Irelands Evolving Constitution pb 1937-97 Collected Essays

by Murphy, T; Twomey, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781901362176
• ISBN10: 1901362175
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-05-19
• Publisher: Hart Publishing

Summary

To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Ireland, this important collection of essays includes a wide range of contributions on the most significant aspects of Irish constitutional law and jurisprudence. In addition to political and legal commentators, leading academics in the fields of philosophy, history and political geography assess the history and future of the Constitution from the perspectives of their particular disciplines. The resulting blend of arguments offers a serious and sometimes controversial set of insights into the changing role of the constitution in light of social and political change in Ireland over the past 60 years. The overall result is a detailed contextual analysis of Ireland's basic law aimed at a readership interested in the Irish Constitution and constitutional matters generally.Contributors:Garrett Barden, Dr. Noel Browne, Professor Tony Carty, Bozena Cierlik, Desmond Clarke, Michael Cronin, Dolores Dooley, Garret Fitzgerald, Leo Flynn, Adrian Hunt, Stephen Livingstone, Irene Lynch, Frank Martin, David Gwynn Morgan, Siobhan Mullally, Tim Murphy, John A. Murphy, Dr. Siofra O'Leary, Dr. Paul O'Mahony, Brendan Ryan, Niamh Nic Shuibhne, Patrick Twomey, Anthony Whelan, Gerry Whyte.

Author Biography

Tim Murphy is a Lecturer in Law at University College, Cork.
Patrick Twomey is a lecturer in law at the University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Tim Murphy
Patrick Twomey
Discovering a Constitution	1	(10)
Garrett Barden
The 1937 Constitution---Some Historical Reflections	11	(18)
John A. Murphy
The Irish Constitution in Its Historical Context	29	(12)
Garret Fitzgerald
Church and State in Modern Ireland	41	(10)
Noel Browne
Some Reflections on the Role of Religion in the Constitutional Order	51	(14)
Gerry Whyte
Education, the State and Sectarian Schools	65	(14)
Desmond M. Clarke
The Family in the Constitution---Principle and Practice	79	(18)
Frank Martin
The Irish Constitution, International Law and the Northern Question---The Need for Radical Thinking	97	(10)
Anthony Carty
Judicial Activism---Too Much of a Good Thing	107	(14)
David Gwynn Morgan
Gendered Citizenship in the Irish Constitution	121	(14)
Dolores Dooley
To Be an Irish Man---Constructions of Masculinity within the Constitution	135	(12)
Leo Flynn
Equality Guarantees in Irish Constitutional Law---The Myth of Constitutionalism and the ``Neutral State''	147	(16)
Siobhan Mullally
Economic Inequality and the Constitution	163	(20)
Tim Murphy
The Constitution and Criminal Justice	183	(16)
Paul O'Mahony
Freedom of Expression---Talking about the Troubles	199	(20)
Patrick Twomey
Lawyers and Unions---The Right to Freedom of Association in the Irish Constitution	219	(12)
Irene Lynch
Information, Justice and Power	231	(10)
Brendan Ryan
Bunreacht na hEireann and the Polish ``April Constitution''	241	(12)
Bozena Cierlik
The Constitution, the Courts and the Irish Language	253	(12)
Niamh Nic Shuibbne
This Side of Paradise---The Constitution and the Irish Language	265	(12)
Michael Cronin
National Sovereignty in the European Union	277	(16)
Anthony Whelan
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Irish Constitutional Law and the Law of the European Communities	293	(14)
Siofra O'Leary
Politics Beyond Parties and the Irish Constitution	307	(10)
Stephen Livingstone
Evaluating Constitutions---The Irish Constitution and the Limits of Constitutionalism	317	(18)
Adrian Hunt
Contributors Profiles	335	(4)
Index	339