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Professor Aileen Kavanagh

Professor Aileen Kavanagh

Professor of Constitutional Governance, Law

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Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Aileen Kavanagh, Constitutional Review under the UK Human Rights Act, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, 1 - 450ppBook, 2009
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Proportionality and Parliamentary Debates: Exploring Some Forbidden Territory, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 34, 2014, p443 - 479Journal Article, 2014
  • Aileen Kavanagh, A Hard Look at the Last Word, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2015, p825 - 847Journal Article, 2015
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Recasting the Political Constitution: From Rivals to Relationships, King's Law Journal, 30, 2019, p43 - 73Journal Article, 2019
  • Aileen Kavanagh, What's so Weak about Weak-Form Review? The Case of the UK Human Rightws act, International Journal of Constitutional Law (I.CON), 2016, p1008 - 1039Journal Article, 2016
  • Aileen Kavanagh, The Lure and the Limits of Dialogue, University of Toronto Law Journal, 2016, p83 - 120Journal Article, 2016
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Constitutionalism, Counterterrorism, and the Courts: Changes in the British Constitutional Landscape, International Journal of Constitutional Law (I.CON), 9, 2011, p172 - 199Journal Article, 2011
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Judicial Restraint in the Pursuit of Justice, University of Toronto Law Journal, 60, 2010, p23 - 40Journal Article, 2010
  • The Constitutional Separation of Powers in, editor(s)David Dyzenhaus Malcolm Thorburn , Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp221 - 224, [Aileen Kavanagh]Book Chapter, 2016
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Judging the Judges under the Human Rights Act: Deference, Disillusionment and the "War on Terror", Public Law, 2009, p287 - 304Journal Article, 2009
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Comparative Political Process Review, International Journal of Constitutional Law, 18, (4), 2020, p1483 - 1489Journal Article, 2020
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Special Advocates, Control Orders and the Right to a Fair Trial, Modern Law Review, 73, (5), 2010, p824 - 857Journal Article, 2010
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Original Intention, Enacted Text, and Constitutional Interpretation, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, 47, 2002, p255 - 298Journal Article, 2002
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Constitutional Review, the Courts, and Democratic Scepticism, Current Legal Problems, 62, 2009, p102 - 135Journal Article, 2009
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Reasoning about Proportionality under the Human Rights Act 1998: Outcomes, Substance and Process, Law Quarterly Review, 130, 2014, p235 - 258Journal Article, 2014
  • Aileen Kavanagh, What's so Weak about Weak-Form Review? A Rejoinder to Stephen Gardbaum, International Journal of Constitutional Law, 13, (4), 2015, p1049 - 1053Journal Article, 2015
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Defending Deference in Public Law and Constitutional Theory, Law Quarterly Review, 126, (2), 2010, p222 - 250Journal Article, 2010
  • Aileen Kavanagh, The Elusive Divide between Interpretation and Legislation under the Human Rights Act 1998, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 24, (2), 2004, p259 - 285Journal Article, 2004
  • Rights-Based Constitutional Review in the UK: From Form to Function in, editor(s)John Bell Marie-Luce Paris , Rights-Based Constitutional Review: Constitutional Courts in a Changing Landscape, London, Edward Elgar, 2016, pp63 - 94, [Chintan Chandrachud & Aileen Kavanagh]Book Chapter, 2016
  • From Appellate Committee to UK Supreme Court: Independence, Activism, and Transparency in, editor(s)James Lee , From House of Lords to Supreme Court: Judges, Jurists and the Process of Judging, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2011, pp35 - 57, [Aileen Kavanagh]Book Chapter, 2011
  • Aileen Kavanagh, The Idea of a Living Constitution, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, 16, (1), 2003, p55 - 89Journal Article, 2003
  • Aileen Kavanagh John Oberdiek, Arguing About Law, Abingdon, Routledge, 2008, 1 - 618ppBook, 2008
  • Aileen Kavanagh, The Irish Constitution at 75 Years: Natural Law, Christian Values and the Ideal of Justice, Irish Jurist, 48, 2012, p71 - 102Journal Article, 2012
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Parliamentary Intent, Statutory Interpretation and the Human Rights Act 1998, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 26, 2006, p179 - 209Journal Article, 2006
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Pepper v Hart and Matters of Constitutional Principle, Law Quarterly Review, 120, 2005, p98 - 122Journal Article, 2005
  • Aileen Kavanagh, The Role of a Bill of Rights in Reconstructing Northern Ireland, Human Rights Quarterly, 26, 2004, p956 - 982Journal Article, 2004
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Strasbourg, the House of Lords, or Elected Politicians: Who Decides about Rights after Re P?, 72, 2009, p828 - 843Journal Article, 2009
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Participation and Judicial Review: A Reply to Jeremy Waldron, Law and Philosophy, 22, 2003, p1 - 35Journal Article, 2003
  • The Role of Courts in the Joint Enterprise of Governing in, editor(s)Nick Barber Richard Ekins Paul Yowell , Lord Sumption and the Limits of the Law, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2016, pp121 - 141, [Aileen Kavanagh]Book Chapter, 2016
  • The Joint Committee on Human Rights: A Hybrid Breed of Constitutional Watchdog in, editor(s)Murray Hunt Hayley Hooper Paul Yowell , Parliament and Human Rights: Redressing the Democratic Deficit, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2015, pp115 - 141, [Aileen Kavanagh]Book Chapter, 2015
  • Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments from Irish Free State to Irish Republic in, editor(s)Eoin Carolan , The Constitution of Ireland: Perspectives and Prospects, Dublin, Bloomsbury Professional, 2012, pp30 pages , [Aileen Kavanagh]Book Chapter, 2012
  • Aileen Kavanagh, The Quest for Legitimacy in Constitutional Interpretation, Irish Jurist, 32, 1998, p195 - 216Journal Article, 1998
  • Deference or Defiance? The Limits of the Judicial Role in Constitutional Adjudication in, editor(s)Grant Huscroft , Expounding the Constitution: Essays in Constitutional Theory, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp184 - 216, [Aileen Kavanagh]Book Chapter, 2008
  • Aileen Kavanagh, The Collaborative Constitution, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022, 1 - 321ppBook, 2022
  • Aileen Kavanagh, Towards a Relational Conception of the Separation of Powers, Public Law, 2022, p10Journal Article, 2022
  • The Living Constitution in Collaborative Context in, editor(s)Kate O'Regan Carlos Bernal Sujit Choudhry , Research Handbook on Constitutional Interpretation, London, Edward Elgar, 2022, pp1-10 , [Aileen Kavanagh]Book Chapter, 2022

Recognition

  • Annual Gold Medal in Jurisprudence for Best Finals Performance in Jurisprudence, UCD 1992
  • Erasmus+ Award, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence from the European Commission 2020
  • Shortlisted for the Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2009
  • Annual Borrin Lecturer 2021, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • British Academy Midcareer Research Fellowship 2015
  • Oxford and Cambridge Society of Ireland Present
  • Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Present