The references below represent a sample only. A full list of Professor Barrett’s publications can be seen on his UCD Researcher Profile: (opens in a new window)https://people.ucd.ie/gavin.barrett/publications
Books and monographs
The Evolving Role of National Parliaments in the European Union: Ireland as a Case Study (Manchester University Press, 2018)
The Oireachtas and the European Union: the Evolving Role of a National Parliament in European Affairs (Houses of the Oireachtas, Dublin, 2013)
Books edited
National Parliaments and the European Union: The Constitutional Challenge for the Oireachtas and Other Member State Legislatures (Clarus Press, Dublin, 2008)
Towards a European Civil Code (Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Cologne, February, 2002)
Creating a European Judicial Space (Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Cologne, 2001)
Justice Cooperation in the European Union (Institute of European Affairs, 1997)
Newspaper articles
(opens in a new window)Brexit: why Customs are Central to Solving the Irish Border Impasse The Conversation, 30 January, 2019
(opens in a new window)Varadkar's Border Gamble May Not Prove the Wisest Bet Sunday Independent, 27 January, 2019
(opens in a new window)Tackling Brexit in the Irish courts is a Long Shot. But Sometimes Long Shots Work The Guardian, 26 January 2017
(opens in a new window)Britain has voted for Brexit – what happens now? Irish Times, 24 June, 2016
(opens in a new window)What the UK Can Learn From Ireland’s Referendums Newsweek, 18 May, 2016
Academic articles
Europe’s ‘Other’ Open-Border Zone: the Common Travel Area under the Shadow of Brexit (2018) 20 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 252 (co-author)
The Eurozone: Meeting the Challenge of Representative Democracy? (2018) 40 Journal of European Integration 249
The Use of Referendums in Ireland: An Analysis (2017) 23 Journal of Legislative Studies 1
The Evolving Door to Europe: Reflections on an Eventful Forty Years for Article 29.4 of the Irish Constitution (2012) 48 Irish Jurist 132
Building a Swiss Chalet in an Irish Legal Landscape? Referendums on European Union Treaties in Ireland and the Impact of Supreme Court Jurisprudence (2009) 5 European Constitutional Law Review 32
Creation’s Final Laws: The Impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on the ‘Final Provisions’ of Earlier Treaties (2008) 27 Yearbook of European Law 3
‘The King is Dead, Long Live the King’: The Recasting by the Reform Treaty of the Provisions of the Constitutional Treaty Concerning National Parliaments (2008) 33 European Law Review 66
Research papers
Brexit: What Happens Next? (May 2016) Institute of International and European Affairs
The Irish Parliament and EU Affairs (April 2013) OPAL Online Paper Series
Democratic Control in Ireland of the European Council and Eurozone Summits (September 2012) Submitted to European Parliament (as part of commissioned research with Trans-European Policy Studies Association and Notre Europe)
Ireland's Future in Europe: Scenarios and Implications (November 2008) (co-author) Commissioned by Joint Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU
The Treaty Framework for Enlargement – the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Treaty of Nice (December 2001) Commissioned by the National Forum on Europe
Invited addresses
Some Comments on the Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently. Joint Oireachtas Committee on EU Affairs, 3 October 2018
The United Kingdom Opt-Out under Protocol 36 Agreed at Lisbon - the Implications for Ireland. House of Lords Select Committee on EU Affairs, 13 February 2013
The Impact of Brexit in the Field of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence. Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, 11 May 2017
The United Kingdom and Ireland’s Protocol 21 Opt-In and International Agreements. House of Lords Select Committee on EU Affairs, 29 October 2014
Restructuring of Oireachtas Scrutiny Methods in Relation to European Matters. Joint Oireachtas Sub-Committee on the Review of the Role of the Oireachtas in European Affairs, 5 May 2010
The Supreme Court, the Oireachtas and the Treaty of Lisbon. Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, 18 November 2008
Ireland's Future in Europe: Scenarios and Implications. Joint Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Ireland’s Future in the EU, 13 November 2008