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Relational theory and choice rhetoric in the Supreme Court of Canada
(2015)
The issue of personal choice has become central to Canadian family law. Much of the debate derives from the competing models of autonomy posited by neoliberal and feminist theorists. Neoliberalism, which currently dominates ...
Rethinking reflexive law for the Information Age: Hybrid and flexible regulation by disclosure
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Audit quality threatening behaviours: perceptions of auditees
(Irish Accounting and Finance Association, 2015)
Previous research has found that audit staff engage in audit quality threatening behaviours (QTB). Auditee personnel interact with audit staff during fieldwork, and their perceptions of QTB are reported in this paper. ...
Financial policies and practices of companies listed on the Irish Stock Exchange
(vLex Ireland, 2010-12)
This paper reports the results of a recent comprehensive survey of the chief financial officers of companies listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The survey focused upon three major areas of financial policy and practice: ...
E-Government in the Irish Revenue: the Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) - a success story?
(Wiley, 2015-09-16)
e-Government in the Irish Revenue: The Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) a success story? AbstractThe Revenue Online Service (ROS) is one of the first e-government initiatives introduced in Ireland. The primary purpose of ...
Family law and the corporate veil: accessing company assets on marital breakdown after Prest v. Petrodel Resources Ltd
(Dublin University Law Journal, 2014)
When, if ever, can a company’s assets be used to meet the family law liabilities of private persons? This question has arisen infrequently in Irish law, perhaps because family lawyers tend to assume that assets held by ...
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.