The Children's Rights Referendum

Structure of Article 42A, imprescriptible rights and the voluntary adoption of marital children

Gerry Whyte is a Professor of Law and Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. His research interests include Irish constitutional law and he is the co-author, with Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan, of Kelly's The Irish Constitution.

When and how the State can intervene: general principles

Dr. Oran Doyle LL.B, LL.M (Harv), Ph.D., F.T.C.D. lectures Constitutional Law I and Jurisprudence on the LL.B. programme and has previously lectured Contemporary Problems in Irish Constitutional law on the LL.M. programme. His principal areas of interest are jurisprudence, constitutional law and constitutional theory. He is a founding member of the Irish Jurisprudence Society and convenes the constitutional law and policy group within the Law School. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family. He was elected a Fellow of Trinity College in 2010. He is the author of Constitutional Equality Law and Constitutional Law: Text, Cases and Materials.  

The contested nature of a best interests test

Andrea Mulligan is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Harvard Law School and the King's Inns. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor William Binchy focusing on the regulation of reproductive technologies in Ireland. Andrea has lectured on Public Interest Law, Legal Skills, and Medical Law, and currently lectures on Law and Bioethics.

Tea/Coffee Break

Proceedings to which the best interests test does and does not apply: practical implications

Patricia Brazil LL.B., M.Litt, Barrister-at-Law is the Averil Deverell lecturer in law at Trinity College Dublin where she lectures Family law, Child law and Refugee and Immigration law. Patricia has also practised as a barrister since 2004, specialising in the areas of asylum and immigration law and child law, in particular childcare proceedings. A full-time researcher with the Law Reform Commission for a number of years, she has carried out extensive teaching and lecturing at Trinity College prior to her appointment as Averil Deverell Lecturer in Law in 2007. Her research interests include immigration and asylum law, family and child law and she has extensive publications in these areas.

The current proposal contrasted with previous proposals

David Kenny is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Harvard Law School and the Honourable Society of the King’s Inns. He is an Assistant Professor of Law in the Law School, and lectures in Constitutional Law.

The Children’s Rights Referendum

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