Professor Caoimhin Mac Maolain
Professor, Law
Biography
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, B.C.L., LL.M., Ph.D., joined the law school in 2005 having previously held a Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at Exeter University. He teaches modules in European Union Law, International Trade Law and Food Law. He is also the Director of the LLM Dissertation Programme. Caoimhín has published extensively in the areas of EU Law and Food Law. He has published three books with Hart Publishing, as well as many book chapters in edited collections and articles in the leading international journals in his field, including the European Law Review, the Common Market Law Review and European Public Law. Caoimhín welcomes applications for postgraduate research (PhD or MLitt) in the areas of European Union Law, EU Substantive Law and International and EU Food Law.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
The law on geographical indications and traditional food names: Protecting local and regional interests in a global arena in, editor(s)I M Nick , Names, Naming and the Law: Onomastics, Identity, Power and Policy, Routledge, 2024, pp123 - 140, [Caoimhín MacMaoláin]
Using the law to enhance the welfare of food-producing animals: recognising sentience, raising standards in, editor(s)M Roberts , Research Handbook on International Food Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, pp515 - 534, [Caoimhín MacMaoláin]
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Early Lessons from the EU/UK Brexit Negotiations: Implications for Ireland, European Public Law, 27, (4), 2021, p629 - 652
Using food labelling laws to combat childhood obesity: Lessons from the EU, the WTO and Codex in, editor(s)A Garde, J Curtis, O De Schutter, Elgar Studies in Health and the Law , Ending Childhood Obesity: A Callenge at the Crossroads of International Economic and Human Rights Law, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, pp138 - 160, [Caoimhin MacMaolain]
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, An Unhealthy State: Using Legislation to Address Public Health Issues in Ireland, European Public Law, 2019, p487 - 502
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Irish Food Law, 1, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2019, 1 - 400pp
Protecting Chronic Migraine Sufferers in their Employment: The Role for Law in, editor(s)Dr Marie Murray , Migraine, Dublin, Currach Press, 2016, pp115 - 125, [Caoimhín MacMaoláin]
C MacMaoláin, Food Law: European, Domestic and International Frameworks, 1, Oxford, Hart Bloomsbury, 2015, 345pp
C MacMaoláin, Using European Union legislation to increase international trade: the potential for public bodies in Ireland to make more of product quality schemes, European Public Law, 21, 2015, p215 - 230
Food labelling requirements in EU Law: Creating the right package of measures to achieve the aims of CAP 2020 in, editor(s)McMahon and Cardwell , Research Handbook on the Common Agricultural Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015, pp269 - 284, [C MacMaoláin]
Regulating consumer information: Use of food labelling and mandatory disclosures to encourage healthier lifestyles in, editor(s)Alemanno and Garde , Regulating lifestyle risks in Europe: The EU, Alcohol, Tobacco and Unhealthy Diets, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp46 - 68, [C MacMaolain]
C MacMaolain, Food Information Regulation: Failing to address ongoing concerns about obesity, Irish Journal of European Law, 17, (1), 2014, p77 - 87
EFSA the respondent: The role of the Court in ensuring accountability for action and transparency in procedures in, editor(s)Alemanno and Gabbi , Foundations of EU Food Law and Policy: Ten years of the European Food safety Authority, UK and USA, Ashgate, 2014, pp221 - 235, [C MacMaolain]
C MacMaolain, Limiting the ability of Member States to create conditions for the application of EU Law: The decisions in Dominguez and Salemink , Employment Law Review, 8, 2012
MacMaolain, Using EU Law and Policy to Create Jobs and Stimulate Growth in Ireland, Employment Law Review, (1), 2011, p27 - 34
C MacMaolain, Protecting adequate annual leave entitlements under European Union Employment Law: The decisions in Schulte and Williams, Employment Law Review, 7, 2011, p85 - 89
Securing Safety, Controlling Crises: Development and Misapplication of Food Law in the European Union in, editor(s)Antoniadis, Schutze, Spaventa , The European Union and Global Emergencies: A Law and Policy Analysis, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2011, pp193 - 205, [MacMaolain]
MacMaolain, Ramifications of the EU/IMF Loan to Ireland for the Financial Services Sector and for Irish Law and Society, European Public Law, 17, (3), 2011, p387 - 399
MacMaolain, Placing limitations on acceptable acts of ageism: The significance of the decision in Andersen, Employment Law Review, 2010, p69 - 74
MacMaolain, Clarifying pay entitlements during maternity leave: The decisions in Gassmayr and Parviainen, Employment Law Review, 2, 2010, p84 - 88
