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Tom Hickey
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Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Dublin City University. Owner of a left foot described as "cultured" in the Roscommon People, October 2006.
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Tom Hickey @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social · Jul 7
I was on Morning Ireland earlier discussing Pa Daly's "Super Junior Ministers" case against the Government - which is being heard today in the High Court. Is this practice unconstitutional? (3.5 minute snapshot).

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Is the practice of having Super Junior Ministers unconstitutional?
Dr Tom Hickey, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law in DCU, looks ahead to the High Court case, brought by Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly, examining the Government's appointment of 'Super Junior' ministers...
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Tom Hickey @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social · Jun 19
What a few days we've had at the University of Maastricht for the RECONNET Conference in Constitutional Theory. Thanks in particular to @massimofichera.bsky.social.
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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · Apr 22
Earlier this month, we were honoured to welcome Prof @kimlanelaw.bsky.social to @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social to deliver our annual JM Kelly lecture. The recording of the lecture on 'Democracy in Danger: The Global Challenge of Autocratic Legalism' is now available here www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8oS...
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Tom Hickey @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social · Apr 3
Professor Laurent Pech introducing Professor Kim Lane Scheppele on the occasion of the JM Kelly Lecture at UCD.

Lecture title: "Democracy in Danger: The Global Challenge of Autocratic Legalism"
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Tom Hickey @tomhickeydcu.bsky.social · Mar 14
Hickey, "How to Interpret the Irish Constitution" (Irish Sup Ct Review, 2023) is now on SSRN.

It gets a "recommended" from @lsolum, who says: "Fascinating discussion, with echoes of American debates over originalism and living constitutionalism."

See lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...
Hickey on Interpreting the Irish Constitution
Tom Hickey (Dublin City University) has posted How to Interpret the Irish Constitution: Tomas Heneghan v Minister for Housing on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper explores the judgment of Murray ...
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