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Professor William Binchy

Professor William Binchy

Fellow Emeritus, Law

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Biography

William Binchy is Regius Professor of Laws. He was formerly a special legal adviser on family law reform to the Irish Department of Justice and Research Counsellor to the Law Reform Commission.  He is a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission.  He was Visiting Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Michaelmas Term 2002).  He has authored and co-authored books on private international law, torts and family law and organises the Annual Workshop on Constitutionalism for African Chief Justices and Senior Judiciary, held at the Law School, now in its ninth year. He has represented Ireland at the Hague Conference on Private International Law on the themes of marriage and inter-country adoption. He was a member of the Committee on the Offences Against the State Acts, Chaired by the Hon. Mr. Justice Anthony Hederman.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • William Binchy and Jeremy Sarkin, Eds, The Administration of Justice: Current Themes in Comparative Perspective, Four Courts Press, 2004Book, 2004
  • Binchy, William with Quigley, Paul editors, Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003: Implications for the Legal Practice, First Law, 2004Book, 2004
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Laws 2002, 2003Book, 2003
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Laws 2003, Thomson Roundhall, 2004Book, 2004
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Laws 2002, Thomson Roundhall, 2003Book, 2003
  • Binchy, William and Sarkin, Jeremy, Human Rights, the Citizen and the State: South African and Irish Approaches, Roundhall Sweet and Maxwell, 2001Book, 2001
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Law, Roundhall, 2002Book, 2002
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Law, 2000, Roundhall, 2001Book, 2001
  • Binchy, William with McMahon, Bryan, The Law of Torts, 3rd, Butterworths, 2000Book, 2000
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Law, 1999, Roundhall, 2000Book, 2000
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law 1998, Roundhall, 1999Book, 1999
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law, 1997, Roundhall, 1998Book, 1998
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law, 1996, Roundhall, 1997Book, 1997
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law, 1995, Round Hall, 1996Book, 1996
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law, 1994, Round Hall, 1995Book, 1995
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law 1993, Round Hall, 1994Book, 1994
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law 1992, Round Hall, 1993Book, 1993
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of IrishLaw 1991, Round Hall, 1992Book, 1992
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law 1990, Round Hall, 1992Book, 1992
  • Binchy, William and McMahon, Bryan, A Casebook on Irish Law of Torts, 2nd, Butterworths, 1991Book, 1991
  • Binchy, William and McMahon, Bryan, Irish Law of Torts, 2nd, Butterworths, 1990Book, 1990
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Law 1989, Round Hall, 1990Book, 1990
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law 1988, Round Hall, 1989Book, 1989
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, The Annual Review of Irish Law 1987, Round Hall, 1988Book, 1988
  • Binchy, William, Irish Conflicts of Law, Butterworths, 1988Book, 1988
  • Binchy, William, A Casebook on Irish Family Law, Professional Books, 1984Book, 1984
  • Binchy, Wiliam with McMahon, Bryan, Irish Law of Torts, Professional Books, 1981Book, 1981
  • Binchy, William and Finnegan, Catherine (Co-editors), The Citizenship Referendum, School of Law, TCD, 2004Book, 2004
  • Binchy, William and Ahern, John, eds, , The Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations: A New Regime, 1st, Leiden, Brill, 2009, xi - 480ppBook, 2009
  • Binchy, William and Quansah, Emmanuel, The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2009, 418ppBook, 2009
  • Binchy, William, ed, Timor-Leste: Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2009, v-xi, 1-604ppBook, 2009
  • Binchy, William and Finnegan, Catherine, eds, Human Rights, Constitutionalism and the Judiciary: Tanzanian and Irish Perspectives, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 2006, 373ppBook, 2006
  • Comparative Practical Problems and Solutions in Applying a Judicial Code in the National System in, editor(s)Peter, Chris Maina and Kijo-Bisimba, Helen , Law and Justice in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2007, pp199 - 222, [Binchy, William]Book Chapter, 2007
  • Binchy, William and Craven, Ciaran, eds, Medical Negligence Litigation: Emerging Issues, Dublin, First Law, 2008, 255ppBook, 2008
  • Doyle, Oran and Binchy, William, eds, Committed Relationships and the Law, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2007, 272ppBook, 2007
  • Binchy, William and Glendenning, Dympna, Litigation Against Schools: Implications for School Management, Dublin, First Law, 2006, xxxii, 277ppBook, 2006
  • Binchy, William and McMahon, Bryan, Casebook on the Irish Law of Torts, 3rd, Dublin, Tottel, 2005Book, 2005
  • Binchy, William and Craven, Ciaran eds, The Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, Dublin, First Law, 2004, 315ppBook, 2004
  • The Supreme Court of Ireland in, editor(s)Dickson, Brice , Judicial Activism in Common Law Supreme Courts, Oxford University Press, 2008, pp169 - 215, [Binchy, William]Book Chapter, 2008
  • Issues of Proof in Medical Negligence Litigation: New Questions Posed in the Irish Courts in, editor(s)Craven, Ciaran and Binchy, William , Medical Negligence Litigation: Emerging Issues, Dublin, Clarus, 2008, pp56 - 82, [Binchy, William]Book Chapter, 2008
  • Dignity as a Constitutional Concept in, editor(s)Carolan, Eoin and Doyle, Oran , The Irish Constitution: Governance and Values, Dublin, Thomson Roundhall, 2008, pp307 - 326, [Binchy, William]Book Chapter, 2008
  • Autonomy, Commitment and Marriage in, editor(s)Doyle, Oran and Binchy, William , Committed Relationships and the Law, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2007, pp159 - 180, [Binchy, William]Book Chapter, 2007
  • The Constitution of Timor Leste in Comparative Perspective in, editor(s)Binchy, William , Timor- Leste Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2009, pp261 - 290, [Binchy, William]Book Chapter, 2009
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Law 2008, Dublin, Roundhall, 2009, vii-xxix, 1-647ppBook, 2009
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond (with specialist contributors), Annual Review of Irish Law 2007, Dublin, Roundhall, 2008Book, 2008
  • Binchy, William and Byrne Raymond (with specialist contributors), Annual Review of Irish Law 2006, Dublin, Roundhall, 2007, vii-xxix, 1-609ppBook, 2007
  • Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond (with specialist contributors), Annual Review of Irish Law 2005, Dublin, Roundhall, 2006, vii-xxxiii, 1-743ppBook, 2006
  • Dignity as a Core Constitutional Concept in, editor(s)Binchy, William and Quansah, Emmanuel , Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2009, pp159 - 186, [Binchy, William]Book Chapter, 2009
  • The School's Duty of Care to its Pupils in, editor(s)Binchy, William and Glendenning, Dympna , Litigation Against Schools: Implications for School Management, Dublin, First Law, 2006, pp1 - 57, [Binchy, William]Book Chapter, 2006

Research Expertise

African Human RightsLaw, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Human Rights, Jurisprudence, Medical Law, Private International Law and Torts

Recognition

  • Fellow, Trinity College Dublin 1992. John Brooke Scholar, The Honorable Society of the King's Inns (1968). Tutorial Scholar in Law, University College Dublin (1969).
  • Commissioner with the Irish Human Rights Commission. 
  • Represented the Irish Human Rights Commission at the U.N. Ad Hoc Committee on the Draft International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2003 to date.
  • Commissioner with the Irish Human Rights Commission.
  • Represented the Irish Human Rights Commission at the U.N. Ad Hoc Committee on the Draft International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2003 to date.