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Authored Books

O'Connell, Paul (2017) Masking Barbarism: Human Rights in the Contemporary Global Order. Oxford: Hart.

O'Connell, Paul (2012) Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights: International Standards and Comparative Experiences. Abingdon: Routledge. (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law)

Book Chapters

Sultany, Nimer (2021) 'Marx and Critical Constitutional Theory.' In: O'Connell, Paul and Özsu, Umut, (eds.), Research Handbook on Law and Marxism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 209-241. (Research Handbooks in Legal Theory series)

O'Connell, Paul (2013) '‘Let Them Eat Cake: Socio-Economic in an Age of Austerity’.' In: Nolan, Aoife, O'Connell, Rory and Harvey, Colin, (eds.), Human Rights and Public Finance : Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights. Oxford: Hart.

O'Connell, Paul and Katrougalos, George (2012) 'Social and economic rights.' In: Tushnet, Mark, Fleiner, Thomas and Saunders, Cheryl, (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law. Abingdon: Routledge.

O'Connell, Paul (2010) 'Brave New World?: Human Rights in the Era of Globalisation.' In: Baderin, Mashood and Ssenyonjo, Manisuli, (eds.), International Human Rights Law: Six Decades After the UDHR and Beyond. Farnham: Ashgate.

O'Connell, Paul (2010) 'The Human Right to Health in an Age of Market Hegemony.' In: Harrington, John and Stuttaford, Maria, (eds.), Global Health and Human Rights: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge. (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law)

Journal Article

O'Connell, Paul (2018) 'On the Human Rights Question.' Human Rights Quarterly, 40 (4). pp. 962-988.

O'Connell, Paul (2018) 'Law, Marxism and Method.' tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 16 (2). pp. 647-655.

O'Connell, Paul (2018) 'Human Rights Contesting The Displacement Thesis.' Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 69 (1). pp. 19-35.

O'Connell, Paul (2011) 'The Death of Socio-Economic Rights.' Modern Law Review, 74 (4). pp. 532-554.

O'Connell, Paul (2009) 'Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Reply to Rhoda Howard-Hassmann.' Human Rights Law Review, 9 (1). p. 135.

O'Connell, Paul (2008) 'Anxious Scrutiny in the Irish Courts: Too Little, Too Late?' Hibernian Law Journal, 8. p. 75.

O'Connell, Paul (2007) 'On Reconciling Irreconcilables: Neo-liberal Globalisation and Human Rights.' Human Rights Law Review, 7 (3). pp. 483-509.

O'Connell, Paul (2005) 'The Human Right to Health and the Privatisation of Irish Health Care.' Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland, 11 (2). p. 76.