New book on ICT law coming soon

Information and Communications Technology Law in Ireland is divided into thematic sections, with the first section contextualising the study of ICT and the law. Subsequent sections consider the private law implications of ICT (including intellectual property and online contracts); public law issues related to ICT (privacy, free speech and computer crime), and the applications of ICT in legal practice. While the topics covered are varied, the common effects of technological development on each area of law merit their consideration within a single text.

Dr Kennedy is a law lecturer at the School of Law, NUI Galway, holds a degree in commerce and a higher diploma in systems analysis from University College Galway, an LLB with first class honours from the National University of Ireland, Galway, an LLM from New York University and a PhD from University College London. He also studied for the degree of Barrister-at-Law in the King’s Inns’ and was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2003.

He worked as a programmer, systems analyst and network administrator from 1993 to 2000. He was Executive Legal Officer to the Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Ronan Keane, from 2000 to 2004. During this time, he was editor of “The Supreme Court of Ireland: A History”, first editor of the Judicial Studies Institute Journal from 2001 to 2003, and was involved in a number of initiatives to expand the use of information technology in the courts.

He was the co-ordinator of the LLM in Law, Technology and Governance from 2008 to 2014 and was Associate Head for Development and Promotion for the School from April 2009 to April 2010.

Dr Murphy is a law lecturer at the School of Law, NUI Maynooth. Previously, she lectured at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Dr Murphy researches in the areas of privacy law, surveillance, information technology law, and human rights. At Maynooth University, Dr Murphy lectures Information Privacy Law and Information Technology Law at the postgraduate level, and lectures Media Law and Civil Liberties at the undergraduate level. In addition to completing her PhD at University College Cork in 2013, Dr Murphy holds a magna cum laude LLM degree from Temple University (Philadelphia), and a First Class Honours BCL (International) degree from UCC.