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Aileen Kavanagh, BCL, MA (University College Dublin); MLE (Hanover); DPhil (Oxon), is a Reader in Law and a Fellow of St Edmund Hall. She teaches and researches in the areas of constitutional and administrative law, human rights and constitutional theory. After completing her DPhil in constitutional theory at Balliol College, Oxford, she was a Lecturer in Law (2000-06) and Reader (2006-9) at the University of Leicester. She is on the editorial board of Law and Philosophy and Jurisprudence: An International Journal of Law and Philosophy. Recent publications include her book Constitutional Review under the UK Human Rights Act 1998 (CUP, 2009). Her current research focuses on constitutionalism and counter-terrorism, the doctrine of proportionality, and the separation of powers.
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A Kavanagh and John Oberdiek (eds), Arguing About Law (Routledge-Cavendish 2008)
A Kavanagh, 'Choosing Between Section 3 and 4 Human Rights Act: Judicial Reasoning after Ghaidan v. Mendoza' in H. Fenwick, G.Phillipson & R.Masterson (eds), Judicial Reasoning Under the Human Rights Act 1998 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2007)
A Kavanagh, 'Comparative perspectives on Constitutional Law: Implications for the Human Rights Act 1998 (Review Essay)' (2004) European Public Law 161
A Kavanagh, Constitutional Review under the UK HRA 1998 (Cambridge: CUP 2009)
A Kavanagh, 'Constitutional Review, the Courts and Democratic Scepticism' (2009) 62 Current Legal Problems 102
Teaching: Constitutional and Administrative Law; Philosophy of Law
Research: constitutional and administrative law, human rights and constitutional theory
