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Informationen zum Autor Tom Hickey is a Lecturer in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University Klappentext A collection of essays on politics and judicial power in Ireland, featuring contributions from scholars, judges and legal practitioners. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays on politics and judicial power in Ireland! featuring contributions from scholars! judges and legal practitioners. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Laura Cahillane, James Gallen and Tom Hickey Part I: Judicial power in a constitutional democracy: theoretical foundations 1. In defence of judicial innovation and constitutional evolution - Fiona de Londras2. Reappraising judicial supremacy in the Irish constitutional tradition - Eoin Daly3. Unenumerated personal rights: the legacy of Ryan v. Attorney General - Gerard Hogan 4. Judges and the idea of 'principle' in constitutional adjudication - Tom Hickey Part II: Judging in the case of O'Keeffe v. Hickey: analysis and debate 5. O'Keeffe v. Hickey: overview and analysis - James Gallen 6. The jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights and the case of O'Keeffe v. Hickey -Adrian Hardiman 7. Subsidiarity of ECHR and O'Keeffe v. Ireland: a response to Mr Justice Hardiman - Conor O'Mahony Part III: Judges and the political sphere: appointments and dialogue 8. Judicial appointments in Ireland: the potential for reform - Laura Cahillane 9. Merit, diversity, and interpretive communities: the (non-party) politics of judicial appointments and constitutional adjudication - David Kenny 10. Speaking to power: mechanisms for judicial-executive dialogue - John O'Dowd Part IV: Judges and the Constitution in historical perspective 11. The Irish Constitution 'from below': squatting families versus property rights in Dublin, 1967-71 - Thomas Murray12. 'The union makes us strong:' National Union of Railwaymen v. Sullivan and the demise of vocationalism in Ireland - Donal Coffey 13. Ulster unionism and the Irish Constitution: 1970-1985 - Rory Milhench14. 'Towards a better Ireland:' Donal Barrington and the Irish Constitution - Tomás Finn Part V: Perspectives on the Constitution and judicial power 15. Administrative action, the rule of law and unconstitutional vagueness - Oran Doyle16. Article 16 of the Irish Constitution and judicial review of electoral processes - David Prendergast17. Social and economic rights in the Irish courts and the potential for constitutionalisation - Claire Michelle SmythIndex...