Constitutional Law

Oran Doyle is Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin, where he was Head of the School of Law from 2014-2018. He has authored and edited a number of other books on Irish constitutional law, including The Constitution of Ireland: A Contextual Analysis (Hart, 2018) and Constitutional Equality Law (Round Hall, 2004). He is published widely in the fields of comparative constitutional law, legal theory, equality and discrimination law, and constitutional transitions. Oran is the co-chair of the British-Irish Chapter of International Society of Public Law (ICON-S). Tom Hickey is Assistant Professor at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University and was Visiting Professor at Universite Montesquieu, Bordeaux IV from 2013 through 2018. He is co-author (with Eoin Daly) of The Political Theory of the Irish Constitution: Republicanism and the Basic Law (MUP, 2015) and co-editor (with Laura Cahillane and James Gallen) of Judges, Politics and the Irish Constitution (MUP, 2017). He has published widely in the fields of constitutional theory, religious liberty, and judicial power

Part I - The Irish Constitutional Order Key themes Evolution and constitutional foundations Rights in the constitutional order Constitutional interpretation The referendum and constitutional change Part II - Institutions and the Separation of Powers The political structure of government Judges and the political arms of government Legislative power Executive power Judicial power Part III: Rights in Irish Constitutional Law Principles of constitutional litigation Standards of review The Constitution and criminal Law Equality Personal rights Liberty and the dwelling The three freedoms: expression, assembly and association The family and education Property rights Religion and conscience