Bloody Sunday and the Rule of Law in Northern Ireland

2000. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-333-72288-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 349 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 568 g

Drawing on original research into explosive evidence which had been concealed for twenty-five years, this book offers a devastating critique of the official Widgery Inquiry into the massacre of innocent and unarmed civilians by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday. It exposes the Inquiry as a gross denial of justice and the rule of law. Expert analysis of the subordination of law to security policy in Northern Ireland reveals that the Bloody Sunday experience is an integral part of a sustained pattern. Belated prospects for a restoration of justice and the rule of law are found in the Good Friday Peace Agreement and the unprecedented establishment of a second Tribunal of Inquiry into Bloody Sunday.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walsh, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Bloody Sunday The Road to Bloody Sunday The Widgery Inquiry A Flawed Report Soldiers' Statements The Law Governing the Use of Lethal Force Law and Security Policy since Bloody Sunday The Path to Justice Index

Über Autor(innen)

DERMOT WALSH was appointed Chair of Law at the University of Limerick in 1996 where he is also Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice. He is a visiting Professor to the University of San Diego's Institute of International and Comparative Law and is a former President of the Irish Association of Law Teachers. He is the author of T (1983) and (1998). His report formed a primary component of the Irish government's Report on Bloody Sunday to the British government which, in turn, was instrumental in persuading the British government to establish the Saville Tribunal of Inquiry into Bloody Sunday in 1998.