Biography
Daniel is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the University of Oxford. His PhD research examined the significance of constitutional rights for private law relationships in Ireland. It was funded by the Irish Research Council and a Postgraduate Ussher Fellowship.
His writing has been published in the Dublin University Law Journal, Irish Jurist, Irish Supreme Court Review, Legal Studies, and the Modern Law Review. His research examines doctrinal and philosophical topics in private law, and at the constitutional-private law intersection. He teaches across private law and legal philosophy. He is a Co-Convenor of the Irish Jurisprudence Society (IJS), and a Co-Editor of the Dublin University Law Journal (DULJ).
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Daniel Gilligan, Constitutional Torts as Private Wrongs, Irish Supreme Court Review, 6, 2024, p181-
Daniel Gilligan, Damages and the "Essence" of False Imprisonment: GE v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [2022] IESC 51, Legal Studies, 44, (3), 2024, p560-
Daniel Gilligan, Privacy and Personal Standing: The Wrongful Disclosure of Private Information After McGee v Attorney General, Dublin University Law Journal, 44, (1), 2024, p137-
Daniel Gilligan, Review of Ernest Weinrib, Reciprocal Freedom: Private Law and Public Right, Modern Law Review, 86, (4), 2023, p1063-
Daniel Gilligan, Waiver and the Constitution, Irish Jurist, 69, 2023, p80-
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence, Irish Research Council
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, Irish Research Council
Ussher Postgraduate Fellowship
HLA Hart Prize in Jurisprudence and Political Theory
Oxford Law Faculty Prize in Constitutional Theory (joint)
William Ewald Scholarship
Scholar of Trinity College Dublin