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 Learn more about Law of Ireland in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ireland has a common law legal system with three main sources of law:
The Constitution of Ireland 1937 (Bunreacht na hÉireann)
While Ireland became an independent state in 1922, the 1922 Constitution carried all previous UK law forward into Irish law, unless it was subsequently amended.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/la/law_of_ireland.html   (164 words)

  
 Law of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ireland The combined website of the Embassy of Ireland to Korea, the Industrial Development Agency of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, which are all located in Ireland House, Seoul.
Co-operation Ireland A group seeking since 1979 to bring a lasting peace to Ireland, bringing people together cross-community in the Northern Ireland and between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Ireland On-Line The Ireland Advisory Committee in Telecommunications is going to spearhead a strategy to place Ireland at the center of global telecommunications development so that Ireland will benefit from the new information age.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Law_of_Ireland.html   (458 words)

  
 Labour Law Profile: Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Laws, however, may be enacted for the regulation and control in the public interest of the exercise of the foregoing right.
Employment law is based on an assumption that an employer and employee, or 'master' and 'servant' in the old language, enter into a contractual relationship freely and voluntarily, on equal terms, and that this sets out the terms and conditions of employment.
She is Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin, and taught previously at the University of Kent, the University of North London and the National College of Ireland (formerly the National College of Industrial Relations).
www.ilo.org /public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/ll/ire.htm   (13794 words)

  
 LLRX.com - Guide to Irish Law
From the late twelfth century, Ireland was increasingly governed by English common law and by 1800 Ireland was fully integrated into the United Kingdom by the Act of Union passed in that year.
Caroline Fennell and Irene Lynch, Labour Law in Ireland, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1993.
Eoin Quill, Torts in Ireland, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1999.
www.llrx.com /features/irish.htm   (2184 words)

  
 Street Law in Northern Ireland
When Street Law's deputy director, Judy Zimmer, went to Northern Ireland in the Fall of 1998 as the first United States Information Agency (USIA) civic education fellow, her goal was to support the work of the Northern Ireland Civic Education group (especially the 12 educators who had participated in the US Study Tour.
Since 1996, Street Law has worked with a diverse group of non-governmental organizations, universities, colleges, law schools, and other educational experts in Northern Ireland to identify areas of common interest and lay the foundation for an initiative focused on law, democracy, human rights and citizen action.
And her life was enriched by the warmth and kindness and support of the people of Northern Ireland, the help of US college intern Mary Palmer, and the adventurous spirit of her four-year old daughter who accompanied her on the trip.
www.streetlaw.org /nireland.html   (636 words)

  
 Law Firms Ireland, William Fry, Top Irish Law Firm Based in Dublin.
With significant involvement in mergers and acquisitions activity, William Fry is one of the leading law firms in Ireland specialising in the commercial, corporate and financial services for Irish companies.
As one of Ireland's largest law firms, William Fry advises a substantial number of leading Irish and international firms, covering both the public and private sector.
One of the key factors of the law services provided by the firm is the depth of experience and level of expertise it can bring to bear for the benefit of its Irish clients.
www.williamfry.ie /law-firm-ireland.asp   (290 words)

  
 Litter law in Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Your local authority is responsible for implementing the litter laws in your area.
The litter laws have increased the powers of your local authority to combat the problem of illegal dumping of refuse and rubbish.
The law forbids the putting up of posters/signs on poles or other structures in public places unless you have the written permission of the owner of the pole or other structure in advance of putting up the posters/signs and requires that an article or advertisement must carry the name and address of the person:
www.oasis.gov.ie /environment/litter_law.html   (1318 words)

  
 Ireland
Ireland law resource page with links to the Ireland constitution, Ireland government, Ireland law firms, Ireland law, Ireland court, Ireland legal research, Ireland association, Ireland president, Ireland legislature, Ireland libel and slander law, Ireland law library, Ireland attorney general, Ireland tax law, Ireland law schools, Ireland courts, and Ireland law guide.
The school of law at King's Inns is the oldest institution for the training of lawyers in the country.
The Law Society was established in 1773 and now exercises statutory functions under the Solicitors Acts 1954-2002 in relation to the education, admission, enrolment, discipline and regulation of the solicitors' profession."
www.washlaw.edu /forint/europe/ireland.html   (668 words)

  
 IT Law in Ireland
In both Ireland and the UK, though, the issue seldom arises because most ISPs seem to be happy to give voluntary cooperation, avoiding the need for the police to rely on their compulsory powers.
First, there is a specific English law (the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act - RIPA) on point and this situation seems to fall under Part I, Chapter II of that Act (access to communications data).
Law protecting journalists were drafted with mainstream news organisations in mind, so it cannot cope with media collectives.
www.tjmcintyre.com   (2928 words)

