Irish Jurisprudence Society

Workshop Series 2023-24

Workshops take place from 3-pm-4.30pm on their assigned dates, unless otherwise indicated.

Workshops are pre-read and papers will be circulated in advance. If you would like to receive the paper, please subscribe to the mailing list by sending a request to irishjurisprudencesociety@gmail.com. All are welcome to attend.

Spring 2024

24 January – Knowing When We Know Best
Author: Andreas Vassiliou (Oxford)
Discussant: Kenneth Silver (TCD)
Venue: 7-9 Leinster Street South, TCD, Seminar Room 3.03

7 February – Using Law to Improve Sexual Morality
Author: Kate Greasley (Oxford)
Discussant: David Prendergast (TCD)
Venue: Online

21 February – Grounding Human Rights: Metaphysical Not Political?
Author: Bosko Tripkovic (Birmingham)
Discussant: Adina Preda (TCD)
Venue: NUI, Merrion Square, Dublin

6 March – The Possibility of Radical Non-Positivism and Kantian Independence
Author: George Pavlakos (Glasgow)
Discussant: Conor Crummey (Maynooth)
Venue: NUI, Merrion Square, Dublin

Autumn 2023

25 October – Should the Freedom to Conduct a Business be a Right?
Author: Hilary Hogan (EUI/TCD)
Discussant: Oisin Suttle (Maynooth)

8 November – The Nature and Structure of a Republican Labour Law
Author: Dáire McCormack-George
Discussant: Michael Coleman (UCD)

22 November – Interest-Based Rights, Peremptoriness, and Exclusionary Reasons
Author: Adina Preda (TCD)
Discussant: Joseph Bowen (Leeds)

6 December – Law in the Service of Legitimacy
Author: Dimitros Kyritsis (Essex)
Discussant: Oran Doyle (TCD)


The convenors would like to gratefully acknowledge the funding support of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology.

If you have any inquiries about the above events, please contact us at
irishjurisprudencesociety@gmail.com, or feel free to contact the convenors directly, at Conor.Crummey@mu.ie and Oisin.Suttle@mu.ie.