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Managing Judicial Innovation in the European Court of Human Rights (2015)
Journal Article
de Londras, F., & Dzehtsiarou, K. (2015). Managing Judicial Innovation in the European Court of Human Rights. Human Rights Law Review, 15(3), 523-547. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngv020

Since its establishment, the European Court of Human Rights has developed into a constitutionalist actor within and beyond the continent of Europe; a development that is in no small part due to judicial innovations, such as evolutive interpretation.... Read More about Managing Judicial Innovation in the European Court of Human Rights.

Constitutionalizing Fetal Rights: A Salutary Tale from Ireland (2015)
Journal Article
de Londras, F. (2015). Constitutionalizing Fetal Rights: A Salutary Tale from Ireland. Michigan journal of gender & law, 22(2), 243-289

In 1983, Ireland became the first country in the world to constitutionalize fetal rights. The 8th Amendment to the Constitution, passed by a referendum of the People, resulted in constitutional protection for “the right to life of the unborn,” which... Read More about Constitutionalizing Fetal Rights: A Salutary Tale from Ireland.

The Legal Implications of a Repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (2015)
Report
Bates, E., Bell, C., O'Cinneide, C., de Londras, F., Dzehtsiarou, K., Edward, D., …Lock, T. (2015). The Legal Implications of a Repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights. [No known commissioning body]

The UK general election of 7 May 2015 has returned a Conservative government so that the Conservative Party’s plans for reforming human rights law in the United Kingdom are likely to become reality. It is therefore important to discuss some of the le... Read More about The Legal Implications of a Repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights.

Neither Herald nor Fanfare: the Limited Impact of the ECHR Act 2003 on Rights Infrastructure in Ireland (2014)
Book Chapter
de Londras, F. (2014). Neither Herald nor Fanfare: the Limited Impact of the ECHR Act 2003 on Rights Infrastructure in Ireland. In S. Egan, L. Thornton, & J. Walsh (Eds.), Ireland and the European Convention on Human Rights : 60 years and beyond (37-54). Bloomsbury Professional

With neither herald nor fanfare, the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 entered into force on 31 December 2003 and so, after decades of discussion, the European Convention on Human Rights had become transposed into Irish law and capable of... Read More about Neither Herald nor Fanfare: the Limited Impact of the ECHR Act 2003 on Rights Infrastructure in Ireland.

Critical Debates on Counter-Terrorist Judicial Review (2014)
Book
Davis, F. F., & de Londras, F. (Eds.). (2014). Critical Debates on Counter-Terrorist Judicial Review. Cambridge University Press

Is judicial review an effective and appropriate way to regulate counter-terrorism measures? Some argue that the judiciary is ill-equipped to examine such measures, for instance because they lack the expertise of the institutions which bring them abou... Read More about Critical Debates on Counter-Terrorist Judicial Review.