Law

Dr Eoin Daly

BCL, Ph.D

Contact Details

Lecturer
E: eoin.daly@nuigalway.ie

Lecturer Above The Bar
School of Law
NUI Galway
E: EOIN.DALY@nuigalway.ie

Biography

I specialise in the political theory of constitutional law, with a focus on issues around law and religion, Church and State, judicial power, republicanism, French political thought and the history of political thought. My latest book is Rousseau's Constitutionalism: Austerity and Republican Freedom (Hart, 2017). I am also author (with Tom Hickey of) A Political Theory of the Irish Constitution (Manchester University Press, 2015), and of Religion, Law and the Irish State (Clarus, 2012). I have also authored over thirty peer-reviewed journal articles on various issues in legal and political theory as well as constitutional law.
I studied Law and French as an undergraduate and received a PhD from University College Cork in 2010. My thesis examined how jurisdictions committed to different concepts of constitutional secularism order the competing social claims on the value of religious freedom in schools.
Subsequently I worked as a Lecturer in DCU until 2012, and in University College Dublin until 2014. I joined NUI Galway in February 2014.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	'Integration referendums as expressions of constituent power' Eoin Daly (2023) 'Integration referendums as expressions of constituent power'. Review Of Politics, [Details]
	(2022)	'Rousseau¿s illiberal constitutionalism: Austerity, domination and the circumstance of politics' Eoin Daly (2022) 'Rousseau¿s illiberal constitutionalism: Austerity, domination and the circumstance of politics'. Icon-International Journal Of Constitutional Law, [Details]
	(2022)	'Boredom at the end of history: `Empty temporalities¿ in Rousseau¿s Corsica and Fukuyama¿s liberal democracy' Eoin Daly (2022) 'Boredom at the end of history: `Empty temporalities¿ in Rousseau¿s Corsica and Fukuyama¿s liberal democracy'. Philosophy And Social Criticism, [Details]
	(2021)	'Political constitutionalism under a culture of legalism: case studies from Ireland' Eoin Daly and Conor Casey (2021) 'Political constitutionalism under a culture of legalism: case studies from Ireland'. European Constitutional Law Review, [Details]
	(2022)	'Popular sovereignty after Brexit' Eoin Daly (2022) 'Popular sovereignty after Brexit'. German Law Journal, 2022 [Details]
	(2021)	'Rousseau’s lawgiver as a model of constituent power' Eoin Daly (2021) 'Rousseau’s lawgiver as a model of constituent power'. History Of European Ideas, [Details]
	(2020)	'Constitutionalism and crisis narratives in post-Brexit politics' Eoin Daly (2020) 'Constitutionalism and crisis narratives in post-Brexit politics'. Political Studies, 68 [Details]
	(2019)	'Providence and Contingency in Corsica: Rousseau on Freedom without Politics' Eoin Daly (2019) 'Providence and Contingency in Corsica: Rousseau on Freedom without Politics'. European Journal of Political Theory, [Details]
	(2019)	'Translating Popular Sovereignty as Unfettered Constitutional Amendability' Daly, E (2019) 'Translating Popular Sovereignty as Unfettered Constitutional Amendability'. European Constitutional Law Review, 15 :619-643 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2019)	'Citizenship, sovereignty and antipolitics in Rousseau’s thought' Eoin Daly (2019) 'Citizenship, sovereignty and antipolitics in Rousseau’s thought'. International Research in Eighteenth Century Studies, [Details]
	(2019)	'Law and Religion in Ireland: Recent Developments' Eoin Daly (2019) 'Law and Religion in Ireland: Recent Developments'. Quaderni di Diritto e Politica Ecclesiastica, [Details]
	(2018)	'Transparency as a justification for legislative supremacy' Eoin (2018) 'Transparency as a justification for legislative supremacy'. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, [Details]
	(2018)	'Legislative form as a justification for legislative supremacy' Eoin Daly (2018) 'Legislative form as a justification for legislative supremacy'. Jurisprudence, [Details]
