Personal profile
Research Interests
Irish and Comparative Constitutional Law; International and Comparative Human Rights Law.
My research agenda lies at the intersection of human rights law and constitutional law, with a focus on the constitutional protection of social, economic, and environmental human rights.
Teaching Interests
I teach subjects (at undergraduate and post-graduate levels) across the field of Public Law broadly conceived, including:
- Constitutional Law
- Administrative Law
- European Union Constitutional Law
- Law of the European Convention on Human Rights
- Critical Approaches to Human Rights and Equality Law
- Law of Evidence
- Criminal Law
Biography
Dr Jamie McLoughlin completed his undergraduate degree in law with 1st Class Honours at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. He then obtained a master's degree in Law with Distinction from the University of Oxford before returning to UCD to undertake his PhD research. Dr McLoughlin submitted his PhD thesis in July 2024, successfully defending it in November 2024. His thesis engaged in a theoretical analysis of the conceptually necessary content of the right to life from a socio-ecological perspective, with particulat reference to the right to life in Irish constitutional law. Dr McLoughlin teaches and researches in areas across the field of public law. He has published articles in a number of leading Irish legal journals as well as chapters in edited books published with Hart and Palgrave MacMillan.
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The Core and the Mantle: Theorising the Content of the Right to Life (with Dignity) with Particular Reference to its Meaning in Irish Constitutional Law, University College Dublin
8 Sep 2020 → 18 Jul 2024
Award Date: 2 Sep 2025
Masters, Bachelor of Civil Law (LLM equivalent), University of Oxford
23 Sep 2017 → 30 Jun 2018
Award Date: 27 Jul 2018
Bachelor, Bachelor of Civil Law (with Politics_, University College Dublin
1 Sep 2013 → 20 May 2017
Award Date: 5 Sep 2017
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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