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Dr. Brenda Daly

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Dr. Brenda Daly

Biographical Details:

BA(Hons), MA, PhD. Dr Brenda Daly is a Lecturer in Law in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, where she lectures on healthcare law, law and dispute resolution (arbitration and mediation), employment law and emergency management. She has recently been appointed as the Irish Chairperson of the National Mediation Chapter of the European Court of Arbitration. She is currently the DCU representative on the Council of the Irish Association of Law Teachers. Previously Dr Daly was the Associate Investigator of an Irish Research Council of the Humanities and Social Sciences/ Department of Foreign Affairs Conflict Resolution Unit funded project that examined the capacity of the EU as an international peace mediator (2009-2010).

Research Interests:

Brenda's main research interests are in the areas of dispute resolution and healthcare law. Brenda has a particular interest in patients' rights and the legal accountability of the medical profession. Brenda is undertaking research on mediation and conflict resolution. Brenda welcomes applications from prospective LL.M (Research) or PhD students in any area of healthcare law or dispute resolution. Brenda also has an interest in employment law issues. She has co-authored a book on Irish Employment Law, published by Clarus Press in 2010.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

Selected Books

Selected Chapters

  • Daly, Brenda. 2012. Abortion Law in Ireland (Springer-Verlag, forthcoming) in Beran, R. (2012) (ed.) Legal and Forensic Medicine. Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Daly, Brenda and Higgins, N. 2011. Conceptualising International Peace Mediation - Bring Back the Law. in Frenkel, David (ed.) International Law, Conventions and Justice, pp93-104.

Reviews

  • Brenda Daly. 2009. Book Review: John Healy - Medical Malpractice Law. Round Hall, Dublin, 2009. Irish Jurist, 44, pp264-267.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

  • Daly, Brenda and Higgins, N. 2010. The use and effectiveness of mediation as a conflict resolution tool. Working Papers in International Studies Series. (Paper No. 2010-8), Centre for International Studies, Dublin City University. Available at http://doras.dcu.ie.,
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  • Daly, Brenda, Legal Education in a Digital Age: Can Web 2.0 technology enhance the student learning experience and increase student engagement?, Irish Association of Law Teacher's Annual Conference, 16-NOV-12 - 18-NOV-12, Dublin
  • Daly, Brenda, The use of mediation as an alternative to litigation for medical negligence cases, International Conference on Medical Law, 02-JUL-12 - 03-JUL-12, Toulouse
  • Daly, Brenda, Enhancing the EU's peace mediation capacities: extrapolating lessons from the legal mediation framework, EU's Peace Mediation Capacities: Leveraging for peace through fresh ideas, 13-JUN-12 - 13-JUN-12, Helsinki
  • Daly, Brenda , Implementation of the rules of international health law in Ireland, The International Congress on Medical Law, Pharmaceutical Law, Bioethics and Social Policy, 18-APR-12 - 21-APR-12, Kiev, Ukraine
  • Daly, Brenda, 'Braxton Hicks' or birth of a new era? The impact of A B C on Irish abortion law, From X to A B C: 20 Years On, 25-FEB-12 - 25-FEB-12, University College Cork
  • Daly, Brenda, Capacity to consent to medical treatment: legal issues for guardian and proxy decision-making for incapacitated elderly patients in Ireland, European Association of Health Law, Third European Conference on Health Law - An Ageing Europe, Health Law Revisited, 05-OCT-11 - 07-OCT-11, Leuven, Belgium
  • Daly, Brenda , Co-convenor of the Conflict and Security Law Stream, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 12-APR-11 - 14-APR-11, University of Sussex, Brighton
  • Daly, Brenda, Engaging NGOs in Aceh - Analysis of the EU's Effectiveness as a Mediator, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 12-APR-11 - 14-APR-11, University of Sussex, Brighton
  • Daly, Brenda, Time for change? How will Ireland's membership of the Council of Europe impact Irish abortion law?, Irish Assocation of Law Teachers Annual Conference 2010, 26-NOV-10 - 28-NOV-10, Limerick
  • Daly, Brenda, Access to Abortion Services: The Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights in Ireland, 18th World Congress on Medical Law, 08-AUG-10 - 12-AUG-10, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Daly, Brenda , Conceptualising International Peace Mediation - Bring Back the Law, 7th Annual International Conference on Law, 19-JUL-10 - 22-JUL-10, Athens, Greece
  • Daly, Brenda, Tracing the role of the EU as an actor in international conflict mediation, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 30-MAR-10 - 01-APR-10, University of the West of England, Bristol
  • Daly, Brenda, Are no-fault systems a suitable alternative to litigation for addressing medical accident claimants' objectives?, International Workshop "Medical liability and medical accidents compensation. From the blame game to individual rights protection in the provision of medical services", 05-JUN-09 - 06-JUN-09, Pisa
  • Daly, Brenda, Resolving war peacefully - mediation as a conflict resolution tool, War, Virtual War and Human Security, 30-APR-09 - 03-MAY-09, Budapest
  • Daly, Brenda , Conflict and Security Law Stream, Socio-legal Studies Association - Conflict and Security Law Stream Co-Convenor, 07-APR-09 - 09-APR-09, De Montfort University, Leicester
  • Daly, Brenda, Conflict resolution - the role of the international peace mediator, Socio-legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 07-APR-09 - 09-APR-09, De Montfort University, Leicester
  • Daly, Brenda & Higgins N, European interventions in Aceh, Peacemaking and Peace-Building in Europe & South Asia - Research Workshop , 26-FEB-09 - 28-FEB-09, Dublin City University
  • Brenda Daly & Higgins, N, Mediation in conflict resolution - what makes for successful peace negotiations?, 9th National Mediation Conference - Mediation: Transforming the Landscape, 06-SEP-08 - 12-SEP-08, Perth, Australia
  • Brenda Daly, Mediation and clinical negligence: can mediation successfully address the objectives of clinical negligence claimants?, 9th National Mediation Conference - Mediation: Transforming the Landscape, 06-SEP-08 - 12-SEP-08, Perth, Western Australia
  • Daly, Brenda, Bolam in Action, In: Institute of Medicine, Law and Bioethics ed.Bolam in Action: Medical and Legal Perspectives, 23-NOV-07 - , Birmingham
  • Daly, Brenda, Legal matters and the perioperative environment, Irish Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association, 6th National Conference, 13-OCT-07 - , Waterford
  • Daly, Brenda, Alternatives to litigation for handling claims in hospital organisations, 3rd International Conference on Industrial Organization, Economics and Law, 12-JUN-06 - 14-JUN-06, Athens, Greece
  • Daly, Brenda, Keeping Sports Out of the Courts. Arbitration and the Gaelic Athletic Association, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 28-MAR-06 - 30-MAR-06, Stirling, Scotland
  • Daly, Brenda, Wrongful birth, wrongful conception, compensation and a Constitution, Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, 04-SEP-03 - 06-SEP-03, Oxford