Public Law Conference

The Making (and Re-Making) of Public Law, Dublin, 6-8 July 2022

Keynote Speakers

We are delighted to announce the keynote speakers for the event in Dublin:

Prof Sir John Baker, Cambridge, England: 'The Beginnings Of Judicial Review (1558-1640)'

Prof Carol Harlow, LSE, England and Prof Richard Rawlings, UCL, England: 'Populism and Administrative Law: Some Reflections'

Hon Justice Gerard Hogan, Supreme Court of Ireland: 'Why Does Ireland Have A System Of Judicial Review Of Legislation?'

Rt Hon Dame Siobhan Keegan, Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland: 'Justice Devolved:  Milestones in Northern Ireland Constitutional Law since 2010'

Hon Justice Steven Majiedt, Constitutional Court of South Africa: 'The Building of South Africa's Constitution on the Ruins of its Past: the Indigenising of Public Law in post-Apartheid South Africa'

Hon Justice Sheilah Martin, Supreme Court of Canada: 'Indigenizing Public Law the Canadian Way'

Prof Janet McLean, Auckland, New Zealand: 'Good Counsel as a Constitutional Imperative'

Prof Gillian Metzger, Columbia, USA: 'Fear of the State and the Pandemic'

Hon Justice Brian Murray, Supreme Court of Ireland: 'Private Rights and Public Wrongs'

Prof Val Napoleon, Victoria, Canada: 'Public Faces: Indigenous Law Today and through the Futuristic Looking Glass'

Hon Justice Donal O’Donnell, Chief Justice of Ireland: 'The Impact in Irish law of International Trends'

Prof Kate O’Regan, Director, Bonavero Institute, Oxford, England: 'The remaking of administrative law under South Africa’s democratic Constitution'

Rt Hon Lord Sales, UK Supreme Court: 'Long waves of constitutional principle in the common law'

Prof Cheryl Saunders, Melbourne, Australia: 'Beyond the obvious. Insights for public law from experience with the pandemic.'

Prof Neil Walker, Edinburgh, Scotland: 'Populism and  Constitutional Democracy: Feature or Bug?'

Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann, Chief Justice of New Zealand: 'The power of narrative – shaping Aotearoa New Zealand’s public law.'


Please note the conference programme will be released soon.


Public Law Conference Dublin 2022

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