Foreword

Mr Pat Cox MEP, President of the European Parliament

Constitutionalising the Tort of Defamation: Bunreacht na hEireann as a Framework for the Reform of Ireland’s Libel Laws

Brian F Conroy

American Tobacco Litigation: Lessons for European Product Liability

Joshua Hogan

Public Interest Law and the Irish Legal System: All Crass and No Class

Genevieve Coonan

Hung, Drawn and Quartered – The Future of the Constitutional Reference to Treason

Mary Connery

What Do We Want – When Do We Want It – Direct Effect and the World Trade Organisation

Maria Cahill

The Growth of Private Security and Associated Criminological Concerns

John Hugh Colleran

Human Rights Focus

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the European Convention on Human Rights

Michael Kearney

Preventive Detention and Post-September 11th Legislation

Shane Darcy

Self-Determination for Tibet: Prospects in International Law

Alan Brouder

South Africa and Affirmative Action – The Legality of the Employment Equity Act under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Brian Farrell

Children’s Right to a Fair Trial under International Law

Livio Zilli

The Right to Development and the Proliferation of Rights in International Law

Orla Sheehy

Notes

Consensual Assault – Just What Is the Law

Brian Foley

Sellafield MOX Plant Case: An Analysis of the ITLOS’ Order on Ireland’s Request for Provisional Measures

Elizabeth Wall

The Greening of European Habitats Jurisprudence – R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, ex parte First Corporate Shipping Ltd

Ronan Lambe

Home Rule or Rome Rule: Ireland’s Acceptance of the International Criminal Court Note

Catherine Turner

Revolt or Revolution: A Hartean Analysis Note

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