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Professor Caoimhin Mac Maolain

Professor (Law)
HOUSE 39, COLLEGE

 macmaolc@tcd.ie

 3531896 2587

Head of School (School Office - Law)


Biography

Caoimhín MacMaoláin, B.C.L., LL.M., Ph.D., joined the law school in 2005 having previously held a Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at Exeter University. He teaches modules in European Union Law, International Trade Law and Food Law. He is also the Director of the LLM Dissertation Programme. Caoimhín has published extensively in the areas of EU Law and Food Law. He has published three books with Hart Publishing, as well as many book chapters in edited collections and articles in the leading international journals in his field, including the European Law Review, the Common Market Law Review and European Public Law. Caoimhín welcomes applications for postgraduate research (PhD or MLitt) in the areas of European Union Law, EU Substantive Law and International and EU Food Law.

Research Tags

  EU Law   Food Law   International Trade Law (WTO)

Representations

Details Date
Legal Advisor to Government Department of Health on the content and introduction of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 2015-2018
Society of Legal Scholars Convenor for Ireland 2006-2018
Adviser to the House of Lords Energy and Environment Sub-Committee on Brexit and Biosecurity 2018
EU Law Co-ordinator and Examiner for Law Society of Ireland 2015-2022
Expert Witness before Criminal Courts of Justice and Court of Criminal Appeal 2013
Legal Researcher, Adviser and Presenter for the Migraine Association of Ireland and the European Headache Alliance 2011-2017
Regular adviser to Irish and EU politicians, national and international organisations, health promoting NGOs and EU Commission 2011-2020
Teagasc Expert Group for Health and Sustainability 2021
Peer reviewer for Modern Law Review 2021
Research Funding and Grant Reviewer for the State Research Institute of Poland 2021
Member Advisory Board of the Law and Non-Communicable Diseases Unit 2015-2022
Peer reviewer for European Law Review 2011-2021
Book proposals reviewer for Hart: Bloomsbury 2013-2019
Member and presenter of the European Food Law Academy 2010-2017
PhD External Examinations, most recently for University of Liverpool 2020
Peer reviewer for Irish Journal of European Law 2015-2021
Academic Adviser for Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic 2020
Book proposal reviewer Oxford University Press 2003-2020
Book proposal reviewer for Edward Elgar Publishing 2018
Articles peer reviewer for European Journal of Risk Regulation 2013-2018
Peer reviewer for European Public Law journal 2016
Adviser to the Sugar Reduction Summit, Royal Society London 2016
Visiting Teaching Fellow at University of Nantes 2016
Peer reviewer for Georgetown Journal of International Law 2015
Peer Reviewer for Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2015-2017
Peer reviewer for European Food and Feed Law Review 2015-2018
Reviewer of manuscripts for Palgrave Publishing 2010-2013
Peer reviewer for European Law Journal 2014
Book proposals reviewer for Informa Publishing 2019
Peer reviewer for US Food and Drug Law Journal 2003-2005

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Convenor for Ireland, Society of Legal Scholars UK and Ireland 2006 2018
Member UK Association of European Lawyers 2001 2018
Member Society of Legal Scholars UK and Ireland 2001 2022
Member of European Food Law Academy 2009 2017
Member Institute of Advanced Legal Studies 2001 2022
Member of Heads of Irish University Law Schools 2021 2022
The law on geographical indications and traditional food names: Protecting local and regional interests in a global arena in, editor(s)I M Nick , Names, Naming and the Law: Onomastics, Identity, Power and Policy, Routledge, 2024, pp123 - 140, [Caoimhín MacMaoláin], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Using the law to enhance the welfare of food-producing animals: recognising sentience, raising standards in, editor(s)M Roberts , Research Handbook on International Food Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, pp515 - 534, [Caoimhín MacMaoláin], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Early Lessons from the EU/UK Brexit Negotiations: Implications for Ireland, European Public Law, 27, (4), 2021, p629 - 652, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Using food labelling laws to combat childhood obesity: Lessons from the EU, the WTO and Codex in, editor(s)A Garde, J Curtis, O De Schutter, Elgar Studies in Health and the Law , Ending Childhood Obesity: A Callenge at the Crossroads of International Economic and Human Rights Law, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, pp138 - 160, [Caoimhin MacMaolain], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Irish Food Law, 1, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2019, 1 - 400pp, Book, PUBLISHED  URL
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, An Unhealthy State: Using Legislation to Address Public Health Issues in Ireland, European Public Law, 2019, p487 - 502, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Protecting Chronic Migraine Sufferers in their Employment: The Role for Law in, editor(s)Dr Marie Murray , Migraine, Dublin, Currach Press, 2016, pp115 - 125, [Caoimhín MacMaoláin], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
C MacMaoláin, Food Law: European, Domestic and International Frameworks, 1, Oxford, Hart Bloomsbury, 2015, 345pp, Book, PUBLISHED  URL
Regulating consumer information: Use of food labelling and mandatory disclosures to encourage healthier lifestyles in, editor(s)Alemanno and Garde , Regulating lifestyle risks in Europe: The EU, Alcohol, Tobacco and Unhealthy Diets, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp46 - 68, [C MacMaolain], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Food labelling requirements in EU Law: Creating the right package of measures to achieve the aims of CAP 2020 in, editor(s)McMahon and Cardwell , Research Handbook on the Common Agricultural Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015, pp269 - 284, [C MacMaoláin], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Innovations of the revised EU rules on food safety and their implications for public consultation, Science, Transparency and Independence: The revised rules on EU risk assessment on food and EFSA, Brussels, 13 June 2019, edited by Prof Ellen Vos , 2019, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Development of Irish laws on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, Food Governance, Sydney, Australia, 3-5 July 2019, 2019, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, Assessing the compatibility of national nutrition information rules with EU law, Nutrition information as a tool of consumer empowerment and public health protection, Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-26 January 2018, 2018, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Caoimhin MacMaolain, The Consumer Information Paradigm: A Critical European Perspective, Global Food Law and Policy, Bilbao, Spain, 17-20 July 2017, 2017, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Caoimhín MacMaoláin, The harmonisation of labelling rules at regional and global levels, Ending childhood obesity: A challenge at the crossroads of international trade and human rights law, London, 7-8 July 2016, 2016, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
C MacMaoláin, Providing information on food to consumers: the role of labelling laws in protecting human health, Designing law for nutrition-related health, University of Surrey, June 2015, 2015, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
C MacMaolain, Food Labelling Requirements in EU Law: Creating the right package of measures to protect producers, promote health and safeguard consumer interests, The Common Agricultural Policy in 2020: The future of the policy, Dublin, March 2014, 2014, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
C MacMaolain, Emerging issues in food labelling law in comparative EU/US perspective, Towards Global Food Law: Transatlantic Competition and Collaboration, Seattle, Washington, USA, Feb 2013, 2013, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
C MacMaolain, A European Perspective on Food and Farming: Using the law to protect humans, animals and the environment, Global Food and Farming Isuues, Washington, USA, February 2013, 2013, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
C Macmaolain, Rights and entitlements at work, Migraine Association of Ireland National Conference, Dublin, April 2012, 2012, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Fellowship, Trinity College Dublin 2015
Master in Arts (jure officii) 2010