TriCON

Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance. A leading centre for constitutional law events and scholarship based at @TCDLawSchool @tcddublin

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Congratulations to our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh on her election as Member of the Royal Irish Academy @RIAdawson - the highest academic accolade in Ireland.

The Royal Irish Academy is an all-island learned society dating from 1785.

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Open to the public. Places are limited and registration is required.
Register: https://t.co/3GxgIOAGTT

[Aileen Kavanagh @AileenFKavanagh]

It was a pleasure and an honour to deliver the Graz Jurisprudence Lecture 2026 and meet all the great researchers working in constitutional and legal theory at @UniGraz. Thanks to Prof Matthias Klatt for the invite, warm welcome, & great conversation in beautiful Graz!

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On May 28th, our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh gave the 2026 Graz Jurisprudence Lecture at @UniGraz on the topic of her forthcoming article in @icon_journal ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’:

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On May 26th, our Director @AileenFKavanagh gave a lecture on her forthcoming article ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’ as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory jointly hosted by @FreudSfu, @univienna & @ceu.

[Aileen Kavanagh @AileenFKavanagh]

Huge thanks to @KLachmayer for hosting me at @FreudSfu today as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory where I spoke about judicial strike downs.
I studied at @univienna 30 years ago, so it was great to revisit this beautiful city.

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Prof @dkennytcd was in constitutional conversation with @ShashiTharoor at the @JLFLitfest in Belfast last Saturday. Recording to follow!

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

A fabulous conversation yesterday with Prof David Kenny on a vital subject. Will post the video when @JLFLitfest gets around to issuing it! #JLFIslandOfIreland

[Mike Becker @mabecker17]

And of course to John Manderscheid for photos (while also managing to present a paper).

[Mike Becker @mabecker17]

Special thanks to @pearceclancy and Inji Mammadli, Metha Ramadita, and Blair Somerville for all of the organizing work, plus our great commentators @maeveorourke, John Reynolds, @NoelleHig, and Suryapratim Roy & our keynote speaker @MaryLawlorhrds.

[Mike Becker @mabecker17]

Many thanks to everyone who took part in last Friday's New Voices in International Law workshop at @tcddublin, generously supported by @TriCONDublin. A fitting capstone to my friend @C_Ahlborn's tenure with us at TCD, my collaborator in all things international law.

[David Kenny @dkennytcd]

An honour and a total pleasure to speak to the great @ShashiTharoor about constitutions, pluralism, civic nationalism, and much else in Belfast last weekend. I think we could have talked for hours! Thanks so much to @JLFLitfest Island of Ireland for making it happen.

[Aileen Kavanagh @AileenFKavanagh]

En route to Vienna now and looking forward to giving a lecture tomorrow May 26th 6pm @FreudSfu as part of the Vienna Lecture Series in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory.
Thank you @KLachmayer for the invite. Bis Morgen!

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‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’ by our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh gets the ‘Highly Recommended’ treatment from Prof Lawrence Solum @lsolum on the Legal Theory blog.

Available open access on advance view at @icon_journal

[Lawrence Solum @lsolum]

Comparative constitutional theorists treat the strike-down power as an awesome affront to democracy. Aileen Kavanagh argues it is neither as final, as fatal, nor as forceful as assumed — judges routinely stop short. https://t.co/UlIRYTs9IH

[Aileen Kavanagh @AileenFKavanagh]

So I feel like I’ve won the lottery twice in one week!

Huge thanks to @lsolum for a ‘Highly Recommended’ for my paper ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’, forthcoming in @icon_journal.

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ICON·S 2026 Annual Conference | Registration closes in one week ⏰

Before the 25 May deadline, please make sure to:

• Register for in-person attendance
• Confirm virtual participation

We look forward to seeing you in Dublin!

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Thanks to all our speakers, commentators and chairs at the TriCON Constitutional Theory Roundtable yesterday, including Dimitrios Kyritsis, Conor Crummey, Cathryn Costello, Tom Hickey, Adina Preda, David Prendergast, Daniel Gilligan, @dkennytcd & @AileenFKavanagh

[Aileen Kavanagh @AileenFKavanagh]

Great start to the day with a ‘Highly Recommended - Download it while it’s Hot’ from @lsolum for my new paper on ‘Separation of Powers as Synergy’.

Thank you, @lsolum!

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Our Director Prof @AileenFKavanagh will give a Vienna Lecture on May 26th at and the Graz Jurisprudence Lecture 2026 on May 28th on ‘Stopping Short of Striking Down’: https://t.co/saf2jNBgub

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Huge thanks to our wonderful speakers @DrAndrewForde, @dkennytcd, @k_zappone, @mabecker17 & @sallyhayd at the @TriCONDublin seminar on the role of human rights in EU security and defence in @TLRHub @tcddublin last night. A great session!

[Aileen Kavanagh @AileenFKavanagh]

Hot on the heels of his lecture at @TriCONDublin @tcddublin, we’re delighted to publish this new paper by the brilliant @CassSunstein in the Dublin University Law Journal.
A gift that keeps on giving!

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Happening this Thursday May 14th at 10am @TLRHub
Join us for a timely conversation and rights and EU defence.

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Are rights a casualty or a keystone in EU security and defence?
Join us on Thursday May 14th for a timely discussion of these issues, with @DrAndrewForde @dkennytcd @k_zappone & award-winning journalist @sallyhayd, chaired by @AileenFKavanagh
@TLRHub @TriCONDublin