	(2016)	'Laïcité in the private sphere? French religious liberty after the Baby-Loup affair”' Eoin Daly (2016) 'Laïcité in the private sphere? French religious liberty after the Baby-Loup affair”'. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 5 (211) [Details]
	(2016)	'Religion as public good and private choice in Irish constitutional doctrine”' Eoin Daly (2016) 'Religion as public good and private choice in Irish constitutional doctrine”'. Irish Jurist, 56 [Details]
	(2016)	'Irish popular sovereignty in historical and theoretical perspective' Eoin Daly (2016) 'Irish popular sovereignty in historical and theoretical perspective'. Dublin University Law Journal, 39 [Details]
	(2016)	'Republican themes in the Irish constitutional tradition' Eoin Daly (2016) 'Republican themes in the Irish constitutional tradition'. Etudes Irlandaises, [Details]
	(2016)	'Fraternalism as a limitation on religious freedom' Eoin Daly (2016) 'Fraternalism as a limitation on religious freedom'. Religion and Human Rights, [Details]
	(2016)	'The indivisibility of the French republic as political theory and constitutional doctrine' Eoin Daly (2016) 'The indivisibility of the French republic as political theory and constitutional doctrine'. European Constitutional Law Review, [Details]
	(2015)	'Freedom as non-domination in the jurisprudence of constitutional rights' Eoin Daly (2015) 'Freedom as non-domination in the jurisprudence of constitutional rights'. Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, [Details]
	(2015)	'Principle, discretion and symbolic power in Rousseau's account of judicial virtue' Eoin Daly (2015) 'Principle, discretion and symbolic power in Rousseau's account of judicial virtue'. Ratio Juris, [Details]
	(2015)	'Reframing the universalist republic: Legal pluralism in the French periphery' Eoin Daly (2015) 'Reframing the universalist republic: Legal pluralism in the French periphery'. Social & Legal Studies, [Details]
	(2015)	'Ostentation and republican civility: Notes from the French face-veiling debates' Eoin Daly (2015) 'Ostentation and republican civility: Notes from the French face-veiling debates'. European Journal of Political Theory, [Details]
	(2014)	'Republican deliberation and symbolic violence in Rousseau and Bourdieu' Eoin Daly (2014) 'Republican deliberation and symbolic violence in Rousseau and Bourdieu'. Philosophy And Social Criticism, [Details]
	(2014)	'A republican defence of the constitutional referendum' Eoin Daly (2014) 'A republican defence of the constitutional referendum'. Legal Studies, [Details]
	(2014)	'Ritual and symbolic power in Rousseau’s constitutional thought' Eoin Daly (2014) 'Ritual and symbolic power in Rousseau’s constitutional thought'. Law, Culture and the Humanities, [Details]
	(2014)	'Public funding of religions in French law: the role of the Council of State in the politics of constitutional secularism' Eoin Daly (2014) 'Public funding of religions in French law: the role of the Council of State in the politics of constitutional secularism'. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, [Details]
	(2013)	'Laïcité and republicanism during the Sarkozy Presidency' Eoin Daly (2013) 'Laïcité and republicanism during the Sarkozy Presidency'. French Politics, 11 [Details]
	(2013)	'Austerity and stability in Rousseau’s constitutionalism' Eoin Daly (2013) 'Austerity and stability in Rousseau’s constitutionalism'. Jurisprudence, 4 [Details]
	(2013)	'Political liberalism and French national identity in the wake of the face-veiling law' Eoin Daly (2013) 'Political liberalism and French national identity in the wake of the face-veiling law'. International Journal Of Law In Context, 9 [Details]
	(2013)	'Reappraising the constitutional justification for literalism and intentionalism in statutory interpretation' Eoin Daly and Cathal Curran (2013) 'Reappraising the constitutional justification for literalism and intentionalism in statutory interpretation'. Dublin University Law Journal, 9 [Details]
