Ireland, Constitution, Constitutional law, Separation of powers, Essays 

These essays offers insight into the changing role of the constitution in light of social and political change in Ireland over the past 60 years.  

Content:
Introduction / Tim Murphy and Patrick Twomey - 1. Discovering a Constitution / Garrett Barden -- 2. 1937 Constitution - Some Historical Reflections / John A. Murphy -- 3. Irish Constitution in Its Historical Context / Garret Fitzgerald -- 4. Church and State in Modern Ireland / Noel Browne -- 5. Some Reflections on the Role of Religion in the Constitutional Order / Gerry Whyte -- 6. Education, the State and Sectarian Schools / Desmond M. Clarke -- 7. Family in the Constitution - Principle and Practice / Frank Martin -- 8. Irish Constitution, International Law and the Northern Question - The Need for Radical Thinking / Anthony Carty -- 9. Judicial Activism - Too Much of a Good Thing / David Gwynn Morgan -- 10. Gendered Citizenship in the Irish Constitution / Dolores Dooley -- 11. To Be an Irish Man - Constructions of Masculinity within the Constitution / Leo Flynn -- 12. Equality Guarantees in Irish Constitutional Law - The Myth of Constitutionalism and the "Neutral State" / Siobhan Mullally -- 13. Economic Inequality and the Constitution / Tim Murphy -- 14. Constitution and Criminal Justice / Paul O'Mahony -- 15. Freedom of Expression - Talking about the Troubles / Patrick Twomey -- 16. Lawyers and Unions - The Right to Freedom of Association in the Irish Constitution / Irene Lynch -- 17. Information, Justice and Power / Brendan Ryan -- 18. Bunreacht na hEireann and the Polish "April Constitution" / Bozena Cierlik -- 19. Constitution, the Courts and the Irish Language / Niamh Nic Shuibhne -- 20. This Side of Paradise - The Constitution and the Irish Language / Michael Cronin -- 21. National Sovereignty in the European Union / Anthony Whelan -- 22. Reciprocal Relationship Between Irish Constitutional Law and the Law of the European Communities / Siofra O'Leary -- 23. Politics Beyond Parties and the Irish Constitution / Stephen Livingstone-- 24. Evaluating Constitutions - The Irish Constitution and the Limits of Constitutionalism / Adrian Hunt. 

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
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