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
- Daniel Gilligan, Waiver and the Constitution, Irish Jurist, 69, 2023, p80-Journal Article, 2023
- 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-Journal Article, 2024
- Daniel Gilligan, Constitutional Torts as Private Wrongs, Irish Supreme Court Review, 6, 2024, p181-Journal Article, 2024
- 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-Journal Article, 2024
- Daniel Gilligan, Review of Ernest Weinrib, Reciprocal Freedom: Private Law and Public Right, Modern Law Review, 86, (4), 2023, p1063-Journal Article, 2023
Recognition
- Ussher Postgraduate Fellowship 2021
- HLA Hart Prize in Jurisprudence and Political Theory 2021
- Scholar of Trinity College Dublin 2018
- Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence, Irish Research Council September 2024
- William Ewald Scholarship 2020
- Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, Irish Research Council September 2024
- Oxford Law Faculty Prize in Constitutional Theory (joint) 2021