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

Guardian of the Treaty

The Privy Council Appeal and Irish sovereignty

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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...
Author/Editor: Thomas Mohr

Lawyers, the law and history

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The fourteen essays in this book cover a wide range of topics within the field of legal history. Most are adaptations of discourses given at meetings of...
Author/Editor: Felix M. Larkin & N.M. Dawson, editors

The Court of Admiralty of Ireland, 1575–1893

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In 1575 the Lord Admiral of England, Edward Clinton, appointed Ambrose Forth as the first judge of the Admiralty in Ireland. Between 1575 and 1893 an independent...
Author/Editor: Kevin Costello

Poynings' Law and the making of law in Ireland, 1660–1800

Monitoring the constitution

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Poynings’ Law was one of the most crucial statutes ever enacted by the Irish parliament, yet the law’s crucial impact on parliament’s operations from 1660 has never...
Author/Editor: James Kelly