Browsing Law School (Theses and Dissertations) by Subject "Ph.D. Trinity College Dublin."
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A perfection of means and confusion of aims : finding the essence of autonomy in assisted death laws
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2012)This thesis was developed through standard library-based research methods as well as legal research conducted via the internet and electronic databases including LexisNexis, QuickLaw, Westlaw and HeinOnline as well as the ... -
Collective organisation and external regulation of professional rugby league in the United Kingdom
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2010)This thesis examines the external regulation of professional rugby league in the United Kingdom. It considers specifically the employment of players in the Super League competition by British clubs. In the course of this ... -
Democracy and international law : an analysis of the origins of democracy, its relationship with international law and its applicability to modern international institutions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2010)This thesis utilises legal history, comparative law, the law of state organization and international economic law, as well as analyses of political scientists, national and international jurisprudence and original systematic ... -
Developing trends in the Catholicity of judicial decisions on the Constitution
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2010)In this thesis I examine the development of Catholicity as an influence on judicial decisions on the Constitution. When I refer to Catholicity, it concerns Catholic thought, Catholic social teaching, clerical intervention ... -
Drug markets, crime and community safety in Ireland : an analysis of drug law enforcement in three local drug markets
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2014)This thesis seeks to investigate an area that has been largely neglected in academic criminological study, namely the impact of drug markets and drug law enforcement strategies on local communities. In order to develop an ... -
Liberalisation and restructuring of the electricity industry : is regulatory uncertainty the weakest link? The devil is in the detail. Focus-Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2012)This thesis examines the European Union's restructuring and liberalisation policy of the electricity industry. It details the level of implem entation of this policy in law and in practice, particularly, in the case of the ... -
Life, death and the transformation of the Western jurisprudential tradition : a comparative critical analysis of constitutional, legislative and judicial strategies
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2013)A comparative analysis of the constitutional, legislative and judicial strategies employed in the intentional recalibration of the traditional Western embodiment of the principle of the sanctity of life in order to legitimate ... -
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights : an originalist analysis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2015)This thesis is about the method by which a novel and unusual form of law ought to be interpreted. That law is the European Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR), which was drafted in 2000 and first given legal effect in 2009. ... -
The international legal right of children to be heard in proceedings affecting them and implemenation in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2011)This thesis explores the nature of the right of children to be heard in proceedings affecting them as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the international obligations which it creates, and how ... -
The legal protections of language in the Euopean Union
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2015)This thesis investigates the legal protection of languages within the legal system of the European Union (EU). It aims to determine the nature and scope of this legal protection, taking an interdisciplinary approach. This ... -
The limitations of international humanitarian law to the reallocation of Iraqi oil resources under the US/UK transformative occupation of Iraq
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2011)This thesis examines the emergence of a new characterisation of belligerent occupation evidenced in Iraq (2003-2004), transformative belligerent occupation. After the institutions of government were destroyed in hostilties ... -
The potential role of the right to procreative autonomy in Irish law in relation to the use of assisted reproductive technologies
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2013)This thesis promotes the recognition of a right to procreative autonomy in Irish law in relation to the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). Ireland has yet to legislate for ARTs. The thesis suggests that the ... -
The right to religious expression in Europe and Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2015)This thesis explores the meaning of the right to religious expression in Europe and Ireland. As the contemporary legal environment has sought to re-characterise its relationship with religion, this thesis attempts to ... -
The role of CED lawerying in promoting / implementing a strategic model of legal aid in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2013)This thesis aims at determining what role, if any, Community Economic Development (CED) lawyering plays in Ireland in relation to the promotion/implementation of a strategic model of legal aid. The research starts by ... -
Winds of change : an analysis of the duties of the Irish State relevant to the development and sale of electricity from onshore wind
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2015)This thesis seeks to analyse 'the duties of the Irish State which are relevant to the development and sale of electricity from onshore wind.' While it might be more traditional to have one core research question, the ...