Second edition of Irish Judicial Studies Journal for 2020 published

Second edition of Irish Judicial Studies Journal for 2020 published

The second edition of the Irish Judicial Studies Journal for 2020 has been published, featuring a wide range of articles on personal injury law, surrogacy, the Irish language, sexual offence prosecutions and more.

The volume, available from the IJSJ website, includes:

  • David Culleton on the law relating to aggravated damages
  • Ms Justice Bronagh O’Hanlon, Katie Winder and Chloe O’Reilly on surrogacy in Ireland with a comparative look at international practices
  • Mr Justice David Keane on consent recitals on loss of earnings in orders striking out settled personal injuries actions and the recovery of state benefits from tort damages
  • Giacomo Benetto on data protection and the exercise of the judicial function in Ireland
  • Ms Justice Bronagh O’Hanlon on PTSD and the law
  • Dr Alan Cusack on challenging traditional constructions of competence and cross-examination for vulnerable witnesses in Ireland
  • Dr Mark Coen, Dr Niamh Howlin, Dr Colette Barry and John Lynch on judge-jury relations
  • Mr Justice Peter Charleton on Carl Jung, Father Victor White and the Book of Job
  • Dáithí Mac Carthaigh BL and Dr Seán Ó Conaill on the right to a an Irish-speaking jury (published as Gaeilge)
  • Ceara Tonna-Barthet and Caoimhe Hunter Blair on understanding the law on rape
  • Mr Justice John Edwards reviewing Sentencing Rape - A Comparative Analysis by Dr Graeme Brown
  • Dr Norah Burns reviewing Minority Religions under Irish Law: Islam in national and International Context edited by Kathryn O’Sullivan

Writing in the introduction, editor-in-chief Dr Laura Cahillane said: “I would like to thank our editorial team at the University of Limerick, and our newly constituted Judicial Board, as well as our copy-editor Bláithín O’Shea, our copy-writer Bríana Walsh, and all of the authors who contributed to this edition.”

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