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Professor William Binchy

Fellow Emeritus (Law)

 William.Binchy@tcd.ie

 


Biography

William Binchy is Regius Professor of Laws. He was formerly a special legal adviser on family law reform to the Irish Department of Justice and Research Counsellor to the Law Reform Commission.  He is a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission.  He was Visiting Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Michaelmas Term 2002).  He has authored and co-authored books on private international law, torts and family law and organises the Annual Workshop on Constitutionalism for African Chief Justices and Senior Judiciary, held at the Law School, now in its ninth year. He has represented Ireland at the Hague Conference on Private International Law on the themes of marriage and inter-country adoption. He was a member of the Committee on the Offences Against the State Acts, Chaired by the Hon. Mr. Justice Anthony Hederman.

Research Tags

  African Human Rights   Family Law   Human Rights   Jurisprudence   Medical Law   Private International Law

Representations

Details Date
Commissioner with the Irish Human Rights Commission. 
Represented the Irish Human Rights Commission at the U.N. Ad Hoc Committee on the Draft International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2003 to date.
Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond with specialist contributors, Annual Review of Irish Law 2008, Dublin, Roundhall, 2009, vii-xxix, 1-647pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Binchy, William and Ahern, John, eds, , The Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations: A New Regime, 1st, Leiden, Brill, 2009, xi - 480pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Binchy, William, ed, Timor-Leste: Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2009, v-xi, 1-604pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Binchy, William and Quansah, Emmanuel, The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2009, 418pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Dignity as a Core Constitutional Concept in, editor(s)Binchy, William and Quansah, Emmanuel , Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2009, pp159 - 186, [Binchy, William], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
The Constitution of Timor Leste in Comparative Perspective in, editor(s)Binchy, William , Timor- Leste Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past, Dublin, Clarus Press, 2009, pp261 - 290, [Binchy, William], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Binchy, William and Byrne, Raymond (with specialist contributors), Annual Review of Irish Law 2007, Dublin, Roundhall, 2008, Book, PUBLISHED
Binchy, William and Craven, Ciaran, eds, Medical Negligence Litigation: Emerging Issues, Dublin, First Law, 2008, 255pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Issues of Proof in Medical Negligence Litigation: New Questions Posed in the Irish Courts in, editor(s)Craven, Ciaran and Binchy, William , Medical Negligence Litigation: Emerging Issues, Dublin, Clarus, 2008, pp56 - 82, [Binchy, William], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Dignity as a Constitutional Concept in, editor(s)Carolan, Eoin and Doyle, Oran , The Irish Constitution: Governance and Values, Dublin, Thomson Roundhall, 2008, pp307 - 326, [Binchy, William], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Fellow, Trinity College Dublin 1992. John Brooke Scholar, The Honorable Society of the King's Inns (1968). Tutorial Scholar in Law, University College Dublin (1969).

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

African Human RightsLaw, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Human Rights, Jurisprudence, Medical Law, Private International Law and Torts