Ireland’s evolving constitution, 1937-97: collected essays

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Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Patrick M. Twomey, Tim Murphy
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Oxford : Hart Pub. ; Evanston, Ill. : Distributed in the United States by Northwestern University Press, 1998
Publication Type (Medium): Aufsatzsammlung
Type: Book
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/ireland-s-evolving-constitution-1937-97-collected-essays/ (Stable identifier)

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Online version: Ireland’s evolving constitution, 1937-97. Oxford: Hart Pub. ; Evanston, Ill.: Distributed in the United States by Northwestern University Press, 1998 (OCoLC)605369838 Online version: Ireland’s evolving constitution, 1937-97. Oxford: Hart Pub. ; Evanston, Ill.: Distributed in the United States by Northwestern University Press, 1998 (OCoLC)609314750

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XIII, 346 pages ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Ireland’s evolving constitution, 1937-97: collected essays is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: edited by Tim Murphy and Patrick Twomey.
Publication Date: 1998
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 6 editions
First edition Date: 1998
Last edition Date: 1998
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KDK1220
Dewey Code: 342.417029
ISBN: 1901362167 9781901362169 1901362175 9781901362176
OCLC: 39845935

Main Contents

Discovering a constitution, Garrett Barden; the 1937 constitution – some historical reflections, John A. Murphy; the Irish constitution in its historical context, Garret Fitzgerald; church and state in modern Ireland, Noel Browne; some reflections on the role of religion in the constitutional order, Gerry Whyte; education, the state and sectarian schools, Desmond M. Clarke; the family in the constitution – principle and practice, Frank Martin; the Irish constitution, international law and the Northern question – the need for radical thinking, Anthony Carty; judicial activism – too much of a good thing; David Gwynn Morgan; gendered citizenship in the Irish constitution, Dolores Dolley; to be an Irish man – constructions of masculinity within the constitution, Leo Flynn; equality guarantees in Irish constitutional law – the myth of constitutionalism and the “neutral state”, Siobhan Mullally; economic inequality and the constitution, Tim Murphy; the constitution and criminal justice, Paul O’Mahony; freedom of expression – talking about the troubles, Patrick Twomey; lawyers and unions – the right to freedom of association in the Irish constitution, Irene Lynch; information, justice and power, Brendan Ryan; bunreacht na hEireann and the Polish “April Constitution”, Bozena Cierlik; the constitution, the courts and the Irish language, Niamh Nic Shuibhne; this side of paradise – the constitution and the Irish language, Michael Cronin; national sovereignty in the European Union, Anthony Whelan; the reciprocal relationship between Irish constitutional law and the law of the European communities, Siofra O’Leary; politics beyond parties and the Irish constitution, Stephen Livingstone; evaluating constitutions – the Irish constitution and the limits of constitutionalism, Adrian Hunt.

Summary Note

These essays offers insight into the changing role of the constitution in light of social and political change in Ireland over the past 60 years.

Ireland's evolving constitution, 1937-97: collected essays

Ireland’s evolving constitution, 1937-97: collected essays