Conor Casey

University of Surrey

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor of Law

United Kingdom

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1.

Myths of Common Good Constitutionalism

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2022 103-146., Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 22-09
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 09 May 2022
Conor Casey and Adrian Vermeule
University of Surrey and Harvard Law School
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Common good, classical legal tradition, constitutional interpretation, constitutional design

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'Common Good Constitutionalism' and the New Debate over Constitutional Interpretation in the United States

(2021) 4 PUB. L. 765-787
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2023
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Common Good, Constitutional Law, Separation of Powers

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Argument By Slogan

(Forthcoming 2022) Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy: Per Curiam
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Apr 2022
Conor Casey and Adrian Vermeule
University of Surrey and Harvard Law School
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Common good, classical legal tradition, constitutional interpretation, originalism

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The Supreme Court and the Reformation of the Non-Delegation Doctrine: Náisiunta Leictreacht v. Labour Court, Minister for Business Enterprise, and Ireland [2021] IESC 36.

Irish Supreme Court Review Volume 4 (Forthcoming 2022).
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2022
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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A One Person Supreme Court? The Attorney General, Constitutional Advice to Government, and the Case for Transparency

Dublin University Law Journal (2019) 42(1) 89-119.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021
David Kenny and Conor Casey
Trinity College (Dublin) - School of Law and University of Surrey
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Constitutional law, Irish constitutional law, political constitutionalism, pre-enactment review, constitutional review, judicial review, Irish politics

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Judge Rao’s Unintentional Surrender: On the Augustan Settlement of Our Law

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 13 Sep 2023
Conor Casey and Adrian Vermeule
University of Surrey and Harvard Law School
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Textualism, originalism, classical legal theory, common good constitutionalism

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Constitutionalism and the Common Good: On the Role of Unwritten Principles

(2023) 110 LexisNexis Supreme Court Law Review 169
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
Michael P. Foran and Conor Casey
University of Glasgow and University of Surrey
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The Resilience of Executive Dominance in Westminster Systems: Ireland 2016-2019

Public Law (2021) 355-374.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2021
David Kenny and Conor Casey
Trinity College (Dublin) - School of Law and University of Surrey
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separation of powers, executive dominance, executive, legislature, Westminster system, parliament, money messages, money procedures, attorney general, legal advice, constitutional advice

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Under-explored Corners: Inherent Executive Power in the Irish Constitutional Order

(2017) 40(1) Dublin University Law Journal
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jan 2019
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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The Irish Constitution and Common Good Constitutionalism

(Forthcoming) Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, No. 46, 2023
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2023
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Foreword: The Constitution under the New Supreme Court

(Forthcoming, Dublin University Law Journal)
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 21 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2024
Conor Casey and Oran Doyle
University of Surrey and Trinity College (Dublin)
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Irish Constitution, constitutional interpretation, judicial review, Supreme Court, constitutional rights

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The Gatekeepers: Executive Lawyers and the Executive Power in Comparative Constitutional Law

(2022) International Journal of Constitutional Law
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2022
Conor Casey and David Kenny
University of Surrey and Trinity College (Dublin) - School of Law
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Executive power, comparative constitutional law, executive legal advisors, attorney general, separation of powers, political constitutionalism, policy distortion

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Common Good Constitutionalism: An Introduction

Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Theory and Philosophy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 Jul 2024
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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constitutional law, natural law, classical legal tradition, ius commune

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Political Liberalism and Liberalism's Politics

(2024) 38(3) Constitutional Commentary 485
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Constitutional law, , Natural law, Political Liberalism, John Rawls, Aquinas

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Constitutional Design and the Point of Constitutional Law

(Forthcoming 2022) American Journal of Jurisprudence
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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natural law, constitutional design, constitutional interpretation, legal theory

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How Liberty Dies in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Star Wars, Democratic Decay, and Weak Executives

(Forthcoming 2022) Law & Literature
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2021
Conor Casey and David Kenny
University of Surrey and Trinity College (Dublin) - School of Law
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Executive power, separation of powers, democratic decay, Star Wars, Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire.

