Byrne and McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System

6th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-78043-500-8
Verlag: BLOOMSBURY PROFESSIONAL

Buch, Englisch, 1072 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1184 g

Byrne and McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System, 6th edition provides an excellent introduction to the legal system in Ireland and is essential for any student starting legal studies in Ireland. It has been an established title that has been the undergraduate text for law students since 1986. Beginning with an overview of the Irish Legal system and its history, it proceeds to discuss the profession and the law officers of the state including changes in the organisation of the profession in other common law states.

It includes all the changes to the court systems and structure, Irish Constitution and EC Law since the last edition published in 2009. It is the only title in this area that deals with the creation of the new Court of Appeal and the ground-breaking proposals made under the Legal Services Regulation Bill. Byrne and McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System is an invaluable introduction to the law and provides an accessible and comprehensive point of reference for practitioners and students alike and is an essential text for students of Irish law.

Key legislation and case law includes:

- Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011;
- The Thirty-Third Amendment of the Constitution (resulting in the creation of a new Court of Appeal);
- Arbitration Act 2010.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byrne, Raymond

McCutcheon, Paul

Bruton, Claire

Coffey, Gerard

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Irish Legal System
Chapter 2 Development of the Irish Legal System
Chapter 3 The Legal Profession
Chapter 4 The Court System, the Judiciary and Administration of the Courts Service
Chapter 5 The First Instance Jurisdiction of the Courts
Chapter 6 Civil and Criminal Court Procedure
Chapter 7 The Appellate Jurisdiction of the Courts
Chapter 8 Other Dispute Resolution Processes: Mediation, Arbitration, Administrative Adjudicative Bodies and Ombudsmen
Chapter 9 Access to Law
Chapter 10 Remedies and Enforcement in Civil and Criminal Matters
Chapter 11 Law Reform
Chapter 12 Precedent
Chapter 13 Legislation
Chapter 14 Interpretation of Legislation
Chapter 15 The Constitution and its Interpretation
Chapter 16 European Union Law
Chapter 17 International Law
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Coffey, Gerard
Dr Gerard Coffey, B.A. (UL), LL.B. (NUI), Ph.D. (NUI), Lecturer in Law

Gerard is a Lecturer in the School of Law, University of Limerick. His specialization is criminal law and related issues pertaining to criminal procedure and the criminal justice process. He graduated from the University of Limerick with a B.A. in Law and European Studies, and subsequently undertook postgraduate studies in the Faculty of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway, where he earned both the LL.B. and Ph.D. in Law degrees. His doctoral thesis examined the common law principle against double jeopardy and the related principle of ne bis in idem in civil law jurisdictions.

Byrne, Raymond
Raymond Byrne has been Director of Research with the Law Reform Commission since 2003. He has also for many years been a member of the lecturing staff in law at Dublin City University. He is co-author of Byrne and McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System (5th edition, 2009) and of the Annual Review of Irish Law series. He is also the author of Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Law in Ireland (2nd edition, 2008). He was editor of the Irish Law Times from 1995 to 2000 and a member of the Board of the Irish National Accreditation Board from 2000 to 2003. He was chair of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties from 1990 to 1991.

Bruton, Claire
Claire Bruton is a barrister based at the Four Courts Dublin specialising in employment law. She acts for employees and employee clients in a variety of contentious and non-contentious matters and appears regularly before the employment tribunals and courts in Ireland. She is editor of the Employment Law Reports and Irish Employment Law Journal. She is the co-author of The Irish Legal System (2009) and is currently working on a book entitled Employment Equality Law to be published by Round Hall Press shortly. Claire has lectured in law at Trinity College Dublin and Griffith College Dublin. She is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, the London School of Economics and Kings Inns.

Raymond Byrne has been Director of Research with the Law Reform Commission since 2003.

Paul McCutcheon BCL, LLM, LLD is Professor of Law at the University of Limerick.

Claire Bruton LLB (Dub), LLM (Lond) is a practising barrister.

Dr Gerard Coffey, BA (UL), LLB (NUI), PhD (NUI), is a lecturer in law at the University of Limerick.