Since the post-apartheid constitutional era connmenced almost two decades ago, there have been many progressive judicial decisions on fundamental rights in South Africa. By contrast over the same period, the longer-established ...

In its efforts to elaborate an institutional theory of separation for the administrative state, this thesis employed a number of distinct methodologies. Its key methodological step was the development of evaluative criteria ...

This thesis aims to analyse different regulatory approaches and identify how regulation can be effectively used to address gender imbalance on boards of Ireland’s SOEs. The research is conducted through a theoretical and ...

This article discusses administrative independence by using Alberta’s first attempt at creating a Liquor Control Board as a case study. The article examines the relationships between the Board, the government, and the ...

The bribery offences are a much neglected area of law, both from an academic and from a practical perspective. Although the existing statutory offences can trace their origins to the dawn of the twentieth century, there ...

The curious question of further expanding legal provisions to deter against reckless conduct and excessive risk-taking, having regard to the financial sectors and indeed corporate governance generally, is undoubtedly one ...

This paper examines the operation of bail and the use of pre-trial detention in practice. The findings presented here come from an empirical study I have recently completed along with David Perry BL on the use of pre-trial ...

This thesis undertakes a comparative constitutional analysis of the position of the political executive in Ireland, United Kingdom, and the United States. I address three central questions. First, why has the executive ...