Browsing Law School (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Influences on the role of law for railways in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2006)The thesis traces influences on the development of the role of law for railways in Ireland. A focus on their place in the milieu of infrastructure, technology, enterprise and administration was used as a framework. The ... -
Injustice in dismissal : the anti-dismissal injunction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2013)The purpose of this research is to analyse, primarily by reference to the written judgments delivered in the Superior Courts, the development of the anti-dismissal injunction and associated complexities which can lead to ... -
Integration and Law : the Irish experience in its international and European context
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2012)This thesis examines the interaction between integration and law, from an Irish perspective. It explores the legal dimensions of the concept of integration and its coherence in a European and international context. It ... -
Is the United Kingdom Becoming a Federal State?
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2022)This thesis investigates whether the devolution processes that were triggered at the turn of the millennium have turned the United Kingdom into a federal state. Based on an analysis of the Welsh, Scottish, and Northern ... -
Issues in defective medicinal product litigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2008)This thesis explores two issues in medicinal product defect litigation. The first issue relates to the difficulty that people have in suing pharmaceutical companies for medicinal product defects. The second issue involves ... -
Judicial Culture and Social Rights
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2021)My doctoral thesis explores the conditions under which judicial protection of social rights develops within common law jurisdictions. Social rights relate to material interests necessary for human survival and flourishing, ... -
Judicial review of political processes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2013)This PhD thesis addresses the question whether the operation of the Irish superior courts in constitutionally reviewing political processes - with the power to strike them down - is a valuable institution that is compatible ... -
The Law of Securitisation in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2018)The process of securitisation is a new and innovative financing method that enables capital utilisation, improves market efficiency and allows a better allocation of risk. Evolved over the last few decades, securitisation ... -
The legal scope to use public procurement to achieve horizontal objectives
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2020)The fundamental object of public procurement concerns the acquisition of a product, the delivery of a service or the completion of a work. Where a contracting authority seeks to incorporate criteria which are not necessary ... -
Legislating Against Hate Crime: Considering International Frameworks for an Irish Context
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2019)Across the common law world, legislation which has the aim of combating hate crime has become a familiar part of the criminal code. The Irish State has been historically reluctant to introduce hate crime legislation, and ... -
Liability and peaceful, civil space activities at national, regional and international levels : selected legal issues
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2010)The thesis "Liability and Peaceful Space Activities: Selected Legal Issues at National, Regional and International Levels" defines space activities by reference to the historical development of the space industry, its ... -
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 ... -
Making Capital Markets Work For Africa: Interrogating Progress, Challenges and the Pursuit Of Integration
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2022)The work which follows examines the foundation, state, and practice of stock market integration projects in Africa which are fronted as a solution to making capital markets work for Africa. There is a consensus that African ... -
Medical Negligence Litigation in Nigeria: Identifying the Challenges and Proposing a Model Law Reform Act
This thesis examines the present law and practice of Nigeria in relation to medical negligence litigation and makes proposals for reform. The present position is highly problematic. There are major shortages in medical ... -
The Occupying State as Legislator in Occupied Territory: Challenges to the duty imposed by the international law of belligerent occupation to respect the existing law and institutions in occupied territory
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2020)The Occupying State as Legislator in Occupied Territory: Challenges to the duty imposed by the international law of belligerent occupation to respect the existing law and institutions in occupied territory Author: David ... -
On the origins and evolution of the Revenue Rule: the quest for certainty
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2017)The thesis advanced in this work is that the Revenue Rule, which stipulates that whilst forum courts may recognise a foreign tax law, they will not enforce it, does not meet the criteria of certainty. Uncertainties arise ... -
Pathogens, punishment and public health : some jurisdictions have not yet prosecuted exposure to, or transmission of, a pathogen during sexual activities - should they do so now?
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2017)To address the central question, I consider the philosophical and theoretical perspectives relating to criminalisation and punishment, concluding that criminalisation may be justified on a standard harm analysis but that ... -
Patient Safety and the Law : A Multi-Jurisdictional Comparative Assessment of Strategies to Reduce Medical Error and Improve Patient Safety
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2017)In 1999, the Institute of Medicine released their landmark report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. The report drew wide-spread attention to the unacceptable number of adverse events occurring within the ... -
People, states and hope : cosmopolitanism and the future of international law
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2010)The term “cosmopolitanism” has been said to have become a key word of our time. The thesis presented here is that the political philosophy of cosmopolitanism is of relevance to, and has a history within, international law, ...