Programme

Workshop Series 2026-2027

The Irish Jurisprudence Society is an inter-University Group dedicated to the discussion of legal theory and philosophy.

Except where otherwise indicated, workshops will take place on Wednesday afternoon, 3:00-4:30pm. Unless otherwise indicated, all workshops will take place in the NUI Building, 49 Merrion Square (Phelan Room) Dublin. Sessions are pre-read, and papers will be circulated in advance.

If you would like to be kept up to date about upcoming workshops, please subscribe to the mailing list by sending a request to irishjurisprudencesociety@gmail.com. All are welcome to attend!

Autumn 2026

7 October – Why a Large Language Model cannot Explain itself: Explanation, Justification and Artificial Intelligence in Judicial and Administrative Decision-making

Author: Oisin Suttle (Maynooth)
Discussant: TBA
Venue: NUI Building, Phelan Room

21 October – Law and Fractal Geometry

Author: David Prendergast (TCD)
Discussant: TBA
Venue: Trinity College Dublin

4 November – Temporalities of Tyranny

Author: Aoife O’Donoghue (QUB)
Discussant: TBA
Venue: NUI Building, Phelan Room

18 November – “Just and Equitable in all circumstances”: Special Jurisprudence of Employment Law Remedies

Author: Alan Eustace (TCD)
Discussant: TBA
Venue: NUI Building, Phelan Room

TBA – Book Symposium“Pragmatism, Law, and Literature” (Routledge, 2025)

Author: David Kenny
Discussant: TBA
Venue: TBA

Spring 2027 (Dates TBA)

Victoria Hendrickx (KU Leuven)


Sara Canduzzi (Newcastle)


Megan Pfiffer (Toronto)


Angelo Ryu (Surrey)

About the Irish Jurisprudence Society: The IJS was formed in 2007 with the aim of promoting the study of jurisprudence and legal philosophy in Ireland. As well as its regular seminar series, it has hosted conferences at universities across Ireland and public lectures by scholars of international standing including Joseph Raz, William Twining, and Phillip Pettit. The convenors would like to gratefully acknowledge the funding support of Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology and Trinity College Dublin’s School of Law.If you have any inquiries about the above events, please contact us at
irishjurisprudencesociety@gmail.com.