kennedy, Rónán (Taylor & Francis, 2008-07-18)The new industry of Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) brings together two sets of fictions: the interactive stories of shared computer games and the legal devices of intellectual property. In these ... -
Was it Author's Rights all the time?: Copyright as a Constitutional Right in Ireland
Kennedy, Rónán (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 ... -
When is a Plan Not a Plan? The Supreme Court Decision in “Climate Case Ireland”
Kennedy, Rónán; O'Rourke, Maeve; Roddy-Mullineaux, Cassie (Thomson Reuters Round Hall, 2021-01-07)[No abstract available]