NI Legal Quarterly
@nilegalq.bsky.social
Leading peer-reviewed journal providing an international forum for articles, commentaries and notes in all areas of law and from all methodologies.
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Our latest issue is a special issue guest edited by Katie A Johnston, University of Liverpool.
Thanks very much to the guest editor and contributors for making possible this bumper issue.
Introduction (freely available) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Full issue (subscribers) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Thanks very much to the guest editor and contributors for making possible this bumper issue.
Introduction (freely available) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Full issue (subscribers) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Our latest issue is a special issue guest edited by Katie A Johnston, University of Liverpool.
Thanks very much to the guest editor and contributors for making possible this bumper issue.
Introduction (freely available) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Full issue (subscribers) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Thanks very much to the guest editor and contributors for making possible this bumper issue.
Introduction (freely available) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Full issue (subscribers) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
December 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Our latest issue is a special issue guest edited by Katie A Johnston, University of Liverpool.
Thanks very much to the guest editor and contributors for making possible this bumper issue.
Introduction (freely available) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Full issue (subscribers) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Thanks very much to the guest editor and contributors for making possible this bumper issue.
Introduction (freely available) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Full issue (subscribers) doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reposted by NI Legal Quarterly
Thanks to @robertcraig3.bsky.social for this in-depth review of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org in the @nilegalq.bsky.social.
Great discussion about inter-institutional interaction and constitutional conventions.
Great discussion about inter-institutional interaction and constitutional conventions.
Delighted that my full length Book Review Article of
@AileenFKavanagh
"The Collaborative Constitution" is now available Open Access on NILQ: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... - no need to have read the book to follow the core argument. Dedicated to the memory of Professor Conor Gearty.
@AileenFKavanagh
"The Collaborative Constitution" is now available Open Access on NILQ: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... - no need to have read the book to follow the core argument. Dedicated to the memory of Professor Conor Gearty.
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
The Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly is a legal research journal published quarterly by the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast.
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September 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to @robertcraig3.bsky.social for this in-depth review of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org in the @nilegalq.bsky.social.
Great discussion about inter-institutional interaction and constitutional conventions.
Great discussion about inter-institutional interaction and constitutional conventions.
Reposted by NI Legal Quarterly
Interesting thread by @drdeanknight.bsky.social reflecting on how parliamentarians should respond to a declaration of incompatibility/inconsistency in UK or NZ law - a question which @robertcraig3.bsky.social tackles in this review of The Collaborative Constitution in @nilegalq.bsky.social
Robert’s article and Aileen’s book address a dimension that this week I invited the Justice committee to reflect on re the Electoral Amendment Bill and the reinstatement of the blanket ban on prisoner voting.
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Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
This book review article considers some of the core themes discussed in Aileen Kavanagh’s The Collaborative Constitution, in particular its exploration of the concept of the separation of powers as it...
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September 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Interesting thread by @drdeanknight.bsky.social reflecting on how parliamentarians should respond to a declaration of incompatibility/inconsistency in UK or NZ law - a question which @robertcraig3.bsky.social tackles in this review of The Collaborative Constitution in @nilegalq.bsky.social
Reposted by NI Legal Quarterly
New article out in the @nilegalq.bsky.social in a significant special issue edited by @livunislsj.bsky.social's Katie Johnston. A wake up call for both the NI Bill of Rights debate and to public lawyers across the UK to watch out for developments under Scotland's UNCRC Act:
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December 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New article out in the @nilegalq.bsky.social in a significant special issue edited by @livunislsj.bsky.social's Katie Johnston. A wake up call for both the NI Bill of Rights debate and to public lawyers across the UK to watch out for developments under Scotland's UNCRC Act:
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We are delighted to share the fifteenth contribution to Reflections on Writing!
Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity.
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Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We are delighted to share the fifteenth contribution to Reflections on Writing!
Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity.
Article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Whole series doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity.
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Whole series doi.org/10.53386/nil...
We are delighted to inaugurate our new Reflections on Teaching series with a very special first contribution!
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We are delighted to inaugurate our new Reflections on Teaching series with a very special first contribution!
