Children are a voiceless minority with few political or legal rights. They are usually regarded as appendages of their parents. They exert no influence on any of the powerful groups and institutions which inform and underpin social and economic change. The whole concept of the rights of children is a new one. But what do we mean by children's rights? The essential thrust of a children's rights perspective is to establish a benchmark below which law and policy-makers cannot go. Empowering children as fully autonomous individuals with legal rights, the author argues, will enhance democratic...
Children are a voiceless minority with few political or legal rights. They are usually regarded as appendages of their parents. They exert no influenc...
Irish political life has experienced great turmoil in recent years because of the scale and intricacy of political corruption being uncovered by parliamentary and quasi-judicial inquiries. There is genuine popular amazement and growing cynicism towards the seemingly never-ending wave of scandal and attendant tribunals. To understand political corruption in Ireland, this pamphlet examines the concept within a political-science analytical framework that allows both historical and international comparison. The book challenges the current explanations of political corruption, particularly those...
Irish political life has experienced great turmoil in recent years because of the scale and intricacy of political corruption being uncovered by parli...
Public and political interest in issues of crime and punishment in Ireland has grown substantially in recent years. However, the debate tends to be poorly informed and rarely rises above the level of hollow rhetoric. This is an area where important decisions are made in a vacuum. Rhetoric and reaction, rather than reason and principle, are the primary forces shaping criminal justice policy.
Over the past five years the official crime rate has declined sharply. This has been offered as support for the politics of zero tolerance. However there is a range of alternative...
Public and political interest in issues of crime and punishment in Ireland has grown substantially in recent years. However, the debate tends to be po...
The traditional Hippocratic Oath sworn by generations of doctors requires the physician to -prescribe regimen for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgement and never do harm to anyone.- The patient's views as to what constituted her -good- did not have to be canvassed. Like many hitherto unexamined aspects of Irish society, the relationship between doctor and patient has been re-evaluated in recent years. In theory, at least, we now live in a society where the patient, and not the doctor, knows best, where an individual's consent is a fundamental prerequisite for any...
The traditional Hippocratic Oath sworn by generations of doctors requires the physician to -prescribe regimen for the good of my patients according to...
Should national policy be made via the courts rather than by politicians? The author argues that trends towards using the courts as a means of deciding controversial policy issues is fundamentally undemocratic.
Should national policy be made via the courts rather than by politicians? The author argues that trends towards using the courts as a means of decidin...
