Workshops take place from 3-pm-4.30pm on their assigned dates, unless otherwise indicated. The usual venue for workshops is in the National University of Ireland buildings, Merrion Square, Dublin. Please note, however, that due to building works this term, workshops from March onward will take place in the seminar room at 7-9 Leinster Street South, Dublin.

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.

Autumn 2022

12 October – Unpacking the Moral Dimensions of Law: An Empirical Perspective
Brian Flanagan (Maynooth) and Guilherme de Almeida (Sao Paolo)

26 October – Apologies for Negligence
Christopher Cowley (UCD)

9 November – Foundations of Deliberative Constitution Making
Peter Stone (TCD)

23 November – Animal Law in Ireland: A Conversation with John Stuart Mill
Etain Quigley (Maynooth)

14 December – Roots of Law: Why Ordinary People Care About International Law
Janina Dill (Oxford)
*Event Postponed*

Spring 2023

1 February – Grounding Human Rights: Metaphysical not Political?
Boško Tripković (Birmingham)

15 February – The Right to Silence
David Prendergast (TCD) and Christopher McMahon (TCD)
Venue: NUI Buildings, Merrion Square

1 March – Roots of Law: Why Ordinary People Care About International Law
Janina Dill (Oxford)
Venue: Seminar Room, TCD Buildings, 7-9 Leinster Street South
*Please note that this seminar will begin at 4pm, rather than the usual 3pm.

10 March – The Right to Hunger Strike
Candice Delmas (Northeastern)
Venue: Seminar Room, TCD Buildings, 7-9 Leinster Street South
*Please note that this event is on a Friday, not the usual Wednesday. The time slot will be the usual 3pm-4.30pm.

24 March – The Law’s False Promise
Hasan Dindjer (Oxford)
Venue: Seminar Room, TCD Buildings, 7-9 Leinster Street South

*Please note that this event is on a Friday, not the usual Wednesday. The time slot will be the usual 3pm-4.30pm.

29 March – Book Symposium: Freedom of Expression: The Revolutionary Roots of American and French Legal Thought by Ioanna Tourkochoriti (Galway)
Venue: Online

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.