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
Our final advance open access piece published this week is also freely available to read here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
September 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Our final advance open access piece published this week is also freely available to read here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
A new advance access piece by Peter Coe, University of Birmingham, and Helen Fenwick, Durham University, is published freely available to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
September 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A new advance access piece by Peter Coe, University of Birmingham, and Helen Fenwick, Durham University, is published freely available to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
A new advance access piece by Sarah E Hamill, Trinity College Dublin is now available freely to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
September 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A new advance access piece by Sarah E Hamill, Trinity College Dublin is now available freely to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
In the fourteenth contribution to our Reflections on Writing series, Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social describes his highly structured approach to writing, starting with an intuition, and moving on via shorthand notes and bullet points to create order out of chaos.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In the fourteenth contribution to our Reflections on Writing series, Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social describes his highly structured approach to writing, starting with an intuition, and moving on via shorthand notes and bullet points to create order out of chaos.
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Check out our summer issue!
Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
Individual contributions ⬇️.
Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
Individual contributions ⬇️.
August 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Check out our summer issue!
Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
Individual contributions ⬇️.
Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
Individual contributions ⬇️.
‘Sentencing: R v Kenneth Clarke & Jamie McConnell (Reference by the Director of Public Prosecutions) [2024] NICA 52’
John Taggart @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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John Taggart @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Sentencing: R v Kenneth Clarke & Jamie McConnell (Reference by the Director of Public Prosecutions) [2024] NICA 52’
John Taggart @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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John Taggart @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Putting participants at the heart of the public inquiry process: insights from the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry on engaging with vulnerable witnesses’
Emma Ireton, Christopher Ratcliffe
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Emma Ireton, Christopher Ratcliffe
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Putting participants at the heart of the public inquiry process: insights from the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry on engaging with vulnerable witnesses’
Emma Ireton, Christopher Ratcliffe
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Emma Ireton, Christopher Ratcliffe
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‘Out of time and out of pocket: The Victoria Square apartments debacle and the (empty?) promise of the Defective Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 2024’
Louise Rhodes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Louise Rhodes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Out of time and out of pocket: The Victoria Square apartments debacle and the (empty?) promise of the Defective Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 2024’
Louise Rhodes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Louise Rhodes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Review of Not What the Bus Promised: Health Governance After Brexit by Tamara K Hervey, Ivanka Antova, Mark L Flear and Matthew Wood’
Clayton Ó Néill @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Clayton Ó Néill @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Review of Not What the Bus Promised: Health Governance After Brexit by Tamara K Hervey, Ivanka Antova, Mark L Flear and Matthew Wood’
Clayton Ó Néill @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Clayton Ó Néill @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Nineteenth-century registers: constituting the market, professions and individuals’
Chris Dent @murdoch.edu.au
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Chris Dent @murdoch.edu.au
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Nineteenth-century registers: constituting the market, professions and individuals’
Chris Dent @murdoch.edu.au
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Chris Dent @murdoch.edu.au
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‘Views from the coal face: the development of international commercial mediation’
Bryan Clark @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social, Tania Sourdin
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Bryan Clark @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social, Tania Sourdin
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Views from the coal face: the development of international commercial mediation’
Bryan Clark @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social, Tania Sourdin
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Bryan Clark @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social, Tania Sourdin
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‘Fantasy legal exhibitions’
@aperrykessaris.bsky.social, Victoria Barnes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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@aperrykessaris.bsky.social, Victoria Barnes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Fantasy legal exhibitions’
@aperrykessaris.bsky.social, Victoria Barnes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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@aperrykessaris.bsky.social, Victoria Barnes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Sentencing policy reform in post-conflict Northern Ireland: charting a distinctive response to penal populism’
Kevin Brown @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Kevin Brown @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Sentencing policy reform in post-conflict Northern Ireland: charting a distinctive response to penal populism’
Kevin Brown @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Kevin Brown @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Investment arbitration and the autonomy of the EU’s legal order: a rule of law perspective’
@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social
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@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Investment arbitration and the autonomy of the EU’s legal order: a rule of law perspective’
@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social
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@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social
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‘The challenge of effective ‘corporate purpose law’ reform’
@hardmanlaw.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
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@hardmanlaw.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘The challenge of effective ‘corporate purpose law’ reform’
@hardmanlaw.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
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@hardmanlaw.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
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Our summer issue is now published and freely available on an open access basis!
Here are the contributions!
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Here are the contributions!
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Our summer issue is now published and freely available on an open access basis!
Here are the contributions!
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Here are the contributions!
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We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing.
Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
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Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
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July 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing.
Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
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Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
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Since it’s Friday, it may be wise to go easy on writing!
You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!
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Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
July 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Since it’s Friday, it may be wise to go easy on writing!
You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...