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P.I Professor Daly co-writes chapter with Dr. Orla Kelleher.
Newest contribution by Professor Aoife Daly.
Principal investigator of the Youth Climate Justice project, Professor Aoife Daly, co-wrote with University of Maynooth colleague Dr Orla Kelleher ‘The Case of Young People v Government of Ireland’.
This book chapter envisage's a children’s rights case taken against the Irish Government by children/young people in the year 2040, arguing that the failure of the Irish government to curb carbon emissions has violated their rights.
Full text can be accessed here:
https://www.academia.edu/113244986/The_Case_of_Young_People_v_Government_of_Ireland_Supreme_Court_of_Ireland_The_Anthropocene_Judgments_Project_Futureproofing_the_Common_Law
It is part of the exciting and innovative edited book ‘The Anthropocene judgments project – future proofing the common law’ edited by Nicole Rogers and Michelle Maloney (2023).