In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition, the authors add new features aimedat making this fascinating subject even more accessible for students, practitioners and lawteachers alike. It employs a "Comprehension and analysis: test yourself" tool at thebeginning of each chapter, as well as recommending "Five key readings" and "Five keycases" in each chapter, thus engaging other great scholarship and material in this rapidlydeveloping field.Constitutional Law: Texts, Cases and Materials, Second Edition, includes wholly newchapters on the historical background to the Constitution, the political structure ofgovernment, the judicial power in the context of the political arms of government, andstandards of review. It covers all significant constitutional developments up to April 2019.This second edition is comprised of three thematic parts. The first part looks at the Irishconstitutional order in a broader historical, theoretical and comparative context. The secondpart looks at "Institutions and the separation of powers." The third part addresses rights inIrish constitutional law.As well as introducing key principles and themes, this casebook offers a great deal of criticalinsight and analysis. In doing so, it recognises that constitutional law is not just a body ofabstract rules interpreted and applied by the courts. Instead, constitutional law is placed inits historical, intellectual and social context and presented as an ongoing attempt todetermine the values that ought to inform governance in Ireland. The important role of thecourts in this process is recognised by the central space given to extracts from all theleading constitutional law cases.

In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition, the authors add new features aimedat making this fascinating subject even more accessible for students, practitioners and lawteachers alike. It employs a "Comprehension and analysis: test yourself" tool at thebeginning of each chapter, as well as recommending "Five key readings" and "Five keycases" in each chapter, thus engaging other great scholarship and material in this rapidlydeveloping field.Constitutional Law: Texts, Cases and Materials, Second Edition, includes wholly newchapters on the historical background to the Constitution, the political structure ofgovernment, the judicial power in the context of the political arms of government, andstandards of review. It covers all significant constitutional developments up to April 2019.This second edition is comprised of three thematic parts. The first part looks at the Irishconstitutional order in a broader historical, theoretical and comparative context. The secondpart looks at "Institutions and the separation of powers." The third part addresses rights inIrish constitutional law.As well as introducing key principles and themes, this casebook offers a great deal of criticalinsight and analysis. In doing so, it recognises that constitutional law is not just a body ofabstract rules interpreted and applied by the courts. Instead, constitutional law is placed inits historical, intellectual and social context and presented as an ongoing attempt todetermine the values that ought to inform governance in Ireland. The important role of thecourts in this process is recognised by the central space given to extracts from all theleading constitutional law cases.