  
 CNN.com - Smokers barred from Irish pubs - Mar 29, 2004
Facing the brunt of the anti-smoking law are Ireland's many pubs and drinking haunts.
Around 28 percent of Ireland's adult population smoke and for many, a cigarette and a pint have been a way of life.
"There are pubs, particularly in rural Ireland, where you have old folk coming in who have been sitting in the same seats for 30, 40, or even 50 years," Reuters quoted Con Dennehy, owner of a pub in the southern city of Cork, on the eve of the ban.
www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/03/29/ireland.smoking   (597 words)

  
 LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF IRELAND
The establishment of the Commission was recognition of the need for a new approach to law reform, enabling the law to respond to a rapidly-changing society.
Participation in the law reform process by interest groups and members of the public at large is of major interest and importance to the work of the Commission, and
Law Reform Commission Act 1975) requesting the Commission to consider whether a DNA database should be established, and to address the constitutional and human rights issues associated with this question.
www.lawreform.ie   (902 words)

  
 Amy M. Buckley, The Primacy Of Democracy Over Natural Law In Irish Abortion Law: An Examination Of The C Case, 9 Duke ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Following the X case the law in Ireland was that a woman had the right to an abortion where there was a real and substantial risk to her life, but that when such a risk did not exist, the woman did
As stated previously, the tradition of natural law jurisprudence in Ireland usually paralleled Catholic doctrine; as a result, legislative proposals inconsistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church were consistently found to conflict with the spirit of the Constitution.
Therefore, the status of the law with regard to the suicide issue was not clear prior to the C case.
www.law.duke.edu /journals/djcil/articles/djcil9p275.htm   (12407 words)

  
 Offshore tax and law in Ireland
Ireland has probably got away with a sensational deal which is just going to look better and better as time goes by.
In Ireland the taxation of individuals is based on a mixture of the concepts of residence and domicile.
An individual resident and domiciled in Ireland pays tax on his world-wide income; an individual resident but not domiciled pays tax on his foreign income only if it is remitted to Ireland.
www.lowtax.net /lowtax/html/jiroltr.html   (2413 words)

  
 Quinnipiac University School of Law | Ireland Study Abroad - 2005 Dublin Summer Program
She is an Associate Professor of Legal Writing at Quinnipiac University School of Law and has published a number of articles about law and literature, writing pedagogy, faculty development, and the use of technology in teaching.
He has written papers and delivered lectures on international criminal law, the law of the sea, and international humanitarian law and has published in Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, the Virginia Journal of International Law, the Boundary and Security Bulletin, and the International Journal of Maritime and Coastal Law.
Students from law schools other than Quinnipiac are responsible for obtaining written approval in advance from their own law schools in order to transfer credit.
law.quinnipiac.edu /x67.xml   (1378 words)

  
 New England International and Comparative Law Annual - 1999 - IRELAND'S STRUGGLE WITH ABORTION
This law has been codified in many statutes, the first of which was drafted in 1803.
The Court relied on the restrictions imposed by national law, "unequivocally expressed" by the electorate through a constitutional amendment, that required the Court to vindicate the right to life of the unborn.
Under such circumstances, Community law permitted the Court an "area of discretion" to derogate from the Treaty and to impose the necessary restriction on the right to travel.
www.nesl.edu /intljournal/vol5/yorke.htm   (6623 words)

  
 IT Law in Ireland: Political Spam
Irish IT law issues with a focus on freedom of expression, privacy and other fundamental rights.
Irish politicians have been active spammers in the past, with the 2002 election campaign seeing voters annoyed by automated recorded phone calls and sms text messages, which were ultimately stopped by the intervention of the Data Protection Commissioner.
Lecturer in the School of Law, University College Dublin.
www.tjmcintyre.com /2005/04/political-spam.html   (494 words)

  
 Abortion Law in Ireland - a brief summary
A 13 year old girl, pregnant as a result of rape, and in the care of the Eastern Health Board was the subject of proceedings in the District Court as she sought permission to leave the state for the purposes of availing of a lawful abortion in England.
Mr Justice Geoghegan ruled that as Miss 'C' was likely to take her own life if forced to continue with the pregnancy, she was entitled to an abortion in Ireland by virtue of the Supreme Court judgement in the 1992 X Case.
In 1991 the European Court of Justice ruled that, although abortion is a service under EC law, the students' unions could be prohibited from distributing information on it, because they had no financial link with the clinics providing the service in England.
www.ifpa.ie /abortion/hist.html   (1587 words)

