In this post, Dr Alana Farrell critiques legislative process in Ireland with particular focus on the matters of abortion law.
Category: Public Law
Two Cameras, Two Rules: Should Law Reform Cover Private Facial Recognition?
The Home Office’s consultation on biometric reform proposes focusing solely on law enforcement, leaving private-sector facial recognition to continue under a separate legal framework. In this blog, William Page summarises his response to the consultation, which proposed a unified approach to live facial recognition in public spaces, ensuring both law enforcement and private actors operate under consistent standards.
Ability capitalism and welfare cuts: how disability operates as a technology of market governance
In this post, Dr Clare Williams examines challenges posed by disability in the context of welfare cuts and market governance.
From Hostile Environment to Hostile Nation: False Regret and Lessons Unlearnt from the Windrush Scandal
In this post, Dr Shahab Saqib assesses modern immigration policy proposals in the light of developments form the Windrush scandal onwards.
Does the regulation against mis-and disinformation pose a threat to press freedom?
In this blogpost, Dr Peter Coe discusses whether the regulation against mis-and disinformation pose a threat to press freedom.
Attorney General’s speech on international law: a momentum not to be wasted
In this blogpost, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the Attorney General’s latest speech on international law and UK foreign policy, and reactions to that speech from the viewpoint of the discipline of international law.
Call for Papers – The Irish Political Constitution
Friday 28th November, National University of Ireland, Merrion square, Dublin
Strengthening the Resilience of the German Federal Constitutional Court
In this post, Dr Kathrin Hamenstädt discusses recent German legislation regarding the authority of German Federal Constitutional Court
Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rule of Law: autonomous or interlinked?
In this post, Dr Alex Latham-Gambi discusses the relationship between parliamentary sovereignty and the Rule of Law, among others in the context of judicial review and statutory interpretation, and introduces his latest work on that subject-matter.
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
On the 26th of October the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) was enacted. In this post De Peter Coe considers why sections 194 and 195 of the Act, which were introduced by the government to tackle SLAPPs that feature economic crimes, are potentially problematic.