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The Roundtable of the Cork Online Law Review
Welcome to The Roundtable, a dynamic forum for incisive legal commentary and analysis. Catch up on the latest developments in law, policy and the legal system.
The Roundtable Blog Posts
The ESG Conundrum: Aligning Corporate Law With Sustainability Goals
The author, Izabella Ferreira Pinto de Carvalho , is currently pursuing an Evening law degree (BCL) while working full-time. With a...
Izabella Ferreira Pinto de Carvalho
Apr 2, 2025
‘Back to the Lab Again’: Tackling Emerging Challenges to Human Rights Through Experimentalist Governance Methods
Jack Heron is a solicitor in the Employment, Pensions & Benefits Group at Matheson LLP and a former Bonavero Summer Fellow at REDRESS. ...
Jack Heron
Oct 14, 2024
A Timely Reconsideration of Liability For Imprudent Lending: Covering All The Bases and The Profile of the Borrower
Alex Casey is an incoming LLM Student at Harvard Law School and a graduate of LLM International Commercial Law and LLB Law Plus at the...
Alex Casey
Apr 30, 2024
Incrementalism at the European Court of Human Rights: A New Version of the Living Instrument Doctrine?
Saoirse Flattery is a BCL Candidate at the University of Oxford and LLB graduate of Trinity College Dublin. In her blog, Saoirse...
Saoirse Flattery
Mar 22, 2024
The Lingering Traces of Moral Hazard in 'Fresh Start' Personal Insolvency: Ireland's Radical Reform
Alex Casey is an LLM, International Commercial Law Student at the School of Law, University of Limerick. In this blog, Alex critically...
Alex Casey
Jul 16, 2023
No One Will Be Left Behind: The SDG Framework and LGBTQ+ Rights
Niamh Guiry is a 1st year PhD Researcher at the School of Law, University College Cork. In this blog, Niamh discusses LGBTQ+ rights in...
Niamh Guiry
Jun 28, 2023
The Codification of the Directors Duty to Consider the Interests of Creditors in Irish Company Law
Michael James Boland is a PhD Researcher at the School of Law, University College Cork. In this blog, Michael considers the codification...
Michael James Boland
Feb 6, 2023
ESG Disclosure: Capturing The Zeitgeist of EU Capital Markets
In our latest Roundtable blog, Denis Clancy considers recent developments in corporate environmental, social, and governance practices....
Denis Clancy
Dec 23, 2022
Friends of the Earth - Following in FIE's Footsteps
In this blog, Eoin Jackson[1] discusses the recent judgment of the UK High Court in Friends of the Earth v Secretary of State for...
Eoin Jackson
Sep 15, 2022
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