Drafting the Irish Free State Constitution - Softcover

Cahillane, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784995118 ISBN 13: 9781784995119

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Drafting the Irish Free State Constitution challenges the myths surrounding the Irish Free Constitution by analysing the document in its proper historical context, by looking at how the Constitution was drafted and elucidating the true nature of the document. It examines the reasons why the Constitution did not function as anticipated and investigates whether the failures of the document can be attributed to errors of judgement in the drafting process or to subsequent events and treatment of the document. As well as giving a comprehensive account of the drafting stages and an analysis of the three alternative drafts for the first time, the book considers the intellectual influences behind the Constitution and the central themes of the document. This work constitutes a new look at this historic document through a legal lens and the analysis benefits from the advantage of hindsight as well as from the fact that the archival material is now available. -- .

About this title

About the Author:

Laura Cahillane is Lecturer in Constitutional Law at the University of Limerick -- .

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784995118
• ISBN 13: 9781784995119
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272