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	text:  larger  smaller		Aileen Kavanagh Reader in Law  Aileen Kavanagh BCL, MA (University College Dublin); MLE (Hanover); DPhil (Oxon). Aileen Kavanagh is a Reader in Law and a Fellow of St Edmund Hall. She teaches and researches in the areas of constitutional and administrative law, human rights and constitutional theory. After completing her DPhil in constitutional theory at Balliol College, Oxford, she was a Lecturer in Law (2000-06) and Reader (2006-9) at the University of Leicester. Recent publications include her book Constitutional Review under the UK Human Rights Act 1998 (CUP, 2009). Her current research focuses on constitutionalism and counter-terrorism, the doctrine of proportionality, and the separation of powers. Publications Books 2009 Constitutional Review under the UK HRA 1998 (Cambridge: CUP, 2009) 2008 Arguing About Law (co-edited with Professor John Oberdiek, Rutgers University, US), Routledge-Cavendish 2008. Articles 2010 “Defending Deference in Public Law and Constitutional Theory” (2010) 126 Law Quarterly Review (forthcoming). 2009 “Judicial Restraint in the Pursuit of Justice” (2009) University of Toronto Law Journal (forthcoming) 2009 “Constitutional Review, the Courts and Democratic Scepticism” (2009) 62 Current Legal Problems (forthcoming). 2009 “Strasbourg, the House of Lords or Elected Politicians: Who decides about rights after Re P?” (2009) 72 Modern Law Review 828-843. 2009 “Judging the Judges under the Human Rights Act 1998: Deference, Disillusionment and the ‘War on Terror’” 2009 Public Law 287-304. 2006 “Parliamentary Intent, Statutory Interpretation and the Human Rights Act 1998” (2006) 26 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 179. 2005 “Unlocking the Human Rights Act: The “Radical” Approach to Section 3(1) Revisited”, (2005) European Human Rights Law Review 259-275. 2005 “Pepper v Hart and Matters of Constitutional Principle”, (2005) 120 Law Quarterly Review 98-122. 2004 “The Role of a Bill of Rights in Reconstructing Northern Ireland”, (2004) 26 Human Rights Quarterly 956-982. 2004 “Statutory Interpretation under the Human Rights Act 1998 after Anderson: a more contextual approach”, (2004) Public Law 537-545. 2004 “The Elusive Divide between Interpretation and Legislation under the Human Rights Act 1998”, (2004) 24 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 259-285. 2004 “Comparative perspectives on Constitutional Law: Implications for the Human Rights Act 1998” (Review Essay), 2004 European Public Law 161-177. 2003 “Participation and Judicial Review: A Reply to Jeremy Waldron”, (2003) 22 Law and Philosophy 1-35. 2003 “The Idea of a Living Constitution”, (2003) 16 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 55-89. 2002 “Original Intention, Enacted Text and Constitutional Interpretation”, (2002) 47 The American Journal of Jurisprudence, 255-298. 1998 “The Quest for Legitimacy in Constitutional Interpretation”, (1998) 32 Irish Jurist 195-216. Book Chapters 2008 “Deference or Defiance? The Limits of the Judicial Role in Constitutional Adjudication”, in G. Huscroft (ed.) Expounding the Constitution: Essays in Constitutional Theory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), 184-216. 2007 “Choosing Between Section 3 and 4 Human Rights Act: Judicial Reasoning after Ghaidan v. Mendoza”, in H. Fenwick, G.Phillipson & R.Masterson (eds.), Judicial Reasoning Under the Human Rights Act 1998 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 114-142. Correspondence address: St Edmund Hall, Oxford, OX1 4AR Link to St Edmund Hall Link to University email/phone directory in new window