James Gallen is an associate professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. His research interests include human rights, international law and legal and transitional justice. His present research agenda and recent publications concern a transitional justice approach to historical abuse in consolidated democracies and in Christian churches. His first monograph Transitional Justice and the Historical Abuses of Church and State was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023 and is available free as a gold open access title.
His second monograph Transforming Justice Responses to Non-Recent Institutional Abuses, co-authored with Anne-Marie McAlinden (Queens University Belfast) and Marie Keenan (University College Dublin) was published by Oxford University Press in 2025 and is also available for free as a gold open access title.
Book
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2025 | James Gallen; Anne-Marie McAlinden; Marie Keenan (2025) Transforming Justice Responses to Historical Institutional Abuses. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
| 2023 | James Gallen (2023) Transitional Justice and the Historical Abuses of Church and State. Cambridge United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009025973 | |
| 2015 | Farran, S.; Gallen, J.; Hendry, J.; Rautenbach, C. (2015) The diffusion of law: The movement of laws and norms around the world. [Link] https://www.routledge.com/products/9781472460400 |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2022 | Gallen, J.; Moffett, L. (2022) 'The Palliative Role of Reparations in Reconciling Societies with the Past: Redressing Victims or Consolidating the State?'. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 16 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | James Gallen (2022) 'Institutions and Ireland: Mother and Baby Homes and Transitional Justice'. Irish University Review, 52 (1):103-120. https://doi.org/10.3366/iur.2022.0545 | |
| 2020 | Gallen, James (2020) 'Transitional Justice and Ireland's Legacy of Historical Abuse'. Eire-Ireland, 55 (1-2). | |
| 2020 | Gallen J (2020) 'The European Court of Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Historical Abuse in Consolidated Democracies'. Human Rights Law Review, 19 (4):675-704. https://doi-org.dcu.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngz032 | |
| 2018 | Gallen, J.; Gleeson, K. (2018) 'Unpaid wages: The experiences of Irish Magdalene Laundries and Indigenous Australians'. International Journal of Law in Context, 14 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Gallen, J. (2018) 'Historical abuse and the statute of limitations'. Statute Law Review, 39 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Gallen J (2017) 'Vicarious Liability and Historical Abuse: A Critical Analysis of Hickey v McGowan'. Irish Jurist, 58 :184-192. | |
| 2017 | James Gallen (2017) 'Catherine Turner, Violence Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice'. Feminist Legal Studies, . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-017-9338-z | |
| 2016 | Gallen, J. (2016) 'Between rhetoric and reality: Ten years of the United Nations human rights council'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 27 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Gallen, J (2016) 'Jesus Wept: The Roman Catholic Church, Child Sexual Abuse and Transitional Justice'. The International Journal of Transitional Justice, 10 :332-349. [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Gallen, J. (2015) 'O'Keeffe v Ireland: The liability of states for failure to provide an effective system for the detection and prevention of child sexual abuse in education'. Modern Law Review, 78 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Gallen, J.; Smith, C. (2014) 'Cáin Adomnáin and the laws of war'. Journal of the History of International Law, 16 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2013 | James Gallen (2013) 'L. May, After the War Ends; A Philosophical Perspective'. Nordic Journal of International Law, 82 (3):447-552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718107-08203005 | |
| 2013 | James Gallen (2013) 'Security Sector Reform, Models of Policing and Methods of Comparison'. IRISH JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES, 3 . | |
| 2013 | James Gallen (2013) 'A Humble, Stumbling Start: Lubanga, Moreno-Ocampo, and the Tenth Anniversary of the International Criminal Court '. 2 . |
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2021 | Gallen, J. (2021) 'Institutional liability, historical abuses and vulnerability' In: Law, Responsibility and Vulnerability: State Accountability and Responsiveness. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Gallen J (2018) 'Reconciliation and a Just Peace' In: Jus Post Bellum and the Justice of Peace. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press. | |
| 2017 | Gallen, J. (2017) 'The International Criminal Court: In the interests of transitional justice?' In: Research Handbook on Transitional Justice: Research Handbooks in International Law Series. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Gallen J (2017) 'O'Keeffe v Ireland: Overview and Analysis' In: Judges Politics and the Irish Constitution. Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press. [Link] | |
| 2014 | James Gallen (2014) 'Jus Post Bellum: An Interpretive Framework' In: Carsten Stahn, Jennifer S. Easterday, and Jens Iverson(Eds.). Jus Post Bellum: Mapping the Normative Foundations. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press. | |
| 2014 | James Gallen (2014) 'Transitional Justice in Nepal: Prosecutions, Reform and Accountability Strategies' In: Raluca Grosescu and Raluca Ursachi(Eds.). Transitional Criminal Justice in Post Dictatorial Societies. Brussels : Intersentia. |
Published Report
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2019 | Gallen J; Moffett L; Sharma G; Pokharel L (2019) Report: From Relief to Redress – Reparations In Post-Conflict Nepal. Queens University Belfast, . [Link] | |
| 2019 | Gallen J; Moffett L (2019) From Truth To Repair – Implementing Truth Commissions’ Recommendations on Reparations. Queens University Belfast, . [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Other Publication
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2024 | Gallen, James (2024) Child Sexual Abuse Reported by Adult Survivors: Legal Responses in England and Wales, Ireland and Australia. [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Gallen, J. (2015) Odious debt and jus post bellum. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Gallen, James (2017) Violence, Law and the Impossibility of Transitional Justice. [DOI] |
Review Articles
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gallen, James; McGettrick, Claire; O'Donnell, Katherine; O'Rourke, Maeve; Smith, James M.; Steed, Mari (2024) The Challenges in Addressing Non-Recent Abuses in Ireland: Critical Engagements with Transitional Justice. REV [DOI] |
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Outreach Activities
Research Interests
I welcome research students in any area of public international law, human rights, or jurisprudence and political philosophy. I am especially interested in supervising research in the areas of jus post bellum, transitional justice, international criminal law, international human rights law and historical abuse or injustice.