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This title was first published in 2001. A study and assessment of the first case decided by the European Court of Human Rights in 1961. The case has become important in the development of human rights jurisprudence in terms of the substantative and procedural issues decided.
List of contents
European convention of Human Rights and Ireland; Ireland’s constitutional and legal framework; Governmental responses to resurgence of political violence in Ireland; Lawless’s detention and his pursuit of domestic remedies and release; European Commission of Human Rights admits the lawless application; European sub-commission of Human Rights investigates the application; European Commission of Human Rights reports no breach of convention; Lawless case referred to the European Court of Human Rights: preliminary procedural objections; Status of lawless before the European Court of Human Rights; Judgement of the European Court of Human rights on the merits; Postscript; Lawless case in retrospect.
About the author
Dr Brian Doolan is a barrister and was senior lecturer in Legal Studies in the Business Faculty at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Summary
This title was first published in 2001. A study and assessment of the first case decided by the European Court of Human Rights in 1961. The case has become important in the development of human rights jurisprudence in terms of the substantative and procedural issues decided.
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’...a brilliant and exhaustive account of this pivotal decision. The book makes compelling reading for European and Irish human rights lawyers and for political scientists and others interested in the way law interacts with politics.’ Professor Conor Gearty, King’s College, University of London, UK ’Brian Doolan’s book is an exhaustive journey through the whole process undergone in the case...a fascinating and unusual read.’ Mountbatten Journal of Legal Studies