	(2012)	'Freedom of association through the prism of gender quotas in politics' Eoin Daly (2012) 'Freedom of association through the prism of gender quotas in politics'. Irish Jurist, 47 [Details]
	(2012)	'The ambiguous reach of constitutional secularism in republican France: revisiting the idea of laïcité and political liberalism as alternatives' Eoin Daly (2012) 'The ambiguous reach of constitutional secularism in republican France: revisiting the idea of laïcité and political liberalism as alternatives'. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 32 [Details]
	(2012)	'Laïcité, gender equality and the politics of non-domination' Eoin Daly (2012) 'Laïcité, gender equality and the politics of non-domination'. European Journal of Political Theory, 11 [Details]
	(2011)	'Non-domination as a primary good: re-thinking the frontiers of the ‘political’ in Rawls’s political liberalism' Eoin Daly (2011) 'Non-domination as a primary good: re-thinking the frontiers of the ‘political’ in Rawls’s political liberalism'. Jurisprudence, 2 [Details]
	(2011)	'Residual Conventions of the Irish Constitution: the Incongruous Example of Collective Responsibility' Eoin Daly (2011) 'Residual Conventions of the Irish Constitution: the Incongruous Example of Collective Responsibility'. Public Law, [Details]
	(2011)	'Competing concepts of religious freedom through the lens of religious product authentication laws' Eoin Daly (2011) 'Competing concepts of religious freedom through the lens of religious product authentication laws'. Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 13 [Details]
	(2011)	'Religious freedom and the ‘right to discriminate’ in the school admissions context: a neo-republican critique' Eoin Daly and Tom Hickey (2011) 'Religious freedom and the ‘right to discriminate’ in the school admissions context: a neo-republican critique'. Legal Studies, 31 [Details]
	(2010)	'Religious Liberty and the Rawlsian Idea of Legitimacy: the French Laïcité Project between Comprehensive and Political Liberalisms' Eoin Daly (2010) 'Religious Liberty and the Rawlsian Idea of Legitimacy: the French Laïcité Project between Comprehensive and Political Liberalisms'. Religion and Human Rights, 5 [Details]
	(2010)	'Regulating Religious Function: the Strange Case of Mass Cards' Eoin Daly (2010) 'Regulating Religious Function: the Strange Case of Mass Cards'. Hibernian Law Journal, 9 [Details]
	(2010)	'The Constitution and the Protestant Schools Cuts Controversy: Seeing the Wood for the Trees' Eoin Daly (2010) 'The Constitution and the Protestant Schools Cuts Controversy: Seeing the Wood for the Trees'. Irish Journal of Legal Studies, 1 [Details]
	(2009)	'Restrictions on Religious Dress in French Republican Thought: Returning the Secularist Justification to a Rights-Based Rationale' Eoin Daly (2009) 'Restrictions on Religious Dress in French Republican Thought: Returning the Secularist Justification to a Rights-Based Rationale'. Dublin University Law Journal, 31 [Details]
	(2009)	'Religious Freedom as a Function of Power Relations: Dubious Claims on Pluralism in the Denominational Schools Debate' Eoin Daly (2009) 'Religious Freedom as a Function of Power Relations: Dubious Claims on Pluralism in the Denominational Schools Debate'. Irish Educational Studies, 28 [Details]
	(2008)	'Re-Evaluating the Purpose of Church-State Separation in the Irish Constitution: the Endowment Clause as a Protection of Religious Freedom and Equality' Eoin Daly (2008) 'Re-Evaluating the Purpose of Church-State Separation in the Irish Constitution: the Endowment Clause as a Protection of Religious Freedom and Equality'. Judicial Studies Institute Journal, 2 [Details]
	(2008)	'Religious Freedom and the Denominational Education Model in the Republic of Ireland: the Shortcomings of ‘Accommodationist’ Reform' Eoin Daly (2008) 'Religious Freedom and the Denominational Education Model in the Republic of Ireland: the Shortcomings of ‘Accommodationist’ Reform'. Education Law Journal, 9 [Details]

