Legal Acts

MikeTyson

Hi, im not sure if this is the right forum but i want to know where can i get documents on the road and safety act drunk and disordely acts. Just anything on legal matters and the rights of people. I do not study law but just want to understand my rights more,

Tom Young

This is not legal advice:

Here is a link to a group called the Irish Council for Civil Rights, which is very informative and in plain english: http://www.iccl.ie/

MikeTyson

Thanks for the link but is there any site where i can get actaul full legislation acts like the road and safety of 2006 and other legisalatians like that!

Jo King

Try www.bailii.org. You should however read an introductory book on Irish law. Brain Doolan's book "Principles of Irish law" is a good start.

MikeTyson

thanks for the links but i found what i was looking for here http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0050/index.html. the acts of the oireactas is what i meant to say. is there a book or any where you can order all the documents for the oireactas does any one know?

dermot_sheehan

The Government Printing Office Prints all Acts and ministerial orders. ACts on their own are hard to read as they refer to and amend previous laws, for example for the law dealing with road traffic you would have to look at the Road Traffic Acts of 1964, 1968, 1994, 1998, 2002 and some others i probably forgot about.

For this reason many commercial publishers produce what is called consolidated legislation, that is the statutes merged together in a document with all the sections that are currently in force.

Be warned though that statutes don't necessarily explain all your rights. Many rights come form court decisions interpreting the consitution and would not appear in a statute.

Tom Young

MikeTyson wrote:

thanks for the links but i found what i was looking for here http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0050/index.html. the acts of the oireactas is what i meant to say. is there a book or any where you can order all the documents for the oireactas does any one know?

http://iccl.ie/DB_Data/publications/knowyourrights2003.pdf

The page gives more information. The statute book can be rather voluminous if you tried to regenerate all of the data there.

pirelli

If your locked in a mental battle with one of the boys in blue then there is no better book then the garda siochana guide book.It wont fit in your pocket because its full of the stuff your looking for ,all the laws and acts and is more informative then most of the other law books combined.You also become a professional fisherman just by reading it.

There is one in aungier street dit library.It's in the law section

Tom Young

Being a pedant with a Garda is hardly what I'd call prudent, particularly if you planning on playing: 'I'm a law student card'. It has a terrible habbit of back firing.

johnnyskeleton

pirelli wrote:

the garda siochana guide book....is more informative then most of the other law books combined.

Have you read most of the other law books so as to form this opinion?