Education
Binchy was educated atLegal career
He was a Research Counsellor to the Irish Law Reform Commission and special legal advisor on family law reform to the Department of Justice. He has been a consultant to the Department of Foreign Affairs and represented Ireland at the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Professor Binchy is a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission. He specialises in private international law, the law of torts and family law. In 2010, he was made an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of King's Inns. He has been involved in a number of campaigns in connection with proposedPersonal life
His uncle was the historianPublications
Binchy is a legal researchers and has published books in a variety of areas.Tort law
*(with Bryan McMahon) ''The Irish Law of Torts'' (3rd edition), 2000, Tottel *(with Paul Quigley) ''The Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003: Implications for the Legal Practice'', 2004, FirstLaw *(with Ciaran Craven) Ed., ''The Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004: Implications for Personal Injuries Litigation'', 2004, FirstLaw *(with Bryan McMahon) ''Casebook on the Irish Law of Torts'' (3rd edition), 2005, Tottel *(with Dr. Dympna Glendenning, Barrister-at-Law) Ed., ''Litigation Against Schools: Implications for School Management'', 2006, FirstLaw *(with Ciaran Craven) Ed., ''Medical Negligence Litigation: Emerging Issues'', 2008, FirstLaw *(with Bryan McMahon) ''The Irish Law of Torts'' (4th edition), forthcoming 2013, BloomsburyFamily law
*''Is Divorce the Answer? An Examination of No-Fault Divorce Against the Background of the Irish Debate'', 1984, Irish Academic Press *''Casebook on Irish Family Law'', 1984, Butterworth *(with Oran Doyle) Ed., ''Committed Relationships and the Law'', 2007, Four Courts PressHuman rights
*(with Jeremy Sarkin) Ed., ''Human Rights, the Citizen and the State: South African and Irish Approaches'' (co-edited with Jeremy Sarkin), 2001, Roundhall Sweet and Maxwell *(with Jeremy Sarkin) Ed., ''The Administration of Justice: Current Themes in Comparative Perspective'', 2004, Four Courts Press *(with Catherine Finnegan) Ed., ''The Citizenship Referendum: Implications for the Constitution and Human Rights'', 2004, Trinity College Law School *(with Catherine Finnegan) Ed, ''Human Rights, Constitutionalism and the Judiciary: Tanzanian and Irish Perspectives'', 2006, Clarus Press *Ed., ''Timor-Leste: Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past'', 2006, Clarus Press *(with Emmanuel Quansah) Ed., ''The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana'', 2009, Clarus PressPrivate international law
*''Irish Conflicts of Law'', 1988, Butterworths *(with John Ahern) Ed., ''The Rome II Regulation on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations: A New Regime'', 2009, Brill/Martininus NijhoffIrish law
*(with Raymond Byrne and specialist contributors) ''Annual Review of Irish Law'' (annually published, from 1987 to present), Thomson RoundhallReferences
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