TriCON Doctoral Conference: Contesting Constitutional Governance

A one-day conference organised by the School of Law. Please register here. Programme: 9:00 Registration with coffee and tea 9:30 Panel 1: Balancing Rights

• Noha Eissa Zakaria Abdelsalam (TCD), Protecting Freedom Of Expression While Fighting Terrorism In Egypt
• Michael Coleman (UCD), Securing Non-Domination in the Social Republic: A Social Republican Theory of Rights
• Somshubhra Banarjee (UCD), Emergency Legislation and Competing Claims to Authority

11:00 Coffee Break 11:15 Panel 2: Solutions and remedies

• Daniel Gilligan (TCD), Rights, Remedies, and Vindication in Irish Constitutional Law
• Leah Rea (Ulster), The (un)conventional approach? Exploring constitutionalism in the context of the application of constitutional conventions on matters of human rights in Northern Ireland
• Davy Lawlor (DCU), From Parliamentary Elections to the Criminal Code: the Value of Remedial Flexibility in Constitutional Review

12:30 Lunch Break Served at the Long Room Hub 13:30 Panel 3: Restraint, Activism and Discretion

• Anurag Deb (QUB) The Northern Ireland executive: politics, law and a rethink of judicial intervention
• Saoirse Enright (UL), Chief Justice Hugh Kennedy: An Omen for Judicial Activism?
• Aisling Ryan (UCC), Administrative Discretion at First Instance

15:00 Coffee Break 15:15 Panel 4: Constitutional change

• Seán Rainford (DCU), Unfettered Amendability In Ireland: Past, Present, And (Possible) Futures
• Alex Layden (TCD), Irish constitutional legislation: a comparative analysis of legislation relating to the internal structure of the state, constitutional rights and state sovereignty
• Liam Edwards (Ulster), For Wales, see Scotland: Thoughts on Indyref2 and the effect of asymmetric devolution on the constitutional status of Wales.

16:30 Keynote Address 18:00 Wine reception Please indicate if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: triconphd2023@gmail.com