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The Centenary of the Irish Free State Constitution

Constituting a Polity?

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Editors:
  1. Laura Cahillane

    1. School of Law, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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  2. Donal K. Coffey

    1. Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland

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  • Explores the role, development, and legacy of the first Constitution of independent Ireland
  • Continues a recent trend of re-examination of this period in Irish history
  • Examines themes such as the establishment of institutions and the ideals of popular sovereignty and democracy

Part of the book series: Palgrave Modern Legal History (PMLH)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Laura Cahillane, Donal K. Coffey
    Pages 1-7

  3. Constituting a Polity

    • Laura Cahillane
    Pages 9-23

  4. The Partition of Ireland and the 1922 Constitution

    • C. R. G. Murray
    Pages 25-46

  5. ‘The Supreme Legislative Authority Speaking as the Mouthpiece of the People’: Constituent Power and the Irish Free State

    • Alan Greene
    Pages 47-72

  6. Opposition to the Constitution of the Irish Free State in 1922

    • Thomas Mohr
    Pages 73-90

  7. The Representative of the Crown and the Governor-General of the Irish Free State: Text and Context

    • Graham Butler
    Pages 91-111

  8. The National Language and Article 4 of the 1922 Constitution

    • Róisín Á. Costello BL
    Pages 113-133

  9. A New Constitution; a New Language? How the New Courts Talked About the Free State Constitution 1922

    • Maurice Collins
    Pages 135-152

  10. ‘Environmental Stewardship’ and Article 11 of the 1922 Constitution

    • Jamie McLoughlin
    Pages 153-174

  11. The 1922 Constitution as a Failed Attempt to Break with Westminster Tradition

    • David Kenny
    Pages 175-196

  12. Property Rights and Democratic Decision-Making: Lessons from the 1922 Constitution

    • Rachael Walsh
    Pages 197-215

  13. The Civil War, the Constitution and the Collapse of the Rule of Law

    • Seán Enright
    Pages 217-231

  14. Revisiting the Legacy of the Amendment Procedure

    • William Quill
    Pages 233-251

  15. What the Drafters Learnt in 1937 from the 1922 Experience

    • Gerard Hogan
    Pages 253-269

  16. The Afterlife of the Constitution of the Irish Free State: Constitutional Echoes in South Asia

    • Donal K. Coffey
    Pages 271-285

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 287-291
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About this book

This book deals with the role, development, and legacy of the first Constitution of independent Ireland within the wider context of the establishment of the State. After decades of relative neglect, the 1920s have been receiving increased attention from historians recently thanks to the centenary of the State’s foundation. This book continues this trend of re-examination of this period and looks at key themes, such as the establishment of institutions under the Irish Free State Constitution and the focus on the ideals of popular sovereignty and democracy. It does so from novel and cross-disciplinary perspectives, and it also looks at areas which have received little to no previous attention; from individual aspects like property rights, the Irish language and environmental rights to aspects such as opposition and partition.


Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Law, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    Laura Cahillane

  • Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland

    Donal K. Coffey

About the editors

Laura Cahillane is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Limerick, Ireland. 


Donal Coffey is Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Criminology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Centenary of the Irish Free State Constitution

  • Book Subtitle: Constituting a Polity?

  • Editors: Laura Cahillane, Donal K. Coffey

  • Series Title: Palgrave Modern Legal History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46181-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46180-4Published: 13 March 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46183-5Due: 13 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-46181-1Published: 12 March 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6186

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6194

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 291

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Modern Europe, Legal History, Modern History, Political History

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