Judges, politics and the Irish constitution. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Laura Cahillane, James Gallen, Tom Hickey.
• Editors: Cahillane, Laura; Gallen, James; (Law teacher), Hickey, Tom
• Contents: Introduction - Laura Cahillane, James Gallen and Tom Hickey Part I: Judicial power in a constitutional democracy: theoretical foundations 1. In defence of judicial innovation and constitutional evolution - Fiona de Londras 2. Reappraising judicial supremacy in the Irish constitutional tradition - Eoin Daly 3. Unenumerated personal rights: the legacy of Ryan v. Attorney General - Gerard Hogan 4. Judges as God's philosophers: re-thinking 'principle' in constitutional adjudication - Tom Hickey Part II: Judging in the case of O'Keeffe v. Hickey: analysis and debate 5. O'Keeffe v. Hickey: overview and analysis - James Gallen 6. The jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights and the case of O'Keeffe v. Hickey -Adrian Hardiman 7. Subsidiarity of ECHR and O'Keeffe v. Ireland: a response to Mr Justice Hardiman - Conor O'Mahony Part III: Judges and the political sphere: appointments and dialogue 8. Judicial appointments in Ireland: the potential for reform - Laura Cahillane 9. Merit, diversity, and interpretive communities: the (non-party) politics of judicial appointments and constitutional adjudication - David Kenny 10. Speaking to power: mechanisms for judicial-executive dialogue - John O'Dowd Part IV: Judges and the Constitution in historical perspective 11. The Irish Constitution 'from below': squatting families versus property rights in Dublin, 1967-71 - Thomas Murray 12. 'The union makes us strong:' National Union of Railwaymen v. Sullivan and the demise of vocationalism in Ireland - Donal Coffey 13. Ulster unionism and the Irish Constitution: 1970-1985 - Rory Milhench 14. 'Towards a better Ireland:' Donal Barrington and the Irish Constitution - Tomás Finn Part V: Perspectives on the Constitution and judicial power 15. Administrative action, the rule of law and unconstitutional vagueness - Oran Doyle 16. Article 16 of the Irish Constitution and judicial review of electoral processes - David Prendergast 17. Social and economic rights in the Irish courts and the potential for constitutionalisation - Claire Michelle Smyth Index.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 342.417; Judicial power -- Ireland; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526108203
• Related ISBNs: 9781526114556; 9781526107312
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