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Join us on Sept 30th 4pm for a discussion with Prof Kate O’Regan, former judge of the first South African Constitutional Court and Professor Emeritus at Oxford University @OxfordLawFac in conversation with @AileenFKavanagh - co-hosted with @TCDLawSoc & @TCLRDublin
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Constitutional Conversation with Justice Kate O’Regan formerly of the South African Constitutional Court in conversation with Prof @AileenFKavanagh - this Weds Sept 30th 4pm in @tcddublin.
All welcome!
Join us on Sept 30th 4pm for a discussion with Prof Kate O’Regan, former judge of the first South African Constitutional Court and Professor Emeritus at Oxford University @OxfordLawFac in conversation with @AileenFKavanagh - co-hosted with @TCDLawSoc & @TCLRDublin
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Looking forward to chatting with Kate O’Regan about her amazing legal career - from human rights lawyers in Johannesburg under apartheid to a judge on the first South African Constitutional Court of the post-apartheid era.
Sept 30th 4pm. All welcome!
Join us on Sept 30th 4pm for a discussion with Prof Kate O’Regan, former judge of the first South African Constitutional Court and Professor Emeritus at Oxford University @OxfordLawFac in conversation with @AileenFKavanagh - co-hosted with @TCDLawSoc & @TCLRDublin
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Ever wondered how the separation of powers is like an improv jazz trio? If so, check out this brilliant piece by my colleague Daniel Gilligan who riffs on my book The Collaborative Constitution but introduces some distinctive notes. Thanks for flagging @lsolum!
Gilligan on “The Collaborative Constitution” by Kavanagh, legaltheoryblog.com/2025/10/… - Daniel Gilligan (Trinity College (Dublin)) has posted Collaboration in The Collaborative Constitution: Modes, Value, and Comity ((forthcoming, 2025) 45(2) Dublin University Law Journal) on SSRN.
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Call for Papers: The Irish Yearbook of International Law
The Editors of The Irish Yearbook of International Law invite submissions on any area of international law for publication as an article in the next volume. For more information: tcd.ie/law/news--events/2026…
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A ‘highly recommended’ from @lsolum NEVER gets old. Thank you, Larry!
This piece argues that unwritten constitutionalism is a ubiquitous feature of all constitutional systems. It’s not a quirk of the UK or NZ.
Available open access at @icon_journal: academic.oup.com/icon/articl…
Aileen Kavanagh on The Ubiquity of Unwritten Constitutionalism: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11276…
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It’s the constitutional Coachella. Excited that @ICON__S 2026 is coming to Dublin next week with a huge and exciting programme. I’m involved in a few panels, incl one with the brilliant Reva Siegel, Robert Post, & Akis Psygkas on democratic constitutionalism.
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Great panel discussion on the Future of Justice in an Age of Uncertainty chaired by @TriCONDublin Fellow @dkennytcd.
June 18th at the @TLRHub
What does justice look like in a world shaped by growing political division, global conflict, and increasing uncertainty?
Join us on Thursday, June 18th, at 6.30 pm to explore the future of justice with our esteemed panel.
Register now: eventbrite.ie/e/the-future-o…
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Well, this one means a lot. What an honour to be elected as one of 29 new members of the Royal Irish Academy, alongside (from law) the Chief Justice of Ireland, Donal O’Donnell, Prof Delia Ferri from @MaynoothLaw - and brilliant author Anne Enright.
Congratulations to our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh on her election as Member of the Royal Irish Academy @RIAdawson - the highest academic accolade in Ireland.
The Royal Irish Academy is an all-island learned society dating from 1785.
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Open to the public. Places are limited and registration is required.
Register: forms.gle/gWMXgbYJwdbcK6tK8
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Congratulations to our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh on her election as Member of the Royal Irish Academy @RIAdawson - the highest academic accolade in Ireland.
The Royal Irish Academy is an all-island learned society dating from 1785.
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It was a pleasure and an honour to deliver the Graz Jurisprudence Lecture 2026 and meet all the great researchers working in constitutional and legal theory at @UniGraz. Thanks to Prof Matthias Klatt for the invite, warm welcome, & great conversation in beautiful Graz!
On May 28th, our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh gave the 2026 Graz Jurisprudence Lecture at @UniGraz on the topic of her forthcoming article in @icon_journal ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’:
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On May 28th, our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh gave the 2026 Graz Jurisprudence Lecture at @UniGraz on the topic of her forthcoming article in @icon_journal ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’:
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On May 26th, our Director @AileenFKavanagh gave a lecture on her forthcoming article ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’ as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory jointly hosted by @FreudSfu, @univienna & @ceu.
Huge thanks to @KLachmayer for hosting me at @FreudSfu today as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory where I spoke about judicial strike downs.
I studied at @univienna 30 years ago, so it was great to revisit this beautiful city.
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Prof @dkennytcd was in constitutional conversation with @ShashiTharoor at the @JLFLitfest in Belfast last Saturday. Recording to follow!
A fabulous conversation yesterday with Prof David Kenny on a vital subject. Will post the video when @JLFLitfest gets around to issuing it! #JLFIslandOfIreland
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And of course to John Manderscheid for photos (while also managing to present a paper).
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Special thanks to @pearceclancy and Inji Mammadli, Metha Ramadita, and Blair Somerville for all of the organizing work, plus our great commentators @maeveorourke, John Reynolds, @NoelleHig, and Suryapratim Roy & our keynote speaker @MaryLawlorhrds.
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Many thanks to everyone who took part in last Friday's New Voices in International Law workshop at @tcddublin, generously supported by @TriCONDublin. A fitting capstone to my friend @C_Ahlborn's tenure with us at TCD, my collaborator in all things international law.
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An honour and a total pleasure to speak to the great @ShashiTharoor about constitutions, pluralism, civic nationalism, and much else in Belfast last weekend. I think we could have talked for hours! Thanks so much to @JLFLitfest Island of Ireland for making it happen.
A fabulous conversation yesterday with Prof David Kenny on a vital subject. Will post the video when @JLFLitfest gets around to issuing it! #JLFIslandOfIreland
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En route to Vienna now and looking forward to giving a lecture tomorrow May 26th 6pm @FreudSfu as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory.
Thank you @KLachmayer for the invite. Bis Morgen!
Our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh will give a Vienna Lecture on May 26th at and the Graz Jurisprudence Lecture 2026 on May 28th on ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’: constitutionaltheory.eu/stop…
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