Irish Legal History Society Law and the emergence of modern Dublin : a litigation topography for a capital city

Type

Book

Authors

Osborough, W. N.

ISBN 13

9780716525837

LCCN

KF 349 .I7 .

Tags

Europe, Legal History, Law, Ireland, Dublin, Modernism

Series Name

Irish Legal History Society

Abstract

"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. Complete with a detailed index and tables of cases and statutes, this volume is enhanced by over 100 illustrations in black and white." - Voila

Description

Content:
1. Introducing litigation topography-- 2. Defining Dublin -- 3. The physical setting -- 4. The river, port and bay -- 5. Re-naming Sackville street -- 6. Landmark buildings -- 7. Public utilities -- 8. Recreation for Dubliners -- 9. Burying Dubliners -- 10. Assessment -- Appendix: Vice-chancellor Chatterton and Dublin street nomenclature -- The Irish Legal History Society.

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-191) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by organization (Irish Legal History Society (ILHS)), then author/editor, then year.

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