CODATA              Royal Irish Academy

"Enabling Open Access to Scientific Data and Information within
the Modern Knowledge Economy; the Case for a Scientific Commons”


Royal Irish Academy
Dublin, Ireland ~ 12 April 2006

A panel discussion organised by CODATA, the Committee on Data for Science and Technology, under the aegis of the Royal Irish Academy

Darius Whelan

B.C.L., LL.M.(UCD), Ph.D. (TCD), B.L.
College Lecturer

Subjects: Internet Regulation, Labour Law, Law of International Trade, Legal Writing (Civil Law)
 
Biography: Darius Whelan received his BCL Degree in 1986 from UCD and then completed an LL.M. thesis, also at UCD, on 'The Comparative Method and Law Reform' in 1990. He was called to the Bar in 1988 and his Ph.D. was conferred by TCD in 2000 for a thesis on the topic 'Criminal Procedure and Mental Health'. He has held lecturing positions at Waterford IT and IT Tallaght as well as at UCC. He also runs the Irish Law e-mail discussion group and the Irish Law Site (www.irishlaw.org), which is hosted at UCC. His research interests include Mental Health Law and Internet Regulation.

 

 

http://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/staff/dwhelan/