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, Siobhán 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Tim Murphy and Patrick Twomey
1. Discovering a Constitution
Garrett Barden
2. The 1937 Constitution-Some Historical Reflections
John A. Murphy
3. The 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. The Family in the Constitution-Principle and Practice
Frank Martin
8. The 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"
Siobhán Mullally
13. Economic Inequality and the Constitution
Tim Murphy
14. The 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. The 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. The Reciprocal Relationship Between Irish Constitutional Law and the Law of the European Communities
Síofra 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