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	Rousseau's Constitutionalism: Austerity and Republican Freedom. Eoin Daly (2017) Rousseau's Constitutionalism: Austerity and Republican Freedom. Oxford: Hart Publishing. [Details]
	(2015)	The Political Theory of the Irish Constitution: Republicanism and the Basic Law. Eoin Daly and Tom Hickey (2015) The Political Theory of the Irish Constitution: Republicanism and the Basic Law. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
	(2012)	Religion, Law and the Irish State: the Constitutional Framework in Context. Eoin Daly (2012) Religion, Law and the Irish State: the Constitutional Framework in Context. Dublin: Clarus. [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Le droit à l¿avortement en Irlande: Cadres constitutionnels et législatifs' Eoin Daly and Shivaun Quinlivan (2022) 'Le droit à l¿avortement en Irlande: Cadres constitutionnels et législatifs' In: Interruption de Grossesse: entre culutres et universalisme. Brussels: Lefebvre. [Details]
	(2021)	'Populism and popular sovereignty in the UK and Irish constitutional orders' Eoin Daly (2021) 'Populism and popular sovereignty in the UK and Irish constitutional orders' In: Constitutions under Pressure: The Brexit Challenge for Ireland and the United Kingdom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	(2021)	'Conceptualising popular sovereignty in the Irish constitutional order' Eoin Daly (2021) 'Conceptualising popular sovereignty in the Irish constitutional order' In: Constitutional change and popular sovereignty. London: Routledge. [Details]
	(2021)	'The people and the lawgiver in political foundings' Eoin Daly (2021) 'The people and the lawgiver in political foundings' In: Populist Constitutionalism and Illiberal Democracy. Cambridge: Intersentia. [Details]
	(2019)	'Accommodating religious minorities in Ireland: The constitutional framework' Eoin Daly (2019) 'Accommodating religious minorities in Ireland: The constitutional framework' In: Minority Religions under Irish Law: Islam in National and International Context. Leiden: Brill. [Details]
	(2019)	'Constitutional identity in Ireland: National and popular sovereignty as checks on European integration' Eoin Daly (2019) 'Constitutional identity in Ireland: National and popular sovereignty as checks on European integration' In: Calliess and Van der Schyff, Constitutional Identity in a Europe of Multilevel Constitutionalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	(2019)	'Republicanising rights? Proportionality, justification and non-domination' Eoin Daly (2019) 'Republicanising rights? Proportionality, justification and non-domination' In: Constitutionalism Justified. Oxford University Press: Oxford. [Details]
	(2018)	'From natural rights to non-domination: re-thinking the theoretical framework of the Irish Constitution' Eoin Daly and Tom Hickey (2018) 'From natural rights to non-domination: re-thinking the theoretical framework of the Irish Constitution' In: Carolan (ed.), Judicial Power in Ireland. Dublin: IPA. [Details]
	(2018)	'Republican Fundamentalism against Laïcité: Tempering the Appropriation of a Constitutional Doctrine' Eoin Daly (2018) 'Republican Fundamentalism against Laïcité: Tempering the Appropriation of a Constitutional Doctrine' In: Russell Sandberg (ed.), Leading Works in Law and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
	(2017)	'Reappraising judicial supremacy in the Irish constitutional tradition' Eoin Daly (2017) 'Reappraising judicial supremacy in the Irish constitutional tradition' In: Judges, Politics and the Irish Constitution. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
	(2017)	'Flynn v Power' Eoin Daly (2017) 'Flynn v Power' In: Northern/Irish feminist judgments. Oxford: Hart Publishing. [Details]
	(2014)	'Toleration, recognition and educational patronage: Ireland’s constitutional politics of school choice' Honohan and Rougier (2014) 'Toleration, recognition and educational patronage: Ireland’s constitutional politics of school choice' In: Toleration in Ireland, North and South. Manchester: Manchester UP. [Details]
	(2014)	'Beyond Legal Constitutionalism' Dorgan (ed) (2014) 'Beyond Legal Constitutionalism' In: Foundation Stone: A Constitution for a 21st century republic. Dublin: New Island. [Details]
	(2013)	'Religion in the Constitutional Order of the Republic of Ireland' Cumper and Lewis (eds) (2013) 'Religion in the Constitutional Order of the Republic of Ireland' In: Religion, Human Rights and Secular Society in Europe. London: Elgar. [Details]
	(2013)	'Public philosophy and constitutional interpretation after natural law: Republican horizons' Carolan (ed) (2013) 'Public philosophy and constitutional interpretation after natural law: Republican horizons' In: The Constitution of Ireland: Perspectives and Prospects. Dublin: Bloomsbury. [Details]
	(2011)	'Precarious Religious Liberties in Education: the Salience of Demographic and Social Contingencies under a Formally Pluralist Public Philosophy' Bekerman and Geisen (eds) (2011) 'Precarious Religious Liberties in Education: the Salience of Demographic and Social Contingencies under a Formally Pluralist Public Philosophy' In: International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education. London: Springer. [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	''Le mariage des personnes de même sexe - Irlande'' Eoin Daly (2015) ''Le mariage des personnes de même sexe - Irlande'' Annuaire International de Justice Constitutionnelle, XXIV . [Details]
	(2012)	''Religion and the Constitution at 75'' Eoin Daly (2012) ''Religion and the Constitution at 75'' Law Society Gazette, . [Details]
	(2009)	''The Congregational Indemnity Agreement: An Unconstitutional Endowment of Religion?'' Eoin Daly (2009) ''The Congregational Indemnity Agreement: An Unconstitutional Endowment of Religion?'' Irish Law Times, 27 . [Details]
	(2008)	''Hermeneutic Perspectives on Judicial Activism: Dworkin, Constitutional Interpretation and Judicial Law-making'' Eoin Daly (2008) ''Hermeneutic Perspectives on Judicial Activism: Dworkin, Constitutional Interpretation and Judicial Law-making'' Cork Online Law Review, 7 . [Details]