Yvonne Scannell
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Honora Josephine Yvonne Scannell | |
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Cambridge University (master's degree) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin (doctorate) |
| Occupation | Professor of Environmental Law |
| Employer(s) | Trinity College, Dublin Law School |
| Known for | Campaigning against the proposed 2002 Irish Constitution amendment regarding abortion |
| Notable work | Leading textbook in Ireland on Environmental Law |
| Board member of | Tara Mines, Coillte, CIE |
| Awards | Spirit of Columbus Award (1994) |
Honora Josephine Yvonne Scannell was Professor of Environmental Law in Trinity College, Dublin Law School, Ireland.[1] She received a master's degree from Cambridge University and a doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin.
As well as lecturing, she works as a consultant in Environmental, Planning and Climate Change Law at the Arthur Cox law firm in Dublin, a post that she has held since April 1990.[1] She is also currently a director on the boards of Tara Mines, Coillte and CIE[1] She has written the leading textbook in Ireland on that subject. She is a qualified barrister in King's Inns. She received the Spirit of Columbus Award for her Contribution to the Environment in 1994 and was the Francis E Lewis scholar at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, in Virginia, USA in 1996.[2] She is widely published in a number of peer-reviewed journals including the Irish Planning and Environmental Journal.[3] She campaigned with her fellow professor Ivana Bacik against the proposed amendment to the Irish Constitution in 2002 which would have removed suicide as a grounds for abortion.[4]
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- Environmental and Land Use Law (Thomson Round Hall) (Brehon Series) (2005)
- Environmental and Planning Law, Irish Academic Press, 1995
- The Habitats Directive in Ireland (with Clarke, Cannon, Doyle) (Centre for Environmental Policy and Law) (1999. Reprinted 2000).
- Ireland, International Encyclopaedia of Laws, The Hague, Kluwer, 1994,
- The Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in Ireland, (2nd ed.) London, Graham and Trotman, 1982,
- The Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in Ireland, London, Graham and Trotman,
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Yvonne Scannell - School of Law - Trinity College Dublin".
- ^ http://www.arthurcox.com/dr-yvonne-scannell/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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