The winner of the inaugural Kevin Boyle Book Prize was announced at the IALT Spring seminar in April 2011. The winning book was:
Dr Eoin Carolan The New Separation of Powers: A Theory for the Modern State (OUP, 2009).
This important title develops a new model of the separation of powers theory for the administrative state. It argues for the replacement of the traditional theory with a new model which has the potential to both enhance democratic checks and balances and to legitimise the role of administrative and regulatory bodies in the modern state.
The shortlist for the inagural Kevin Boyle Book Prize was announced at the IALT annual conference in November 2010. The shortlist was as follows:
Dr Eoin Carolan The New Separation of Powers: A Theory for the Modern State
Tom O’Malley Criminal Process.
Geoffrey Shannon Child Law
Deirdre Ahern Director’s Duties: Law and Practice.
Professor Brice Dickson The European Convention on Human Rights and the Conflict in Northern Ireland.
Dr Hakeem Yusef Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law.