Tom Hickey
@tomhickeydcu.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Dublin City University. Owner of a left foot described as "cultured" in the Roscommon People, October 2006.
I was on Morning Ireland earlier discussing Pa Daly's "Super Junior Ministers" case against the Government - which is being heard today in the High Court. Is this practice unconstitutional? (3.5 minute snapshot).
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Is the practice of having Super Junior Ministers unconstitutional?
Dr Tom Hickey, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law in DCU, looks ahead to the High Court case, brought by Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly, examining the Government's appointment of 'Super Junior' ministers...
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July 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I was on Morning Ireland earlier discussing Pa Daly's "Super Junior Ministers" case against the Government - which is being heard today in the High Court. Is this practice unconstitutional? (3.5 minute snapshot).
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
What a few days we've had at the University of Maastricht for the RECONNET Conference in Constitutional Theory. Thanks in particular to @massimofichera.bsky.social.
June 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
What a few days we've had at the University of Maastricht for the RECONNET Conference in Constitutional Theory. Thanks in particular to @massimofichera.bsky.social.
Reposted by Tom Hickey
Earlier this month, we were honoured to welcome Prof @kimlanelaw.bsky.social to @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social to deliver our annual JM Kelly lecture. The recording of the lecture on 'Democracy in Danger: The Global Challenge of Autocratic Legalism' is now available here www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8oS...
April 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Earlier this month, we were honoured to welcome Prof @kimlanelaw.bsky.social to @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social to deliver our annual JM Kelly lecture. The recording of the lecture on 'Democracy in Danger: The Global Challenge of Autocratic Legalism' is now available here www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8oS...
Professor Laurent Pech introducing Professor Kim Lane Scheppele on the occasion of the JM Kelly Lecture at UCD.
Lecture title: "Democracy in Danger: The Global Challenge of Autocratic Legalism"
Lecture title: "Democracy in Danger: The Global Challenge of Autocratic Legalism"
April 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Professor Laurent Pech introducing Professor Kim Lane Scheppele on the occasion of the JM Kelly Lecture at UCD.
Lecture title: "Democracy in Danger: The Global Challenge of Autocratic Legalism"
Lecture title: "Democracy in Danger: The Global Challenge of Autocratic Legalism"
Hickey, "How to Interpret the Irish Constitution" (Irish Sup Ct Review, 2023) is now on SSRN.
It gets a "recommended" from @lsolum, who says: "Fascinating discussion, with echoes of American debates over originalism and living constitutionalism."
See lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...
It gets a "recommended" from @lsolum, who says: "Fascinating discussion, with echoes of American debates over originalism and living constitutionalism."
See lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...
Hickey on Interpreting the Irish Constitution
Tom Hickey (Dublin City University) has posted How to Interpret the Irish Constitution: Tomas Heneghan v Minister for Housing on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper explores the judgment of Murray ...
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March 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Hickey, "How to Interpret the Irish Constitution" (Irish Sup Ct Review, 2023) is now on SSRN.
It gets a "recommended" from @lsolum, who says: "Fascinating discussion, with echoes of American debates over originalism and living constitutionalism."
See lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...
It gets a "recommended" from @lsolum, who says: "Fascinating discussion, with echoes of American debates over originalism and living constitutionalism."
See lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...