Making Of The Irish Constitution 1937 - Hardcover

Dermot Keogh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1856355616 ISBN 13: 9781856355612

Publisher: Mercier Press, 2003

Synopsis

Few things have shaped and controlled Irish political and legal culture as decisively as the constitution of Ireland but the circumstances in which it was created have, until now, remained obscure. The Making of the Irish Constitution is an authoritative account of the drafting of this document in which Irelands fundamental laws are enshrined. It puts the Irish constitution in a clear historical perspective and examines the political context of the beginnings of the constitution in 1930s Ireland. Set against the background of constitutional developments following the foundation of the state, the authors chart the passage of the constitution through the drafting process. They identify the roles of particular legal, administrative and religious personnel who contributed to the making of this extremely important document, a document which defined the nature of the modern Irish state. The Making of the Irish Constitution will come to be regarded as the definitive account of the enactment of our fundamental law. - Dr Gerard Hogan

About this title

About the Author

Professor Dermot Keogh is one of the foremost authorities on the history of modern Ireland. He recently edited 1916: The Long Revolution for Mercier Press. He was also an editor of Michael Collins and the Making of the Irish State, De Valera's Irelands, Ireland in the 1950s, The Limerick Boycott and Ireland in World War 2. He is now Professor of History at University College Cork. Dr Andrew McCarthy was educated in UCC and the University of Sussex. He completed his PhD on Irish interwar financial history in 1996 and now teaches in the History dept in UCC. He is the co-editor of Limerick Boycott 1904: Anti-Semitism in Ireland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1856355616
• ISBN 13: 9781856355612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 512