  
 Seton Hall Law School - Law in Ireland - Faculty
Students will be taught by distinguished faculty from Seton Hall Law School, and guest lecturers from both the University of Ireland at Galway, the European Union, and others with having a range of expertise.
Professor Zarsky holds a J.S.D. and an LL.M, from Columbia Law School, and received a B.S. degree (summa cum laude) in Law and Psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Professor Opderbeck’s scholarship focuses on the law and economics, and law and norms of intellectual property.
law.shu.edu /administration/special_programs/ireland/faculty.html   (749 words)

  
 Labour law in Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The very tax-efficient schemes existing in Ireland for business operations do not (and could not) incorporate any departure from EU law in terms of labour legislation.
To a certain extent, it is possible to by-pass EU labour law by using short-term contracts, personal service companies and other devices, but expert professional advice is necessary before embarking on any such adventures.
This is necessary if we are to recruit talented workers to Ireland to ensure that they fully participate in Irish society as well as its economy,” he stated.
www.lowtax.net /lowtax/html/jirlab.html   (818 words)

  
 School of Law, Trinity College Dublin
As Ireland's oldest Law School, Trinity is strongly committed to the service of society through education, research and public service activities.
As educators, the Law School staff seek to promote standards of academic excellence, and in particular, the ability to think analytically, among the student body.
In addition, the Law School is home to one of the Ireland's leading periodicals, the Dublin University Law Journal and to the Trinity College Law Review published by the student members of the College's Law Society.
www.tcd.ie /Law/lawhome.html   (227 words)

  
 E-Commerce News: News: E-Signatures Become Law In Ireland
"Ireland has now put in place a clear, flexible and user-friendly piece of e-commerce legislation that will create equivalence of treatment between electronic documents, contracts and signatures and their electronic counterparts under Irish law," said Irish Enterprise Minister Mary O'Rourke.
Ireland is smaller in size than the U.S. state of North Carolina.
The new law opens the door to a market that could be worth billions of dollars.
www.ecommercetimes.com /story/3740.html   (705 words)

  
 ICL - Ireland Index
The most striking feature of Ireland's Constitution used to be its Anti-Divorce provision in Article 41.
Dec 1997: The Taoiseach announces that the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution is to consider cabinet confidentiality with a view to facilitating another referndum on the matter.
He said there was evidence of an energetic approach to the problem on the part of the new British Government.
www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/ei__indx.html   (1258 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Land Law in Ireland: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Environmental law is an area of increasing importance to UK business and industry.
We are a dynamic law firm which focuses on the law and practice of planning and environmental law together with related areas of legal practice.
This text gives detailed discussion to modern and developing areas of the law, as well as setting the legal issues in the context of competing social policies.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1858001862   (343 words)

  
 Home Page - Law Library of Ireland - Bar Council of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Most practising barristers in the Republic of Ireland are members of the Law Library which is located in the Four Courts, Dublin.
The Law Library is administered by The Bar Council which is the governing body for barristers in practice at the Bar.
The Irish Bar aims to provide its clients with a high level of expertise in all areas of law combined with skilled advocacy by persons of integrity and independence.
www.lawlibrary.ie   (182 words)

  
 BAAF - Fostering & adoption law (Northern Ireland)
The Northern Ireland Executive announced its intention to create a Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland in January 2001.
This Act amends the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and enables the ratification of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption.
Full text of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Explanatory Notes to the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland.
www.baaf.org.uk /info/lpp/law/ni.shtml   (1047 words)

  
 Duquesne University | The Law School | Summer Study of Law in Ireland
Persons accompanying participants who want to obtain housing through Duquesne or attend the scheduled functions must complete a separate Registration Form and pay the Registration Fee and the Housing Charge, if applicable.
Ireland does require the same accommodations for individuals with disabilities that the United States does.
Students are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to and from Ireland.
www.law.duq.edu /IntStudy/SumDubTrvl.html   (272 words)

  
 Duquesne University | The Law School | Summer Study of Law in Ireland
The Duquesne University School of Law proudly announces a three-week Summer Study of Law in Ireland international program in conjunction with the University College Dublin Faculty of Law and the Queen's University Belfast Faculty of Law.
This program covers subjects related to the law of the European Union from an Irish perspective and offers students 4.5 (semester) hours of ABA-approved credit.
Graded credit and a certificate of completion will be awarded upon successful completion of the course work.
www.law.duq.edu /IntStudy/SumDub.html   (157 words)

  
 Employment Law Update in Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
If you have been out of the workforce in Ireland for some time, you will need to update yourself on changes that have occurred in the field of employment protection.
Employment law in Ireland provides strong protection for employees who feel their rights have been breached.
Complaints, disputes and grievances are heard before a Rights Commissioner who will listen to both sides before completing an investigation of the complaint and issuing a recommendation.
www.oasis.gov.ie /employment/employment_rights/employment_law_update.html   (1189 words)

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