Alan Greene

Biography

I hold BCL LLM and PhD degrees from UCD School of Law. My PhD, awarded in 2014, explores the impact that permanent states of emergencies can have on the constitutional order of a state and what controls are necessary on the decision to declare a state of emergency. My forthcoming monograph with Hart Publishing, Oxford develops these ideas and will be published in spring 2018. My current research builds upon some of the themes explored in my PhD, examining economic states of emergency and counter-terrorism. I am particularly interested in the idea of permanent emergencies and how law can confront or accommodate these ‘new’ realities. I am also interested in human rights and constitutionalism more generally with an emphasis on the European Convention on Human Rights. I joined Durham Law School in 2013 where I am module co-ordinator for The Individual and the State— a first year public law module centring on courts, human rights, and administrative law. I am very interested in hearing from potential postgraduate research students on topics such as emergency powers, counter-terrorism, constitutionalism and human rights, and constituent power.

Research Interest

Constituent Power, Constitutional Theory, Constitutionalism and Constitutional Law, Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights, Public Law, Rule of Law, States of Emergency.