MacMaolain, Compensating for employment training costs: Olympique Lyonnais Sasp v Olivier Bernard and Newcastle United FC, Employment Law Review, 2010, p62 - 67
MacMaoláin, C, Out with the old: Court of Justice seeks to clarify when dismissal based on age may be legitimate, Employment Law Review, 1, (1), 2009, p62 - 67
MacMaoláin, C, Access to legal traineeships in other Member States: significance of the decision in Pesla, Employment Law Review, 1, (3), 2009, p234 - 237
MacMaoláin, C, Difficult derogations, non-standardisation and the phantom 'rule of reason': the negative impact of free movement law and policy on the quality and nutritional value of food in the EU, European Journal of Consumer Law, 2009, (1), 2009, p125 - 147
MacMaoláin, C, Engaging employees in collective redundancy negotiations: the recent decision in Akavan v Fujitsu, Employment Law Review, 1, (2), 2009, p140 - 145
MacMaoláin, C, Food Safety Regulation in Europe, Review of Intersentia: Antwerpen-Oxford, 2006, by Vos and wendler (Eds.) , Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 15, (3), 2008, p427-429
MacMaoláin, C, The General Principles of EU Law., Review of Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2006, by Tridimas , European Public Law, 14, (1), 2008, p1-4
MacMaoláin, C, Waiter! There's a beetle in my soup. Yes sir, that's E120: Disparities between actual individual behaviour and regulating food labelling for the average consumer in EU Law, Common Market Law Review, 45, (4), 2008, p1147 - 1165
MacMaoláin, C, The Future Control of Food: A guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security., Review of Earthscan: London, 2008, by Tansey and Rajotte (Eds.) , European Journal of International Law, 19, (5), 2008, p1118-1120
MacMaoláin C, EU Food Law: Protecting Consumers and Health in a Common Market, 1, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2007, 1 - 320pp
MacMaoláin, Review of Human Rights and International Trade, by Cottier, Pauwelyn and Burgi , Common Market Law Review, 44, (4), 2007, p525-528
MacMaoláin, C, Eligibility criteria for protected geographical food names, European Law Review, 31, (4), 2006, p576 - 588
MacMaoláin C, Review of International Food Security and Global Legal Pluralism - Sécurité Alimentaire Internationale et Pluralisme Juridique Mondial, by Snyder , European Law Review, 30, (5), 2005, p596-598
MacMaoláin C, Review of Toxics and Transnational Law: International and European Regulation of Toxic Substances as Legal Symbolism, by Pallemaerts , Common Market Law Review, 41, (6), 2004, p1173-1176
MacMaoláin C, Reforming European Community Food Law: putting quality back on the agenda, Food and Drug Law Journal, 58, (4), 2003, p549 - 565
MacMaoláin C, Using the precautionary principle to protect human health, European Law Review, 28, (5), 2003, p723 - 734
MacMaoláin C, The new genetically modified food labelling requirements: finally a lasting solution?, European Law Review, 28, (6), 2003, p865 - 879
MacMaoláin C, Ethical food labelling: the role of European Union freetrade in facilitating international fairtrade, Common Market Law Review, 39, (2), 2002, p295 - 314
MacMaoláin C, Free movement of foodstuffs, quality requirements and consumer protection: have the Court and the Commission both got it wrong?, European Law Review, 26, (5), 2001, p413 - 428
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Development of Irish laws on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, Food Governance, Sydney, Australia, 3-5 July 2019, 2019
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Innovations of the revised EU rules on food safety and their implications for public consultation, Science, Transparency and Independence: The revised rules on EU risk assessment on food and EFSA, Brussels, 13 June 2019, edited by Prof Ellen Vos , 2019
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Assessing the compatibility of national nutrition information rules with EU law, Nutrition information as a tool of consumer empowerment and public health protection, Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-26 January 2018, 2018
Caoimhin MacMaolain, The Consumer Information Paradigm: A Critical European Perspective, Global Food Law and Policy, Bilbao, Spain, 17-20 July 2017, 2017
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, The harmonisation of labelling rules at regional and global levels, Ending childhood obesity: A challenge at the crossroads of international trade and human rights law, London, 7-8 July 2016, 2016
C MacMaoláin, Providing information on food to consumers: the role of labelling laws in protecting human health, Designing law for nutrition-related health, University of Surrey, June 2015, 2015
C MacMaolain, Food Labelling Requirements in EU Law: Creating the right package of measures to protect producers, promote health and safeguard consumer interests, The Common Agricultural Policy in 2020: The future of the policy, Dublin, March 2014, 2014