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Courts, Public Interest Litigation, and Homelessness: A Commentary on Recent Case Law

Dublin University Law Journal (2019) 42 191-207.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2021
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Administrative law, constitutional law, public interest litigation, homelessness, right to shelter

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Shadow Constitutional Review: The Dark Side of Pre-Enactment Political Review in Ireland and Japan

International Journal of Constitutional Law (2020) 18 (1) 51–77
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2020
David Kenny and Conor Casey
Trinity College (Dublin) - School of Law and University of Surrey
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Political Constitutionalism; Pre-enactment Review; Judicial Review; Constitutionalism; Constitutional Law; Ireland; Japan; Attorney General; Cabinet Legislation Bureau

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The Fundamental Law of the Vatican City State: Exploring Hidden Treasures in the Constitution of the World’s Smallest State

In (eds.) Maartje de Visser, Rosalind Dixon, Elisabeth Perham, Small State Constitutionalism (Forthcoming, Hart 2025)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2024
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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The Constitution Outside the Courts - The Case for Parliamentary Involvement in Constitutional Review

61 Irish Jurist (2019) 36-64.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2019
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Constitutional law, Irish politics, Attorney-General, Judicial Review, Constitutional Review

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Citizenship Stripping, Fair Procedures, and the Separation of Powers: A Critical Comment on Damache v. Minister for Justice [2020] IESC 63.

(Forthcoming, 2021) Modern Law Review.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2021
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Executive power, fair procedures, separation of powers, citizenship

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Continuity and Evolution in Vermeule on Legal Interpretation

American Journal of Jurisprudence (Forthcoming, 2024).
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 May 2023 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2024
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Interpretation, Natural Law, Vermeule

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The Supreme Court, the Constitution, and ‘Derived Rights’: Cause for Concern or Optimism?

(2022) 72 Doctrine & Life 2-18.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Mar 2022
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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What Pleases The Prince? The Relevance of Classical Legal Principles to Contemporary Public Law

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Roman Law, Classical Legal Tradition, Common Good, Executive Power, Interpretation, Irish Constitution

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Classical Natural Law, Common Good Constitutionalism, and the Process of Constitutional Change

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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constitutional law, constitutional amendment, comparative constitutional law, political theory, natural law

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Reflections on The Natural Law Moment in Constitutional Theory

(2025) 48 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 329
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Briefing Document for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying

Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying (19 June 2023)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 22 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2023
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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constitutional law; assisted dying; assisted suicide; euthanasia; fundamental rights; right to life

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Political Executive Control of the Administrative State: How Much Is Too Much?

Maryland Law Review
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Administrative state; executive power; bureaucracy; comparative constitutional law

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Political Constitutionalism Under a Culture of Legalism: Case Studies From Ireland

(Forthcoming 2021) European Constitutional Law Review
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Jun 2021
Conor Casey and Eoin Daly
University of Surrey and University of Galway
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Political constitutionalism, constitutionalism, legalism, separation of powers

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Comparative Political Process Theory and the Importance of Judicial Prudence

(Forthcoming 2022) National Law School of India Review.
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2022
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Defending the Prince: the Political Executive, Administrative State, and Common Good

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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The Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice Option: A Classical Natural Law Method for Interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 03 Apr 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Law, Human Rights, Judicial review, Judicial power, Democracy, European Convention on Human Rights

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Natural Law, Practical Reasoning, and Legal Interpretation in 'Natural Law and Modern Society'

(Forthcoming, Jurisprudence, 2025).
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Dec 2024
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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natural law, legal interpretation, constitutional law, practical reason, originalism

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The Risk and Rewards Of Ireland’s Leviathan: Rule Of Law Values and the Irish Executive’s Crisis Response To COVID-19

