Fundamentals of the Irish Legal System: Law, Policy and Politics 2nd ed

This new edition of Fundamentals of the Irish Legal System continues to examine key features of the Irish legal system in a clear and accessible manner. Readers are invited to think deeply and critically about the interlinkages of law, policy and politics in the Irish legal system. How law and society interact to shape and change each other is a key underlying theme of this text.

Key Features:

• Explains and critically assesses how Irish law is made and applied.
• Analyses what the law is, the concept of the rule of law, sources of law, the civil and criminal jurisdiction of courts, alternative dispute resolution, the place of international and European Union law in the Irish legal system, the role of judges and legal practitioners, the Irish administrative state and judicial review, as well as access to justice in the Irish legal system.
• Explains the intricacies of the Irish legal system, while also providing analysis and discussion on key areas and controversies
• Embeds skills-based approaches to legal study, identifying approaches to find, read, analyse and critique legislation, case law, texts and journal articles, so that students can put their knowledge into practice.