Rónán Kennedy

Tel.: 353 (0)91 495626
Block T, Room 205
email: ronan.m.kennedynuigalway.ie

Rónán Kennedy holds a degree in commerce and a higher diploma in systems analysis from University College Galway, an LL.B. with first class honours from the National University of Ireland, Galway and an LL.M. from New York University. He also studied for the degree of Barrister-at-Law in the King’s Inns and was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2003.

He worked as a programmer, systems analyst and network administrator from 1993 to 2000. He was Executive Legal Officer to the Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr. Justice Ronan Keane, from 2000 to 2004. During this time, he was editor of “The Supreme Court of Ireland: A History”, first editor of the Judicial Studies Institute Journal from 2001 to 2003, and was involved in a number of initiatives to expand the use of information technology in the courts. Before coming to the Law Faculty in NUI, Galway, he taught environmental law and public international law in the University of Limerick.  

He is the co-ordinator of the new LL.M. in Law, Technology and Governance and was Associate Head for Development and Promotion for the School from April 2009 to April 2010. His research focuses on the relationship between information and communications technology and environmental regulation.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Law, Governance and Enterprise: Contemporary Issues
• Environmental Legislation
• Information Technology Law
• Business Law
• Copyright in the Digital Era

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• No Three Strikes for Ireland (Yet): EU Copyright Law and Individual Liability in Recent Internet File Sharing Litigation. Journal of Internet Law 12(10) 2011, pp. 15–31.
• Climate Change Law and Policy After Copenhagen. Irish Planning and Environmental Law Journal 17(3) 2010, pp. 101–109.
• Law in Virtual Worlds. Journal of Internet Law 12(10) 2009, pp. 3–10.
• The Risks of User-Supplied Content Online. In Barry et al. (eds.), Information Systems Development (Springer, 2009), pp. 611–620.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS

• The Role of Information in Environmental Regulation: Science in the Service of Society? The Difference that Makes a Difference: an interdisciplinary workshop on information and technology, Open University, Milton Keynes, September 2011.
• "Information and Communications Technology and Environmental Regulation" Regulating Global Concerns - Climate Change and Intellectual Property Rights: Legal Frameworks and Institutions for the Development and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies, Sønderborg (Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University), Denmark, May 2010.
• "Climate Change Law and Policy After Copenhagen" Law and the Environment 2010, University College Cork, April 2010.
• "The Implications of Information and Communications Technology for Environmental Regulation" 20th Irish Environmental Researchers' Colloquium, Limerick, February 2010
• “The Irish National Climate Change Strategy: New Laws, Future Policies?” Law and the Environment 2009, University College Cork, April 2009

Full Research Details

School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0)91 524411, Direct: +353 (0)91 492389, Fax: +353 (0) 91 494506
Email: lawnuigalway.ie

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