C MacMaolain, Emerging issues in food labelling law in comparative EU/US perspective, Towards Global Food Law: Transatlantic Competition and Collaboration, Seattle, Washington, USA, Feb 2013, 2013
C MacMaolain, A European Perspective on Food and Farming: Using the law to protect humans, animals and the environment, Global Food and Farming Isuues, Washington, USA, February 2013, 2013
C Macmaolain, Rights and entitlements at work, Migraine Association of Ireland National Conference, Dublin, April 2012, 2012
MacMaolain, Rights in Employment Law for people suffering from neurological disorders, European Federation of Neurological Associations, HungExpo, Budapest, Hungary, Sept 2011, 2011
MacMaolain, Role of EU Law in the Irish Economic Crisis, Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, Cambridge, September 2011, 2011
MacMaolain, Tackling the most serious of all food safety concerns: The EU's role in reducing obesity, European Files, Dec, 2011, p26 - 28
MacMaoláin, C, Communication with consumers on the composition and nutritional benefits of foodstuffs in the European Union, European Food and Feed Law Conference, Apulia, Italy, 2009, 2009
MacMaoláin, C, The application of EU Law in food safety crises , The European Union and Global Emergencies International Conference, Durham, UK, 2009, 2009
MacMaoláin, Legal responses to climate change: developing a carbon label for the EU, World Bank and World Trade Organisation International Conference on Climate Change, Washington DC, USA, 2009, 2009
MacMaoláin, C, New European Union Food Labelling Rules, ERA Food Law Conference, Parma, Italy, 2008, 2008
MacMaoláin, C, The proposal for a regulation on the provision of food information to consumers: making food labels clearer and more relevant to the needs of consumers, EIPA Food Law Conference, Luxembourg, 2008, 2008
MacMaoláin, C, Labelling requirements in EU Food Law, European Institute of Public Administration Seminar, Luxembourg, 2007, 2007
MacMaoláin, New directions in European Union law and policy on the free movement of goods, SLS EU Law section , Keele, UK, 2006, 2006
MacMaoláin, C, The potential impact of EU regulations on the making of nutrition and health claims, EIPA Food Law Conference, Luxembourg, 2006, 2006
MacMaoláin, Protecting consumers through suitable labelling disclosures in EU Law, European Institute of Public Administration, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2004, 2004
MacMaoláin, C, Contradictions in European Union Regulation on the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms on to the market, Society of Legal Scholars, Leicester, UK, 2003, 2003
Research Expertise
Recognition
Representations
Legal Advisor to Government Department of Health on the content and introduction of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018
Society of Legal Scholars Convenor for Ireland
Adviser to the House of Lords Energy and Environment Sub-Committee on Brexit and Biosecurity
EU Law Co-ordinator and Examiner for Law Society of Ireland
Expert Witness before Criminal Courts of Justice and Court of Criminal Appeal
Legal Researcher, Adviser and Presenter for the Migraine Association of Ireland and the European Headache Alliance
Regular adviser to Irish and EU politicians, national and international organisations, health promoting NGOs and EU Commission
Teagasc Expert Group for Health and Sustainability
Peer reviewer for Modern Law Review
Research Funding and Grant Reviewer for the State Research Institute of Poland
Member Advisory Board of the Law and Non-Communicable Diseases Unit
Peer reviewer for European Law Review
Book proposals reviewer for Hart: Bloomsbury
Member and presenter of the European Food Law Academy
PhD External Examinations, most recently for University of Liverpool
Peer reviewer for Irish Journal of European Law
Academic Adviser for Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
Book proposal reviewer Oxford University Press
Book proposal reviewer for Edward Elgar Publishing
Articles peer reviewer for European Journal of Risk Regulation
Peer reviewer for European Public Law journal
Adviser to the Sugar Reduction Summit, Royal Society London
Visiting Teaching Fellow at University of Nantes
Peer reviewer for Georgetown Journal of International Law
Peer Reviewer for Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law
Peer reviewer for European Food and Feed Law Review
Reviewer of manuscripts for Palgrave Publishing
Peer reviewer for European Law Journal
Book proposals reviewer for Informa Publishing
Peer reviewer for US Food and Drug Law Journal
Awards and Honours
Fellowship, Trinity College Dublin
Master in Arts (jure officii)
Memberships
Convenor for Ireland, Society of Legal Scholars UK and Ireland
Member UK Association of European Lawyers
Member Society of Legal Scholars UK and Ireland
Member of European Food Law Academy
Member Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Member of Heads of Irish University Law Schools