The book describes how the courts dealt with murder, beginning with the coroner's inquest and ending with the conviction and hanging of the murderer. Between th…
This book considers the use made by Irish Republicans of British courts in the struggle for independence, over the period between the Easter Rising and the Civi…
The questioning of traditional family forms is not a new phenomenon. However, it has recently developed a new dimension in the gay rights movement’s claim for l…
Poynings’ Law was one of the most crucial statutes ever enacted by the Irish parliament, yet the law’s crucial impact on parliament’s operations from 1660 has n…
No standard format attaches to the composition of judgments by judges working within the Common Law dispensation. Normally, of course, we get a recital of the f…
The essays collected in this volume illuminate a rich variety of important legal historical topics, using a range of methods. In keeping with the traditions of …
The Special Criminal Court consists of three judges sitting without a jury and hears cases when the ordinary courts are ‘inadequate’. Generally this has involve…
This study describes the evolution of the habeas corpus remedy in Ireland from the Elizabethan era to the enactment of Article 40.4. It analyses the scope of th…
With a foreword by John Bowman. The revival of interest in the sacrifices made by so many Irishmen of all backgrounds in the First World War makes the appearan…
This is the third collection of papers read at meetings of the Irish Legal History Society during 2000-4, along with some other papers on Irish legal history. …
Although the major political issues that plagued Ireland in the 19th century (land ownership and self-rule), were largely resolved by 1921, there remained persi…
The primary focus of this book is subversive law from the Land War period to the establishment of the Dáil courts. More specifically, Subversive law in Ireland …
