Articles tagged as Irish Law
The Constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann) enacted in 1937 is the fundamental legal document that sets out in its 50 Articles how Ireland should be governed. The Constitution is written in both Irish and English. The following selection of essays and cases is relevant to those studying law within Ireland or for those studying Irish law from outside the country.
Latest Law Papers tagged as Irish Law
Including law essays, dissertations, problem questions, case summaries, and law lectures, suitable for law students working towards their LLB / LLM qualifications or those studying for the new SQE.
Strict Liability in Criminal Law
Criminal Law
In Criminal Law strict liability is an offence that is imposed despite at least one element of mens rea being absent thus the reticence of the courts to impose such liability without this crucial element being present....
Last modified: 21st Sep 2023
Murray v Ministry of Defence - 1988
Case Summaries
Margaret Murray, M, was a suspect of aiding IRA, a prohibited organisation in Northern Ireland. D and five soldiers arrived at M’s house to arrest M at 7a. D ascertained M’s identity, assembled all the occupants of the house in one room, and searched the house....
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Rules of Contract Law Tutorials
Contract Law
The general rule for the doctrine of privity imposes that only the parties to a contract are entitled to take action in order to enforce it so ......
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
Adversarial Criminal Justice System
Criminal Law
In an adversarial criminal justice system, the victim of crime is almost entirely eliminated from an active role in the process of responding to the convicted offender....
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
The Capacity of a Company to Contract
Business Law
In Ireland every company registered under the Companies Act 1963-2009 must have a memorandum and articles of association. Under s.16 of ......
Last modified: 5th Nov 2020
All Registered Companies Must Have Memorandum of Association
Business Law
In Ireland every company registered under the Companies Act 1963-2009 must have a memorandum and articles of association. Under s.16 of the Compani......
Last modified: 5th Nov 2020
The duty of care
Tort Law
The duty of care arises in the tort of negligence, a relatively recently emerged tort. The general principal is that you should not harm those people to whom you owe a duty of care by your acts of omissions....
Last modified: 9th Oct 2019
Has the Law Remained True to the Neighbour?
Judicial Law
Donoghue v. Stevenson is a remarkable example of common law judges at work, distinguishing, over-ruling, criticising and explaining hundreds of decisions extending......
Last modified: 9th Oct 2019
Industrial Relations in Ireland
Employment Law
Industrial relation became increasingly popular over the past number of years with the increase of financial prosperity in nearly all industries....
Last modified: 20th Aug 2019
Embryo and Foetal Rights
Medical Law
(Embryos are “…not, strictly speaking, either ‘persons’ or ‘property’, but occupy an interim category that entitles them to special respect because of their potential for human life”)...
Last modified: 19th Aug 2019
Adverse Possession Makes it De Facto
Land Law
It is the policy of the Limitation Acts that those who go sleep upon their claims should not be assisted by the courts in recovering their property...
Last modified: 16th Aug 2019
Domestic Violence is a Worldwide Crime
Criminal Law
Domestic Violence is a worldwide crime and occurs across cultures in every social grouping in society regardless of age, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation....
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Company Law 2006 Companies Act
Company Law
A trading company has implied power to borrow, however, whether express or implied, it carries implications by law a power to give a security for the loan...
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
What is Redundancy and Why it Happens
Employment Law
In this chapter I will discuss what redundancy is and why it happens and also the benefits of a good redundancy process on the staff being made ......
Last modified: 7th Aug 2019
Fundamental Rights in the Irish Constitution
Constitutional Law
A fundamental right is a basic human right. The Irish Constitution recognises that people living in Ireland have certain fundamental rights ......
Last modified: 6th Aug 2019
The Sources of Irish Law
Constitutional Law
Law is the essential and one of the primary elements which controls and protects economic, political and social relationships in every country ......
Last modified: 6th Aug 2019
Legal Burden of Proof
Criminal Law
Any student of the law of evidence soon becomes familiar with the dictum of Viscount Sankey LC in Woolmington v DPP where he said:...
Last modified: 6th Aug 2019
Mediation Process from the Perspective of a Mediation Practitioner
Business Law
This essay examines the mediation process from the perspective of a mediation practitioner. It considers the approaches to mediation, advantages an......
Last modified: 6th Aug 2019
Interpreting the Irish Constitution
Administrative Law
The aim of this Chapter is to provide an introduction and overview of the various interpretative techniques that are and have been employed ......
Last modified: 6th Aug 2019
A Company Should be Given Full Contractual Capacity
Business Law
The term ‘company has no strictly technical meaning in law’ according to Keane, but he refers to it ‘to mean a number of people combined for ......
Last modified: 23rd Jul 2019
The Childcare Act
Family Law
The Childcare Act 1991 was a milestone act which brought about huge positive changes in the way children at risk were dealt with in Ireland....
Last modified: 22nd Jul 2019
Rights of Families & Parents
Family Law
Rights of Families & Parents. If the State was entitled to intervene in every case where professional opinion differed from that of parents, or where the State considered parents to be wrong in a decision, we would be rapidly stepping towards the Brave New World....
Last modified: 22nd Jul 2019
Judicial Reviews in Ireland
Administrative Law
The Irish court's position as to whether to grant judicial review on the grounds of administrative unreasonableness has changed significantly over the past thirty years....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
