Academic Publications
Forthcoming “A Short History of Universal Jurisdiction” in Irish Law Times (not yet published)

May 2011 “The Price of Equality: Equality in Price" in Irish Law Times - (2011) 29 ILT 92

Background and analysis of the recent ECJ Test-Achats case, the reasoning of the Court and
the Advocate-General, and the effects of the decision on equality legislation in EU Member States

April 2011 “Democracy: Straightening the Circular Logic of an Undefined Legal Term”,
Workshop for the Irish Jurisprudence Society

Presentation based on part of my thesis which sought to define democracy and differentiate
it from the rule of law and human rights based on historical and logical considerations.
It also aimed to show the inconsistencies in current court and treaty definitions of democracy

February 2011 “German Constitutional Court to Indirectly Rule on Irish Bailout”
in Irish Law Times - (2011) 29 ILT 34

Analysis of a pending case regarding the constitutionality under German law of the
bailout packages for Greece and Ireland

November 2010 “Democracy and International Law: An Analysis of the Origins of Democracy, its Relationship with
International Law and its Applicability to Modern International Institutions”

Doctoral thesis centering on the historical definition of democracy and its application to modern
international institutions. A large component of the thesis focused on the historical development
of human rights and participatory and socio-economic human rights.

September 2008 “Das verfassungsrechtliche Verhältnis Irlands zum Prozess der Europäischen Integration”
in Neue Zeitschrift fuer Verwaltungsrecht-Extra

Comparison between decisions of Irish Supreme Court and German Constitutional Court regarding
European integration with particular focus on differences in the admissibility of cases.
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