Irish Jurist, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Apr 2023
Conor Casey and David Kenny
University of Surrey and Trinity College (Dublin) - School of Law
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The Law Officers: The Relationship Between Executive Lawyers and Executive Power in Ireland and the United Kingdom

(eds.) Oran Doyle, Aileen McHarg, Jo Murkins, Constitutions Under Pressure: The Brexit Challenge for Ireland and the UK, Cambridge University Press, 2021, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Mar 2021
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Executive power, Attorney-General, Government lawyers, Confidentiality, Separation of Powers, Departmentalism, Legal advice

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Setting The Bounds Of The Constitutional Right To Pre-Trial Access To Legal Assistance In Ireland: The Constitution, The Convention, And The Supreme Court

(ed.) Liz Heffernan, Criminal Law and Justice in the European Union (Clarus Press, 2022)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 30 Sep 2022
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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The Attorney General and Renewed Controversy Over the Law/Politics Divide

(Forthcoming 2022) 2 Edinburgh Law Review.
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Apr 2022
Conor Casey and John Larkin
University of Surrey and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Executive power, Attorney-General, Government lawyers, Separation of Powers, Legal advice

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A Reaffirmation of Statutory and Constitutional First Principles: A Comment on A, B, and C v Minister for Foreign Affairs [2023] IESC 10

Irish Supreme Court Law Review (2024) Volume 6
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Statutory interpretation, legislative intent, constitutional law, double construction rule

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A Defence of the Dual Legal-Political Nature of the Attorney General for England & Wales

In Richard Johnson and Yuan Yi Zhu (eds), Sceptical Perspectives on the Changing Constitution of the United Kingdom (Hart: Bloomsbury 2023).
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2024
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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attorney general, law officer, constitutional design, legal advice

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Business as Usual? Irish Courts, the Constitution, and COVID-19

(2021) 2 Percorsi Constituzionali/Constitutional Paths 337-366.
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2022
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Soldier, Revolutionary, Statesman, Lawgiver: An Essay on the Constitutional Thought of Éamon de Valera

Christianity and the Making of Irish Law: Violence, Virtue and Reason (Forthcoming Routledge, 2025)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Irish Constitution, legal history, Éamon de Valera, constitutional theory

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Book Review: Susan Rose-Ackerman, Democracy and Executive Power: Policymaking Accountability in the US, the UK, Germany and France (Yale University, 2021)

Law Quarterly Review (July 2023 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 Mar 2023
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Executive Power, Democracy, Executive Branch, Bureaucracy, Judicial Review

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Written Submissions to the Housing Commission Established by the Irish Government

Conference on a Referendum on Housing, University College Dublin Sutherland School of Law, 10-11th May (2022)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 May 2022
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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The Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 in Twenty-Five Cases

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 12 Feb 2025
Conor Casey, Stephen Laws and Richard Ekins
University of Surrey, Policy Exchange and University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
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From the Rule of Law to the Rule of Lawyers? The Problem with the Attorney General's New Legal Risk Guidelines

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Feb 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Disagreement on Finer Points of Theory: Conway v An Bord Pleanála 

Irish Supreme Court Review (Forthcoming 2025) Volume 7
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 12 Feb 2025
Conor Casey and Oran Doyle
University of Surrey and Trinity College (Dublin)
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Constitutional law, Delegation doctrine, Executive power, Legislative power, Democratic

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Rejoinder: The Potential and Limits of Constitutional Doctrine in the New Supreme Court 

(2024) 44(2) Dublin University Law Journal 41
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 13 Feb 2025
Conor Casey and Oran Doyle
University of Surrey and Trinity College (Dublin)
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Can Common Good Constitutionalism Replace Originalism?

Judicature, Vol. 107 No.2 (2023).
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Apr 2025
Conor Casey
University of Surrey
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Common good constitutionalism, Originalism, Judicial power, Interpretation, Constitutional law

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