This volume brings together academics and judges to consider ideas and arguments flowing from the often complex relationships between law and politics, adjudication and policy-making, and the judicial and political branches of government. Contributors explore numerous themes, including the nature and extent of judicial power, the European Court of Human Rights decision in O'Keeffe v Ireland, the process of appointing judges and judicial representation, judicial power and political processes. Contrasting judicial and academic perspectives are provided on the role of the European Court of...
This volume brings together academics and judges to consider ideas and arguments flowing from the often complex relationships between law and politics...
This book challenges the myths surrounding the Irish Free Constitution by analysing the document in its proper historical context, looking at how it was drafted in order to elucidate its true signification. The author examines the reasons why the Constitution did not function as anticipated, and investigates whether its failures can be attributed to errors of judgement in the drafting process or to the treatment of the document and subsequent events. As well as giving a comprehensive account of the drafting stages and an analysis of the three alternative drafts, the author considers the...
This book challenges the myths surrounding the Irish Free Constitution by analysing the document in its proper historical context, looking at how it w...
Judges, politics and the Irish Constitution brings together academic scholars and judges to consider ideas and arguments flowing from the often complex relationships between law and politics, adjudication and policy-making, and the judicial and political branches of government.
The collection addresses questions around a number of themes: the nature and extent of judicial power; the process of appointing judges and judicial representation; the role and impact of European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence in domestic Irish law; judicial power and political...
Judges, politics and the Irish Constitution brings together academic scholars and judges to consider ideas and arguments flowing from the ...
