Aileen Kavanagh

Thanks, Eoin

Many thanks, David!

Thanks, Liz.

Merci, Mathieu!

Thanks, Donncha! Christmas began early this year!

Congratulations to @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social on winning the Inner Temple (Main Author) Book Prize 2025, awarded triennially as a ‘major prize for outstanding authorship’.

Overjoyed that my book The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org has won The Inner Temple Main Author Book Prize 2025! Great to celebrate with my fellow finalists Sean Coyle, Liron Schmilovitz & @vmantouvalou.bsky.social & the New Author winner Brooke Marshall.

Congrats to @tricondublin.bsky.social Director Prof @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social whose paper ‘Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory’ is ‘Download of the Week’ on the Legal Theory blog, and described by Prof @lsolum.bsky.social as a ‘deep and important paper’.

Download of the Week: “Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory” by Kavanagh The Download of the Week is Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory by Aileen Kavanagh. Here is the abstract: In constitutional theory, we are familiar with the claim that a good theory must fit and justify constitutional practice. However, the criterion of 'fit' sometimes gets lost in the quest to provide a bold normative theory about what constitutional should be. Using the debate about the legitimacy of constitutional judicial review as an example, this article warns against a problematic disjuncture between theory and practice in the domain of constitutional law.

Download of the Week: “Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory” by Kavanagh

The Download of the Week is Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory by Aileen Kavanagh. Here is the abstract: In constitutional theory, we are familiar with the claim that a good theory must fit and justify…

Blue skies in @tcddublin.bsky.social yesterday.

Many thanks to Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy for an eye-opening paper on democratic backsliding in Hungary last night at @tricondublin.bsky.social, and to @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Beatrice Monciunskaite for incisive comments.

Looking forward to chairing this @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar tomorrow on direct democracy in Hungary with visiting speaker Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy with commentators @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Prof Beatrice Monciunskaite.

Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning

One of the heroines of modern Ireland
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📢The 2026 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Submissions is out!

Join us in #Dublin from June 29 – July 1, 2026!

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New article called ‘Underuse of the Override’ forthcoming in the Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, now up on @ssrn.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It’s based on my 2023 Coxford Lecture: m.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRs...

TODAY! All welcome

Join us for an ICON meets TriCON webinar on October 17th on the rationale and risks of referendums!

Brilliant speakers, important topic.
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Interesting thread by @drdeanknight.bsky.social reflecting on how parliamentarians should respond to a declaration of incompatibility/inconsistency in UK or NZ law - a question which @robertcraig3.bsky.social tackles in this review of The Collaborative Constitution in @nilegalq.bsky.social

Really interesting, @drdeanknight.bsky.social! Thanks for the engagement. Do you have a link to your presentation to the Justice Committee? REALLY interested in the fascinating NZ developments in this field!

Thanks to @robertcraig3.bsky.social for this in-depth review of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org in the @nilegalq.bsky.social.

Great discussion about inter-institutional interaction and constitutional conventions.

Thanks so much, Hannah!

Deeply honoured - and a bit taken aback - to discover that The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org has been shortlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize 2025, alongside Sean Coyle, @vmantouvalou.bsky.social & Liron Schmilovitz.

Tomorrow Sept 16th 5.30pm @tcddublin.bsky.social:
@tricondublin.bsky.social seminar with @hbirk.bsky.social on the rule of law in Germany.

Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon) | 1957 - 2025 | Online-Tribute.com It is with deep sadness that Matrix announces the death of Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon).  Conor was a founding member of Matrix and highly respected member of the legal community. A formidable…

Shocked and saddened to hear about the sudden death of Conor Gearty.
Matrix chambers has set up a condolences wall for anyone who wants to share memories or offer condolences to the family. www.online-tribute.com/ProfessorCon...

New season of TriCON seminars begins with Prof Hannah Birkenkötter @hbirk.bsky.social speaking about her new co-authored book The Rule of Law in Germany, with Prof Niels Kirst commenting, chaired by Prof Christiane Ahlborn @tcddublin.bsky.social

Full marks to the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly to curating this great Special Issue on academic writing, with personal ‘Reflections on Writing’ from Nikki Lacey, Emily Jackson, Conor Gearty @tamarahervey.bsky.social & many more. Well done NILQ!

All open access: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...

The next Public Law Conference will be held at University of Cape Town, 1-4 July 2026. The theme is Public Law and the Future of Constitutional Democracy. 2026 marks the 30 year anniversary since the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. More details coming soon.

@tricondublin.bsky.social New Voices in Constitutional Law Workshop 3rd Oct.
Great opportunity for ECRs across the island of Ireland to present and get focused feedback on their work in public/constitutional law.

Abstracts due July 31st!

Prof Meg Russell's (@conunitucl.bsky.social) 2024 Public Law lecture - "Should we be worried about the decline of parliamentary scrutiny?" - is available open access here: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/content/dam/...

Nice delivery from @cambup-law.cambridge.org today: a box full of The Collaborative Constitution which has just gone into paperback!

Good to know that it’s now available at a more realistic price point - and you can save 20% with code TCC2025.

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