The laws and other legalities of Ireland, 1689-1850 / edited by Michael Brown and Sean Patrick Donlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donlan, Seán Patrick.

Contributor:

Brown, Michael, 1972-

Donlan, Seán Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Ireland--History.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection is the first to concentrate attention on the actual relationship that existed between the Irish population and the state under which they lived from the War of the Two Kings (1689-1691) and the Great Famine (1845-1849). Particular attention is paid to an understanding of the legal character of the state and the reach of the rule of law, addressing such themes as how law was made and put into effect; how ordinary people experienced the law and social regulations; and how Catholics related to the legal institutions of the Protestant confessional state. These themes will help to s

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 The Laws in Ireland, 1689-1850: A Brief Introduction; 2 Local Courts in later Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Ireland; 3 The Privy Council of Ireland and the Making of Irish Law, 1692-1800; 4 Eighteenth-Century Ireland's Legislative Deficit; 5 The Limits of English Influence on the Irish Criminal Law and the Boundaries of Discretion; 6 English and Irish Jury Laws: A Growing Divergence 1825-1833; 7 'Let the law take its course'; 8 The Ouzel Galley Society in the Eighteenth Century: Arbitration Body or Drinking Club?

9 Dublin Corporation and the Levying of Tolls and Customs, c.1720-c.182010 Regulating the Market: Parliament, Corn and Bread in Eighteenth-Century Ireland; 11 Ireland's Urban Houghers: Moral Economy and Popular Protest in the Late Eighteenth Century; 12 'Regular Obedience to the Laws': Arthur Browne's Prelude to Union; 13 Daniel O'Connell and the Magee Trials, 1813; 14 Farmer and Fool: Henry Brooke and the Late Irish Enlightenment; 15 The Legal System in Ireland and the Irish Language 1700-c.1843; 16 A court 'for the determination of causes civil and maritime only'; Index

Notes:

"First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Donlan, Seán Patrick The Laws and Other Legalities of Ireland, 1689-1850

ISBN:

9786613297242

9781409482574

140948257X

9781317025993

1317025997

9781315556222

1315556227

9781317025986

1317025989

9781283297240

1283297248

9781409401322

1409401324

OCLC:

759807184