Countdown to unity : debating Irish reunification / Richard Humphreys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humphreys, Richard F.

Series:

Justice in controversy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irish unification question.

Constitutional history.

Politics and government.

Ireland--Politics and government--1922-.

Ireland.

Northern Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.

Northern Ireland.

Constitutional history--Ireland.

Constitutional history--Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Debating Irish reunification

Place of Publication:

Dublin ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2009.

Contents:

1 Unity Denied: 1920-1937 1

The Treaty Settlement 7

The New Constitutional Order 1932-1937 19

2 Towards a Common Understanding of Sharing These Islands 33

Constitutional Consolidation 33

A New Approach to the Totality of Relationships 39

The Groundwork for the Good Friday Agreement 60

3 The Good Friday Agreement 1998 71

The Agreement 75

Other Developments Subsequent to 1998 93

4 The Agreement as a Roadmap to Reunification 108

Negotiating Unity 111

The Referendum 120

A New International Agreement 129

5 Implementing the Bilateral Treaty Contemplated by the Agreement 137

Legal Change in the United Kingdom 137

Constitutional and Legal Change in Ireland 139

Ratification 145

6 Uniting Peoples as well as Territory 157

Developing the Agreement's Institutional Architecture 159

Mechanisms to Ensure Compliance with the Agreement 164

Confidence-building Legal Measures on the British Side 167

Measures to Promote Irish Identity 170

7 Confidence-building Measures on the Irish Side 179

Constitutional Reinvigoration 182

Recognizing the British Identity 190

Constitutional Fundamentals 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-215) and index.

ISBN:

0716528770

9780716528777

9780716533474

0716533472

OCLC:

244320006