New Books

A new book from Clarus Press covers key legal issues for entertainment and media professionals in Ireland. Entertainment and Media Law in Ireland draws on author Simon Shire's wealth of experience as a solicitor practising in the entertainment market to provide a comprehensive and practical guide fo

An Irish criminologist's book on "pain, resistance and purpose" behind bars has won a major prize in the United States. Prison Life: Pain, Resistance and Purpose by Professor Ian O'Donnell of UCD Sutherland School of Law is the 2023 winner of the Outstanding Book Award, the top literature prize give

A new handbook on Revenue audits and investigations has been published by the Irish Tax Institute. Revenue Audits & Investigations – The Professional’s Handbook has been authored by RDJ tax partner Mark Barrett, Julie Burke BL and Aidan Lucey of PwC Ireland.

A new book by legal historian Dr Niamh Howlin is to set out the history of the barristers' profession "from the turbulent twenties until the Celtic Tiger years". Barristers in Ireland: An Evolving Profession Since 1921, to be published by Four Courts Press in October, draws upon interviews conducted

The fifth volume of the Irish Supreme Court Review for 2023 has been published. Articles in the latest edition of the peer-reviewed legal journal, which is published by Clarus Press on behalf of Trinity School of Law, include:

Ireland and other EU countries must overhaul their approach to making technology law to achieve cybersecurity while safeguarding the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, according to the author of a new book. Trinity College Dublin this week hosted a launch event for Cybersecurity, Pri

International human rights lawyer and author Professor Philippe Sands KC will deliver FLAC's annual justice lecture this evening. Professor Sands will launch his latest book, The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy, at the lecture, which is held in memory of Dav

A new book exploring the law and practice of the Northern Ireland protocol has been published online. Edited by Professor Christopher McCrudden of Queen's University Belfast (QUB), the book was produced in "close partnership" with the Office of the Lord Chief Justice.

A new book exploring the constitutional legitimacy of law officers in the United Kingdom will be published this summer. Authored by Belfast-based legal academic Dr Conor McCormick, the book provides a detailed account of each law officer's functions and draws on that account as the basis for a conce

The attorneys general for Ireland and Northern Ireland will join a panel offering reflections on the implications of the Brexit process for the constitutions of the UK and Ireland, and for relations between them, at a webinar tomorrow. The webinar, hosted by the Trinity Centre for Constitutional Law

A new book by Professor Federico Fabbrini, director of the DCU Brexit Institute and full professor of EU law at the DCU School of Law and Government, provides the first comprehensive academic analysis of the new terms of EU-UK relations post-Brexit. Launched today, The Law & Politics of Brexit V

The third and final volume of a legal academic's trilogy on the history of Irish political prisoners from 1848 to 2000 has been launched in Dublin.

A new book edited by legal academics in Dublin and Glasgow considers the role of human rights in tackling the global challenges of poverty and economic inequality. Poverty and Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Suzanne Egan of University College Dublin and Anna Chadwick of the U

A practising barrister has written a new authoritative guide to the responsibilities of professional witnesses in court cases. The Reliable Expert Witness, written by barrister Mark Tottenham and published by Clarus Press, is aimed at professionals from many disciplines, businesses and industries wh

A senior Irish barrister has published her first book after making a career turn into writing young adult fiction. Paulyn Marrinan Quinn SC, who served as Ireland's first-ever Insurance Ombudsman and later as Ireland's first-ever Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, published What Does Law Mean, Mumu?