Law and the Emergence of Modern Dublin A Litigation Topography for A Capital City

by Osborough, W.N.

• ISBN13: 9780716525837
• ISBN10: 0716525836
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-02-01
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press

Summary

This book aims to reconstruct part of Dublin's past from source material of an unconventional and unfamiliar sort: accounts Of lawsuits generated by the evolving fortunes of the city and surrounding district. To enable the significance of these lawsuits to be better understood and to lend coherence to the narrative as a whole, additional explanatory material has been incorporated, drawn principally from general and specialist local histories. But the choice of focus has been dictated by the presence of an inventory of lawsuits with a topographical bias. In his preface, Professor Osborough remarks that he is unaware of the existence of any equivalent published exercise carried out for any other large city. The contents include: introducing litigation topography; defining Dublin; the physical setting; the river, port and bay; re-naming Sackville street; landmark buildings; public utilities; recreation for Dubliners; burying Dubliners; assessment. Complete with a detailed index and tables of cases and statutes, this volume is enhanced by over 100 illustrations in black and white.

Author Biography

W.N. Osborough is professor of law at University College, Dublin.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Introducing litigation topography	p. 1
Defining Dublin	p. 11
The physical setting	p. 19
The river, port and bay	p. 26
Re-naming Sackville street	p. 46
Landmark buildings	p. 56
Public utilities	p. 102
Recreation for Dubliners	p. 125
Burying Dubliners	p. 161
Assessment	p. 173
Appendix: Vice-chancellor Chatterton and Dublin street nomenclature	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 185
Table of Cases	p. 193
Table of Statutes	p. 197
Index	p. 201
The Irish Legal History Society	p. 227
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