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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, 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
A Kavanagh, 'Constitutionalism, Counter-Terrorism and the Courts: Changes in the British Constitutional Landscape' (2011) 9 International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) 172
A Kavanagh, 'Defending Deference in Public Law and Constitutional Theory' (2010) 126 Law Quarterly Review 222
A Kavanagh, 'Judging the Judges under the Human Rights Act 1998: Deference, Disillusionment and the ?War on Terror?' [2009] Public Law 287
A Kavanagh, 'Special Advocates, Control Orders and the Right to a Fair Trial' (2010) 63 Modern Law Review 836
Teaching: Constitutional and Administrative Law; Philosophy of Law
Research: constitutional and administrative law, human rights and constitutional theory