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Irish Legal History Society series

A century of courts

A century of courts

The Courts of Justice Act, 1924

The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal scholars, historians and members of the judiciary, to reflect on the legacies of the 1924 Act. Making...The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal...
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin, editor
Confluences of Law and History

Confluences of Law and History

Irish Legal History Society Discourses, 2011-2021

This book brings together an eclectic mix of papers on aspects of Irish legal history from the early modern period to the twentieth century. Contributors to the volume include leading historians, legal historians and legal practitioners. They make use of...This book brings together an eclectic mix of papers on aspects of Irish legal history from the early modern period to the twentieth...
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin and Felix M. Larkin
The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense change in early modern Ireland, when the parliament’s structures and operations were established in a manner that...This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense...
Author/Editor: Bríd McGrath
Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective check in writing on arbitrary, oppressive and unjust rule – in a word, on tyranny. The fame of...Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective check in...
Author/Editor: Peter Crooks & Thomas Mohr, editors
The reminiscences of Ignatius O'Brien, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913-18

The reminiscences of Ignatius O'Brien, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913-18

A life in Cork, Dublin and Westminster

Ignatius O’Brien was the youngest son of a struggling Cork business family. After somewhat unhappy experiences at a Cork Vincentian school and the Catholic University of Ireland, he studied to become a barrister while supporting himself as a reporter...Ignatius O’Brien was the youngest son of a struggling Cork business family. After somewhat unhappy experiences at a Cork Vincentian school and...
Author/Editor: Daire Hogan & Patrick Maume, editors
Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland

Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland

In October 1641, violence erupted in mid-Ulster that spread throughout the whole kingdom and lasted for more than a decade. The war was neither unpredictable nor was it out of step with the rest of the Stuart kingdoms,...In October 1641, violence erupted in mid-Ulster that spread throughout the whole kingdom and lasted for more than a decade. The war...
Author/Editor: Coleman A. Dennehy, editor
Irish speakers, interpreters and the courts, 1754–1921

Irish speakers, interpreters and the courts, 1754–1921

The extent and duration of interpreter provision for Irish speakers appearing in court in the long nineteenth century have long been a conundrum. In 1737 the Administration of Justice (Language) Act stipulated that all legal proceedings in Ireland should...The extent and duration of interpreter provision for Irish speakers appearing in court in the long nineteenth century have long been a...
Author/Editor: Mary Phelan
William Molyneux's The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated

William Molyneux's The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated

*A critical edition with introduction and notes* Regarded as the most celebrated Irish political pamphlet published before 1801, William Molyneux’s Case of Ireland, stated (1698) was written to demonstrate that English statutes did not become of force in Ireland...*A critical edition with introduction and notes* Regarded as the most celebrated Irish political pamphlet published before 1801, William Molyneux’s Case of...
Author/Editor: Patrick Hyde Kelly, editor
Juries in Ireland

Juries in Ireland

Laypersons and law in the long nineteenth century

*Shortlisted for the Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association Law Book of the Year Award 2018* In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a wide range of legal issues were decided, not by professional judges, but by panels of laypersons. This book...*Shortlisted for the Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association Law Book of the Year Award 2018* In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a wide...
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin
The life and times of Arthur Browne in Ireland and America, 1756–1805

The life and times of Arthur Browne in Ireland and America, 1756–1805

Civil law and civil liberties

Born in Rhode Island, Arthur Browne was a lawyer, a scholar, and a politician in the Ireland of the late eighteenth century and established a brilliant reputation in all three areas at a time of enormous conflict and...Born in Rhode Island, Arthur Browne was a lawyer, a scholar, and a politician in the Ireland of the late eighteenth century...
Author/Editor: Joseph C. Sweeney
Guardian of the Treaty

Guardian of the Treaty

The Privy Council Appeal and Irish sovereignty

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...The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the final appellate court of the British Empire. In 1935 the Irish Free State...
Author/Editor: Thomas Mohr
The Irish stage

The Irish stage

A legal history

Drama, opera, ballet, circuses, concerts and puppet-shows: down the years, all these species of live entertainment faced innumerable difficulties in Ireland. The challenges that are the focus in this unusual study are those that touched on matters of law. The...Drama, opera, ballet, circuses, concerts and puppet-shows: down the years, all these species of live entertainment faced innumerable difficulties in Ireland. The...
Author/Editor: W.N. Osborough