Irish Legal History Society Guardian of the treaty : the Privy Council Appeal and Irish sovereignty
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1846825873
ISBN 13
9781846825873
LCCN
KDK 1666 .M6
Category
Ireland
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Publication Year
2016
Publisher
Volume
25
Pages
xv, 186 pages
Subject
Ireland
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Abstract
"The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the final appellate court of the British Empire. In 1935 the Irish Free State was recognized as the first part of the Empire to abolish the appeal to the Privy Council. This book examines the controversial Irish appeal to the Privy Council in the wider context of the history of the British Empire in the early 20th century. In particular, it analyses Irish resistance to the imposition of the appeal in 1922 and the attempts to abolish it at the Imperial conferences of the 1920s and 1930s. This book also outlines the means by which Irish governments attempted to block Privy Council appeals. It examines the reality of claims that the Privy Council appeal offered a means of safeguarding the rights of the Protestant minority within the Irish Free State. Finally, it reveals British intentions that the Privy Council act as the guardian and enforcer of the settlement embodied in the 1921 Anglo Irish Treaty. The conclusion to this work explains why the Privy Council was unsuccessful in protecting this settlement." --publisher's description.
Description
Contents:
Indroduction: The Irish appeal to the Privy Coucil -- The appeal as a pillar of the British Empire -- The Privy Council appeal and the the Irish question, 1886-1922 -- The Privy Council as arbiter and guardian of the Anglo-Irish Treaty -- Lord Cave and the early appeals -- A minority safeguard for southern Protestants? -- Failed attempts to reform or abolish the Irish appeal -- The Statute of Westminister -- De Valera and abolition of the appeal -- Conclusion.
Indroduction: The Irish appeal to the Privy Coucil -- The appeal as a pillar of the British Empire -- The Privy Council appeal and the the Irish question, 1886-1922 -- The Privy Council as arbiter and guardian of the Anglo-Irish Treaty -- Lord Cave and the early appeals -- A minority safeguard for southern Protestants? -- Failed attempts to reform or abolish the Irish appeal -- The Statute of Westminister -- De Valera and abolition of the appeal -- Conclusion.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-171) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by organization (Irish Legal History Society (ILHS)), then author/editor, then year.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by organization (Irish Legal History Society (ILHS)), then author/editor, then year.
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