Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance. A leading centre for constitutional law events and scholarship based at @TCDLawSchool @tcddublin
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Jun 3
Congratulations to our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh on her election as Member of the Royal Irish Academy @RIAdawson - the highest academic accolade in Ireland.
The Royal Irish Academy is an all-island learned society dating from 1785.
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Jun 9
Great panel discussion on the Future of Justice in an Age of Uncertainty chaired by @TriCONDublin Fellow @dkennytcd.
June 18th at the @TLRHub
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What does justice look like in a world shaped by growing political division, global conflict, and increasing uncertainty?
Join us on Thursday, June 18th, at 6.30 pm to explore the future of justice with our esteemed panel.
Register now: eventbrite.ie/e/the-future-o…
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Well, this one means a lot. What an honour to be elected as one of 29 new members of the Royal Irish Academy, alongside (from law) the Chief Justice of Ireland, Donal O’Donnell, Prof Delia Ferri from @MaynoothLaw - and brilliant author Anne Enright.
Jun 3
Congratulations to our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh on her election as Member of the Royal Irish Academy @RIAdawson - the highest academic accolade in Ireland.
The Royal Irish Academy is an all-island learned society dating from 1785.
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Open to the public. Places are limited and registration is required.
Register: forms.gle/gWMXgbYJwdbcK6tK8
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It was a pleasure and an honour to deliver the Graz Jurisprudence Lecture 2026 and meet all the great researchers working in constitutional and legal theory at @UniGraz. Thanks to Prof Matthias Klatt for the invite, warm welcome, & great conversation in beautiful Graz!
Jun 2
On May 28th, our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh gave the 2026 Graz Jurisprudence Lecture at @UniGraz on the topic of her forthcoming article in @icon_journal ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’:
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Jun 2
On May 28th, our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh gave the 2026 Graz Jurisprudence Lecture at @UniGraz on the topic of her forthcoming article in @icon_journal ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’:
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May 26
On May 26th, our Director @AileenFKavanagh gave a lecture on her forthcoming article ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’ as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory jointly hosted by @FreudSfu, @univienna & @ceu.
Huge thanks to @KLachmayer for hosting me at @FreudSfu today as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory where I spoke about judicial strike downs.
I studied at @univienna 30 years ago, so it was great to revisit this beautiful city.
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May 26
Prof @dkennytcd was in constitutional conversation with @ShashiTharoor at the @JLFLitfest in Belfast last Saturday. Recording to follow!
May 24
A fabulous conversation yesterday with Prof David Kenny on a vital subject. Will post the video when @JLFLitfest gets around to issuing it! #JLFIslandOfIreland
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May 25
And of course to John Manderscheid for photos (while also managing to present a paper).
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May 25
Special thanks to @pearceclancy and Inji Mammadli, Metha Ramadita, and Blair Somerville for all of the organizing work, plus our great commentators @maeveorourke, John Reynolds, @NoelleHig, and Suryapratim Roy & our keynote speaker @MaryLawlorhrds.
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May 25
Many thanks to everyone who took part in last Friday's New Voices in International Law workshop at @tcddublin, generously supported by @TriCONDublin. A fitting capstone to my friend @C_Ahlborn's tenure with us at TCD, my collaborator in all things international law.
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May 25
An honour and a total pleasure to speak to the great @ShashiTharoor about constitutions, pluralism, civic nationalism, and much else in Belfast last weekend. I think we could have talked for hours! Thanks so much to @JLFLitfest Island of Ireland for making it happen.
May 24
A fabulous conversation yesterday with Prof David Kenny on a vital subject. Will post the video when @JLFLitfest gets around to issuing it! #JLFIslandOfIreland
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En route to Vienna now and looking forward to giving a lecture tomorrow May 26th 6pm @FreudSfu as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory.
Thank you @KLachmayer for the invite. Bis Morgen!
May 17
Our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh will give a Vienna Lecture on May 26th at and the Graz Jurisprudence Lecture 2026 on May 28th on ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’: constitutionaltheory.eu/stop…
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May 20
‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’ by our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh gets the ‘Highly Recommended’ treatment from Prof Lawrence Solum @lsolum on the Legal Theory blog.
Available open access on advance view at @icon_journal
May 20
Comparative constitutional theorists treat the strike-down power as an awesome affront to democracy. Aileen Kavanagh argues it is neither as final, as fatal, nor as forceful as assumed — judges routinely stop short. legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11179…
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So I feel like I’ve won the lottery twice in one week!
Huge thanks to @lsolum for a ‘Highly Recommended’ for my paper ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’, forthcoming in @icon_journal.
May 20
Comparative constitutional theorists treat the strike-down power as an awesome affront to democracy. Aileen Kavanagh argues it is neither as final, as fatal, nor as forceful as assumed — judges routinely stop short. legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11179…
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May 19
Thanks to all our speakers, commentators and chairs at the TriCON Constitutional Theory Roundtable yesterday, including Dimitrios Kyritsis, Conor Crummey, Cathryn Costello, Tom Hickey, Adina Preda, David Prendergast, Daniel Gilligan, @dkennytcd & @AileenFKavanagh
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Great start to the day with a ‘Highly Recommended - Download it while it’s Hot’ from @lsolum for my new paper on ‘Separation of Powers as Synergy’.
Thank you, @lsolum!
May 18
Kavanagh: separation of powers is a multi-value ideal — not just a bulwark against abuse, but a system principle regulating how the branches share power and work together as a collaborative constitutional enterprise. legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11171…
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May 17
Our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh will give a Vienna Lecture on May 26th at and the Graz Jurisprudence Lecture 2026 on May 28th on ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’: constitutionaltheory.eu/stop…
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May 15
Huge thanks to our wonderful speakers @DrAndrewForde, @dkennytcd, @k_zappone, @mabecker17 & @sallyhayd at the @TriCONDublin seminar on the role of human rights in EU security and defence in @TLRHub @tcddublin last night. A great session!
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