The 'sovereignty of the people'has been identified as the foundational and definitive
principle of the Irish Constitution. As an abstract democratic principle, it is generally …

The creation of a new state and construction of a new constitution is often a very divisive
moment in a state's history. The creation of the Irish Free State and the drafting of the 1922 …

The purpose of this thesis is to consider whether the doctrine of the separation of powers
was incorporated into the Irish Free State Constitution (“Constitution”) and if it was so …

This chapter seeks to re-examine a dominant popular narrative about the 1922 Constitution:
that it largely followed and replicated, without great change, the Westminster model of …

This chapter provides a snapshot of the opposition to the Free State Constitution in the year
1922 before opinions were influenced by the course of subsequent events and the benefit of …

Through teaching self-reflective practice, this chapter considers methods of teaching
Freedom of Religion to students (marginalised and otherwise) in a way that reifies systemic …