Understanding Irish law

Gerrup Outta Dat!

Does anyone have a recommended text to read to understand Irish Law from a novice point of view.

Something that will discuss how a law starts and finally gets signed off and how a precedent could be set.

Something which discusses the role of Judges and Juries and when cases are held in camera, what makes a case indictable and what exactly indictable means. What does a common law offence mean? What differs a common law jurisdiction (UK except Scotland or Ireland) or civil law (Germany).

What are the roles of Judges and barristers and what are the remits of Irish courts. What if you are unhappy with the word of the Judge in the supreme court? Can you take it to Luxembourg to ECJ?

hullaballoo

Why don't you just ask all your questions here and get a discussion going?

The first question - how a law starts - has about 50 different correct answers, some of which could be disposed of within a sentence or two and others which would take a few thousand words.

davindub

Gerrup Outta Dat! wrote: »

Does anyone have a recommended text to read to understand Irish Law from a novice point of view.

Something that will discuss how a law starts and finally gets signed off and how a precedent could be set.

Something which discusses the role of Judges and Juries and when cases are held in camera, what makes a case indictable and what exactly indictable means. What does a common law offence mean? What differs a common law jurisdiction (UK except Scotland or Ireland) or civil law (Germany).

What are the roles of Judges and barristers and what are the remits of Irish courts. What if you are unhappy with the word of the Judge in the supreme court? Can you take it to Luxembourg to ECJ?

One of my old lecturers Brian Doolan has a principles book, I vaguely remember it went through a lot of areas very briefly, so it might be suitable.

Pat Mustard

See if you can get hold of Byrne & McCutcheon in the library:
https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/ie/byrne-and-mccutcheon-on-the-irish-legal-system-9781780435008/

brian_t

Pat Mustard wrote: »

See if you can get hold of Byrne & McCutcheon in the library:
https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/ie/byrne-and-mccutcheon-on-the-irish-legal-system-9781780435008/

https://librariesireland.iii.com/iii/encore/search/C__S%20Byrne%20%26%20McCutcheon%20__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=def