NI Legal Quarterly
@nilegalq.bsky.social
Leading peer-reviewed journal providing an international forum for articles, commentaries and notes in all areas of law and from all methodologies.
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We are delighted to share the fifteenth contribution to Reflections on Writing!
Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity.
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Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity.
Article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Whole series doi.org/10.53386/nil...
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We are delighted to share the fifteenth contribution to Reflections on Writing!
Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity.
Article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Whole series doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, explores the joy she finds in the process as well as ‘negative' feelings as sources of creativity.
Article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Whole series doi.org/10.53386/nil...
We are delighted to inaugurate our new Reflections on Teaching series with a very special first contribution!
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
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Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We are delighted to inaugurate our new Reflections on Teaching series with a very special first contribution!
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
All contributions to the series will be freely available via our website.
Inaugural article doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Reflections on Teaching webpage nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
Our final advance open access piece published this week is also freely available to read here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
September 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Our final advance open access piece published this week is also freely available to read here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
In this piece, Robert Craig, University of Bristol offers his thoughts on Aileen Kavanagh’s ‘The Collaborative Constitution’.
A new advance access piece by Peter Coe, University of Birmingham, and Helen Fenwick, Durham University, is published freely available to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
September 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A new advance access piece by Peter Coe, University of Birmingham, and Helen Fenwick, Durham University, is published freely available to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
A new advance access piece by Sarah E Hamill, Trinity College Dublin is now available freely to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
September 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A new advance access piece by Sarah E Hamill, Trinity College Dublin is now available freely to view here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
In the fourteenth contribution to our Reflections on Writing series, Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social describes his highly structured approach to writing, starting with an intuition, and moving on via shorthand notes and bullet points to create order out of chaos.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In the fourteenth contribution to our Reflections on Writing series, Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social describes his highly structured approach to writing, starting with an intuition, and moving on via shorthand notes and bullet points to create order out of chaos.
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Check out our summer issue!
Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
Individual contributions ⬇️.
Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
Individual contributions ⬇️.
August 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Check out our summer issue!
Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
Individual contributions ⬇️.
Fully open access here doi.org/10.53386/nil....
Individual contributions ⬇️.
‘Sentencing: R v Kenneth Clarke & Jamie McConnell (Reference by the Director of Public Prosecutions) [2024] NICA 52’
John Taggart @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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John Taggart @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Sentencing: R v Kenneth Clarke & Jamie McConnell (Reference by the Director of Public Prosecutions) [2024] NICA 52’
John Taggart @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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John Taggart @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Putting participants at the heart of the public inquiry process: insights from the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry on engaging with vulnerable witnesses’
Emma Ireton, Christopher Ratcliffe
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Emma Ireton, Christopher Ratcliffe
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Putting participants at the heart of the public inquiry process: insights from the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry on engaging with vulnerable witnesses’
Emma Ireton, Christopher Ratcliffe
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Emma Ireton, Christopher Ratcliffe
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‘Out of time and out of pocket: The Victoria Square apartments debacle and the (empty?) promise of the Defective Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 2024’
Louise Rhodes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Louise Rhodes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Out of time and out of pocket: The Victoria Square apartments debacle and the (empty?) promise of the Defective Premises Act (Northern Ireland) 2024’
Louise Rhodes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Louise Rhodes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Review of Not What the Bus Promised: Health Governance After Brexit by Tamara K Hervey, Ivanka Antova, Mark L Flear and Matthew Wood’
Clayton Ó Néill @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Clayton Ó Néill @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Review of Not What the Bus Promised: Health Governance After Brexit by Tamara K Hervey, Ivanka Antova, Mark L Flear and Matthew Wood’
Clayton Ó Néill @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Clayton Ó Néill @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Nineteenth-century registers: constituting the market, professions and individuals’
Chris Dent @murdoch.edu.au
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Chris Dent @murdoch.edu.au
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Nineteenth-century registers: constituting the market, professions and individuals’
Chris Dent @murdoch.edu.au
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Chris Dent @murdoch.edu.au
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‘Views from the coal face: the development of international commercial mediation’
Bryan Clark @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social, Tania Sourdin
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Bryan Clark @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social, Tania Sourdin
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Views from the coal face: the development of international commercial mediation’
Bryan Clark @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social, Tania Sourdin
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Bryan Clark @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social, Tania Sourdin
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‘Fantasy legal exhibitions’
@aperrykessaris.bsky.social, Victoria Barnes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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@aperrykessaris.bsky.social, Victoria Barnes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Fantasy legal exhibitions’
@aperrykessaris.bsky.social, Victoria Barnes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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@aperrykessaris.bsky.social, Victoria Barnes @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Sentencing policy reform in post-conflict Northern Ireland: charting a distinctive response to penal populism’
Kevin Brown @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Kevin Brown @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Sentencing policy reform in post-conflict Northern Ireland: charting a distinctive response to penal populism’
Kevin Brown @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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Kevin Brown @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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‘Investment arbitration and the autonomy of the EU’s legal order: a rule of law perspective’
@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social
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@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘Investment arbitration and the autonomy of the EU’s legal order: a rule of law perspective’
@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social
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@radosvetavassileva.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social
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‘The challenge of effective ‘corporate purpose law’ reform’
@hardmanlaw.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
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@hardmanlaw.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
‘The challenge of effective ‘corporate purpose law’ reform’
@hardmanlaw.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
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@hardmanlaw.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
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We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing.
Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
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Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
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Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
July 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing.
Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights!
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Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Since it’s Friday, it may be wise to go easy on writing!
You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!
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Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
July 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Since it’s Friday, it may be wise to go easy on writing!
You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
You may find it particularly useful to read Barbara Prainsack’s reflections on writing, and heed the advice: don’t write on Fridays!
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Wider series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Emily Jackson @lselaw.bsky.social shares her reflections on writing: why, how and when.
This is the 12th contribution to the series.
Many thanks to Emily for her thoughts.
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This is the 12th contribution to the series.
Many thanks to Emily for her thoughts.
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July 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Emily Jackson @lselaw.bsky.social shares her reflections on writing: why, how and when.
This is the 12th contribution to the series.
Many thanks to Emily for her thoughts.
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
This is the 12th contribution to the series.
Many thanks to Emily for her thoughts.
Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil...
We are delighted to participate in @slsauk.bsky.social’s journals initiative!
See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
June 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We are delighted to participate in @slsauk.bsky.social’s journals initiative!
See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
See slsa.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?....
The 11th piece in our Reflections on Writing series is extra special.
Nicola Lacey @lselaw.bsky.social meditates on 45 years of writing by highlighting key projects, and describing the hurdles of peer review, loneliness, co-writing and self-doubt.
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Nicola Lacey @lselaw.bsky.social meditates on 45 years of writing by highlighting key projects, and describing the hurdles of peer review, loneliness, co-writing and self-doubt.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The 11th piece in our Reflections on Writing series is extra special.
Nicola Lacey @lselaw.bsky.social meditates on 45 years of writing by highlighting key projects, and describing the hurdles of peer review, loneliness, co-writing and self-doubt.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
Nicola Lacey @lselaw.bsky.social meditates on 45 years of writing by highlighting key projects, and describing the hurdles of peer review, loneliness, co-writing and self-doubt.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
@lwdsc.bsky.social and Simon Halliday @lawstrath.bsky.social share their experiences of working and writing together!
This is the 10th piece in our Reflections on Writing Series.
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This is the 10th piece in our Reflections on Writing Series.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@lwdsc.bsky.social and Simon Halliday @lawstrath.bsky.social share their experiences of working and writing together!
This is the 10th piece in our Reflections on Writing Series.
doi.org/10.53386/nil...
This is the 10th piece in our Reflections on Writing Series.
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Today is Empathy Day!
@librariesni.bsky.social had a great initiative today, which prompts us to ask:
Which law book has helped grow your empathy the most?
We’d ❤️ to read your responses ⬇️.
@librariesni.bsky.social had a great initiative today, which prompts us to ask:
Which law book has helped grow your empathy the most?
We’d ❤️ to read your responses ⬇️.
June 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Today is Empathy Day!
@librariesni.bsky.social had a great initiative today, which prompts us to ask:
Which law book has helped grow your empathy the most?
We’d ❤️ to read your responses ⬇️.
@librariesni.bsky.social had a great initiative today, which prompts us to ask:
Which law book has helped grow your empathy the most?
We’d ❤️ to read your responses ⬇️.