Eoin Carolan is a practising barrister and lecturer in law at University College Dublin. He is an expert in Irish constitutional law and media law and has published a number of works in these areas.
His book on "The New Separation of Powers: A Theory for the Modern State" (Oxford University Press, 2009) was shortlisted for the 2010 Peter Birks Prize for Oustanding Legal Scholarship and was awarded the 2011 Kevin Boyle Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.