William Binchy is an Irish lawyer. He was the Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin from 1992 to 2012.
Education
[edit]Binchy was educated at University College Dublin. He is a Barrister-at-Law and practised at the Irish Bar from 1968 to 1970.[1]
Legal career
[edit]He was a Research Counsellor to the Irish Law Reform Commission and special legal advisor on family law reform to the Department of Justice. He has been a consultant to the Department of Foreign Affairs and represented Ireland at the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Professor Binchy is a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission.[1] He specialises in private international law, the law of torts and family law. In 2010, he was made an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of King's Inns.[1]
He has been involved in a number of campaigns in connection with proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland. In particular, he campaigned:
- in favour of the constitutional ban on abortion in 1983 (successfully);
- against the introduction of divorce in Ireland (successfully in 1986, and unsuccessfully in 1995);
- against the restriction of the automatic, constitutional right to citizenship of all of those born on the island of Ireland (unsuccessfully in 2004);
- against the Marriage Equality Bill 2015, to provide for same-sex marriage (unsuccessfully).
Since 2012, he has returned to the Irish bar.[2] and now holds a Professoriate Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin.
Personal life
[edit]His uncle was the historian D. A. Binchy. He is the brother of novelist Maeve Binchy. His daughter is the RTÉ producer and former College Tribune editor Sarah Binchy.
Publications
[edit]Binchy is a legal researchers and has published books in a variety of areas.
Tort law
[edit]- (with Bryan McMahon) The Irish Law of Torts (3rd edition), 2000, Tottel
- (with Paul Quigley) The Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003: Implications for the Legal Practice, 2004, FirstLaw
- (with Ciaran Craven) Ed., The Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004: Implications for Personal Injuries Litigation, 2004, FirstLaw
- (with Bryan McMahon) Casebook on the Irish Law of Torts (3rd edition), 2005, Tottel
- (with Dr. Dympna Glendenning, Barrister-at-Law) Ed., Litigation Against Schools: Implications for School Management, 2006, FirstLaw
- (with Ciaran Craven) Ed., Medical Negligence Litigation: Emerging Issues, 2008, FirstLaw
- (with Bryan McMahon) The Irish Law of Torts (4th edition), forthcoming 2013, Bloomsbury
Family law
[edit]- Is Divorce the Answer? An Examination of No-Fault Divorce Against the Background of the Irish Debate, 1984, Irish Academic Press
- Casebook on Irish Family Law, 1984, Butterworth
- (with Oran Doyle) Ed., Committed Relationships and the Law, 2007, Four Courts Press
Human rights
[edit]- (with Jeremy Sarkin) Ed., Human Rights, the Citizen and the State: South African and Irish Approaches (co-edited with Jeremy Sarkin), 2001, Roundhall Sweet and Maxwell
- (with Jeremy Sarkin) Ed., The Administration of Justice: Current Themes in Comparative Perspective, 2004, Four Courts Press
- (with Catherine Finnegan) Ed., The Citizenship Referendum: Implications for the Constitution and Human Rights, 2004, Trinity College Law School
- (with Catherine Finnegan) Ed, Human Rights, Constitutionalism and the Judiciary: Tanzanian and Irish Perspectives, 2006, Clarus Press
- Ed., Timor-Leste: Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past, 2006, Clarus Press
- (with Emmanuel Quansah) Ed., The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana, 2009, Clarus Press
Private international law
[edit]- Irish Conflicts of Law, 1988, Butterworths
- (with John Ahern) Ed., The Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations: A New Regime, 2009, Brill/Martininus Nijhoff
Irish law
[edit]- (with Raymond Byrne and specialist contributors) Annual Review of Irish Law (annually published, from 1987 to present), Thomson Roundhall
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "William Binchy - School of Law - Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "William Binchy | Barristers' Database | Bar Council of Ireland". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2021.