Charles O'Mahony

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email: c.omahony3@nuigalway.ie

Biography

Charles is currently undertaking a Ph.D in the area of mental health law.  His research is a comparative study of the diversion of offenders with mental health problems from the criminal justice system.  This research is supported by the Higher Education Authority PRTLI fund and is supervised by Dr. Mary Keys.

Charles was a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley in 2010.  He was a full-time legal researcher for the Law Reform Commission from 2006-2008. He was the principal legal researcher for the Commission’s Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 and the principal legal researcher for the Consultation Paper on Jury Selection published in March 2010.  He also writes for the Human Rights in Ireland Blog (humanrights.ie).  Charles has lectured in a number of areas including European human rights law, criminal law, labour law and law for nursing students.  He currently leads the Criminal Jury course on the LL.M in Public Law at NUI Galway.    He was awarded a LL.M from University College London in 2005 and a LL.M in Public Law from NUI Galway in 2006.  He completed a BA in Legal Science and History in 2003 and a LL.B in 2004 at NUI Galway.

Contributions to Books

• O’Mahony, C and Flaherty, P ‘The Legal Framework for Data and Consumer Protection in Europe’ in Chen and Fadlalla (ed.) Online Consumer Protection: Theories of Human Relativism (2008 – IGI Global).

Journal Articles

• O’Mahony, C et al. ‘Annual Review of European Law and Policy’  [Quinn & Waddington (ed.s) European Yearbook of Disability Law, Intersentia, 2009, pages 153-298].
• O’Mahony, C and Bruton, C ‘Employment law and reform: what is coming down the tracks?’ [Irish Employment Law Journal: Vol. 4, No 4, Winter 2007].
• O’Mahony, C ‘Setting an agenda for the next decade’ [Australian Law Reform Journal: 2007 (70) 68].
• O’Mahony, C and Lynch, J ‘Land Law Reform: Past, Present and Future’ [Conveyancing and Property Law Journal: May 2007, Vol. 12 (2) 34].
• O’Mahony, C and Mulcahy, J ‘A Legal Analysis of the Doctrine of Anticipatory Self Defence’ [Hanse Law Review: 2006 Vol. 2 (2)].

Other Legal Research Projects

• ‘Thematic Legal Study on Mental Health and Fundamental Rights: Ireland Report’ [Fundamental Rights Agency Legal Experts Group, 2010].
• ‘Consultation Paper: Juries Selection [Law Reform Commission: CP 61- 2010.  Available at: www.lawreform.ie].
• O’Mahony and Bruton “Irish Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries” Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) 2008.  Available at: http://www.disability-europe.net/content/pdf/IE%20Employment%20report.pdf.  
• ‘Report: Third Programme of Law Reform’ [Law Reform Commission: LRC 86 – 2007.  Available at: www.lawreform.ie].
• ‘Seminar Paper: Public Consultation on Law Reform’ [Law Reform Commission: SP 3 -2007.  Available at: www.lawreform.ie].

Conference Papers

• O’Mahony, C “A Critical Consideration of Mental Health Courts” [Limerick: Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, 24 November 2010].
• O’Mahony, C “The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Implications for Domestic Mental Health Law” [Oakland: Disability Rights California, 4 November 2010].
• O’Mahony, C “The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Abolition of the Insanity Defence” [Berkeley: Boalt Hall School of Law, 27 October 2010].
• O’Mahony, C “Employment Law and Policy: Research and the Disability Act 2005” [Galway: Persons with Disabilities in Ireland, International Disability Conference, 3 December 2009].
• O’Mahony, C ‘Practical Application of the Revised Brussels 11 Regulation’  [Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, PPC II, Advanced Family and Child Law Elective, 6 June 2009]. 
• O’Mahony, C ‘The Eligibility of Persons with Disabilities for Jury Service’ [Cork: University College Cork, Conference entitled “The Promise of Law: Political Claims and the Boundaries of Justice”, 30 April 2009]. 
• O’Mahony ‘Reform of the jury in common law jurisdictions’ [Limerick: Irish Society of Comparative Law Annual Conference, 28 February 2009].
• O’Mahony, C ‘Trial by Jury’ [Dublin: Summer Lunchtime Law Lecture Series, Ballymun Community Law Centre, 9 July 2008].
• O’Mahony, C ‘Jury Service and Reform of the Jury System in Ireland’ [Manchester: Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference, March 2008]. O’Mahony, C ‘The Changing Nature of Television Consumption’ [Durham: Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference, Durham, 12 September 2007].
• O’Mahony, C ‘Race, Policing and Criminal Justice’ [Dublin: Annual Irish Criminology Conference, University College Dublin, 5 September 2007].
• O’Mahony, C ‘The Effectiveness of Human Rights Law in Realising Adequate Standards of Healthcare in the Prison Setting’ [Canterbury: Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference, University of Kent, 4 April 2007].
• O’Mahony, C ‘Looking up or stepping up the stairs? A human rights critique of Irish prison healthcare services and policy’ [Dublin: Legal Research Conference, University College Dublin, 25 November 2006].
• O’Mahony, C ‘A Future for Public Service Broadcasting: New Challenges, New Pressures, New Approaches’ [Dublin: Irish Media Research Network Annual Conference, Dublin Institute of Technology, 16 June 2006].

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